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αἷμα καὶ ὕδωρ

Blood · water (as if rainy) literally or figuratively

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αἷμα G129 blood
Pronunciation haîma
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ὕδωρ G5204 water (as if rainy) literally or figuratively
Pronunciation hýdōr
Water represents spiritual cleansing, divine truth, and life-giving grace in NT theological usage.
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What does αἷμα καὶ ὕδωρ (haima kai hydōr) mean in the Bible?

αἷμα · ὕδωρ is a Greek word meaning "blood and water".

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Meaning

blood and water
Grammatical Forms

How this word appears across different grammatical cases and numbers.

Nominative · Singular · Neuter Matt 16:17 · Matt 23:35 · Matt 26:28 · Matt 27:25 · Mark 14:24 · Luke 11:50 · John 6:55 · John 19:34 · Acts 18:6 · Acts 22:20 · 1 Cor 15:50 · Heb 9:13 · Heb 9:14 · Heb 9:20 · Heb 13:11 · 1 John 1:7 23×
Genitive · Singular · Neuter Matt 23:35 · Matt 27:6 · Matt 27:8 · Matt 27:24 · Mark 5:25 · Mark 5:29 · Luke 8:43 · Luke 8:44 · Luke 11:51 · Luke 22:44 · Acts 1:19 · Acts 15:20 · Acts 15:29 · Acts 20:26 · Acts 20:28 · 1 Cor 10:16 33×
Genitive · Plural · Neuter John 1:13 1×
Dative · Singular · Neuter Matt 23:30 · Luke 22:20 · Rom 3:25 · Rom 5:9 · 1 Cor 11:25 · Gal 1:16 · Eph 2:13 · Heb 9:21 · Heb 9:22 · Heb 9:25 · Heb 10:19 · Heb 12:24 · Heb 13:20 · 1 Pet 1:19 · 1 John 5:6 · Rev 1:5 20×
Accusative · Singular · Neuter Matt 27:4 · Luke 13:1 · John 6:53 · John 6:54 · John 6:56 · Acts 2:19 · Acts 2:20 · Acts 5:28 · Acts 21:25 · Rom 3:15 · Eph 6:12 · Heb 9:19 · Heb 10:4 · Heb 10:29 · Rev 6:10 · Rev 11:6 20×
97 total occurrences across all forms in the biblical text Morphology: MorphGNT SBLGNT — CC BY-SA 3.0
Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

Acts 18 — The Lord Strengthens the Mission in Corinth and Beyond Acts 20 — Paul’s Farewell Charge to Shepherd the Church of God John 19 — The Crucified King: Behold the Man, Behold Your King, It Is Finished, and the Pierced Son John 3 — New Birth, Lifted-Up Son, and the Love of God for the World John 4 — Living Water, True Worship, and the Savior of the World John 6 — The Bread of Life, the Words of Eternal Life, and the Crisis of True Discipleship John 7 — The Feast, the Divided Crowd, and the Living Water of Jesus Luke 22 — The Passover Betrayal, the New Covenant Meal, and the Suffering Servant King Mark 14 — The Son of Man Handed Over: Anointing, Supper, Gethsemane, Betrayal, Trial, and Denial Mark 5 — The Authority of Jesus over Demons, Disease, and Death Matthew 16 — The Confession of the Christ, the Church Christ Builds, and the Cross-Shaped Way of Discipleship Matthew 17 — The Glory of the Son, the Coming of Elijah, the Failure of Little Faith, and the Son’s Humble Freedom Matthew 23 — Woes upon Hypocritical Leadership and the Lament over Jerusalem Matthew 26 — The Betrayal, Passover, Gethsemane, Trial, and Denial of Jesus Matthew 27 — Jesus Condemned, Crucified, Dead, Buried, and Guarded Romans 3 — All Under Sin and the Righteousness of God Revealed Through Faith in Christ Romans 5 — Peace with God, Rejoicing in Grace, and Life Through the One Man Jesus Christ

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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

STEPBible Data — CC BY 4.0

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