Dâm — H1818

H1818 · Hebrew — דם

Pronunciation: dawm

Definition

masculine noun

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)

  1. blood
    1. of wine (fig.)

Usually translated as

blood, bloody, bloodguiltiness, bloodthirsty

Origin

from H1826 (compare H119)

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Dâm occurs 359 times in 294 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (10), Exodus (22), Leviticus (66), Numbers (10), Deuteronomy (16), Joshua (4), Judges (1), 1 Samuel (8), 2 Samuel (11), 1 Kings (10), 2 Kings (9), 1 Chronicles (3), 2 Chronicles (5), Job (2), Psalms (19), Proverbs (8), Isaiah (14), Jeremiah (9), Lamentations (2), Ezekiel (47), Hosea (4), Joel (4), Jonah (1), Micah (2), Nahum (1), Habakkuk (3), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (2)

Strong's Lexicon — D