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blood

Definition:

The term "blood" refers to the red liquid that comes out of a person's skin when there is an injury or wound. Blood brings life-giving nutrients to a person's entire body.

• Blood symbolizes life and when it is shed or poured out, it symbolizes the loss of life, or death.
• When people made sacrifices to God, they killed an animal and poured its blood on the altar. This symbolized the sacrifice of the animal's life to pay for people's sins.
• Through his death on the cross, Jesus' blood symbolically cleanses people from their sins and pays for the punishment they deserve for those sins.
• The expression "flesh and blood" refers to human beings.
• The expression "own flesh and blood" refers to people who are biologically related.

Translation Suggestions:

• This term should be translated with the term that is used for blood in the target language.
• The expression "flesh and blood" could be translated as "people" or "human beings."
• Depending on the context, the expression "my own flesh and blood" could be translated as "my own family" or "my own relatives" or "my own people."
• If there is an expression in the target language that is used with this meaning, that expression could be used to translate "flesh and blood."

(See also: ../kt/flesh.md)

Bible References:

• 1 John 01:5-7
• 1 Samuel 14:31-32
• Acts 02:20-21
• Acts 05:26-28
• Colossians 01:18-20
• Galatians 01:15-17
• Genesis 04:10-12
• Psalms 016:4
• Psalms 105:28-30

Examples from the Bible stories:

• 08:03 Before Joseph's brothers returned home, they tore Joseph's robe and dipped it in goat's blood.
• 10:03 God turned the Nile River into blood, but Pharaoh still would not let the Israelites go.
• 11:05 All the houses of the Israelites had blood around the doors, so God passed over those houses and everyone inside was safe. They were saved because of the lamb's blood.
• 13:09 The blood of the animal that was sacrificed covered the person's sin and made that person clean in God's sight.
• 38:05 Then Jesus took a cup and said, "Drink this. It is my blood of the New Covenant that is poured out for the forgiveness of sins.
• 48:10 When anyone believes in Jesus, the blood of Jesus takes away that person's sin, and God's punishment passes over him.