KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)
TRANSLATION, MEANING, CONTEXT
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“Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.”
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| KJV Verse | Original Hebrew | Meaning/ Definition This is a simplified translation of the original Hebrew word. Follow the buttons on the right to get more detail. | More Use the buttons below to get details on the Hebrew word and view related Bible verses that use the same root word. |
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| “Whoso sheddeth” | שֹׁפֵךְ֙ | To spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out | Whoso sheddeth |
| “man's” | הָֽאָדָ֔ם | Ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) | mans |
| “blood,” | דַּ֣ם | 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) | blood |
| “by man” | בָּֽאָדָ֖ם | Ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) | man |
| “shall his blood” | דָּמ֣וֹ | 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) | blood |
| “be shed:” | יִשָּׁפֵ֑ךְ | To spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc.); intensively, to sprawl out | shed |
| “for” | כִּ֚י | (by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed | for |
| “in the image” | בְּצֶ֣לֶם | A phantom, i.e., (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol | image |
| “of God” | אֱלֹהִ֔ים | Gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative | God |
| “made” | עָשָׂ֖ה | To do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application | made |
| “he” | אֶת | Properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely) | he |
| “man.” | הָֽאָדָֽם׃ | Ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.) | man |
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4 But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
5 And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
6 Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
7 And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
8 And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
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