Word study · Greek
haîma
blood
Say it: HY-mah (approximate)
αἷμα
What it means
Blood. In the New Testament it often points to a violent death and to sacrifice. In 1:20, "the blood of his cross" is how God made peace, and in 1:14 redemption was through his blood.
Range of meaning
- BloodLife in the body.
- Sacrificial deathA death that cleanses.
In Colossians
- Chapter 1
"Through the blood of his cross" (1:20).
Every verse (2)
Verses where G0129G is tagged in the Hebrew text: STEPBible Data (Tyndale House, Cambridge), CC BY 4.0. About our sources