What does דָּם · עֵנָב mean in the Bible?
e. drops of blood)".
Hebrew · H1818, H6025
דַּם עֵנָב
Blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood) · a grape
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דָּם H1818 blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
Pronunciation dām
Blood as life-force whose shedding marks covenant, atonement, and culpability before God throughout scripture
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עֵנָב H6025 a grape
Pronunciation ʿēnāb
Fruit of the vine representing abundance and divine blessing; central to covenant land imagery and wine production
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What does דַּם עֵנָב (dam 'enav) mean in the Bible?
דָּם · עֵנָב is a Hebrew phrase meaning "blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)".
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How many biblical occurrences are listed for H1818, H6025?
H1818, H6025 is connected to 380 lexical occurrence verses in the lexicon data.
Evidence Summary
Hebrew phrase. blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
Strong's H1818, H6025
Lexical occurrences 380 verses Source Gloss
blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
Grammatical Forms
How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.
Word Origins
דַּם עֵנָב is built from these roots:
Cross-Language Connections
Greek words that correspond to or develop the meaning of this Hebrew word in the New Testament.
G184 LXX equivalent Greek
Sources
MorphGNT Strong's Dictionary XML — CC0 1.0 Public Domain
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible (morphhb/OSHB) — CC BY 4.0
Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon — CC BY 4.0
Berean Standard Bible (BSB) source-word alignment - CC0 Public Domain