# αἱματεκχυσία/haimatekchusia This word is a type of thing or an idea. It is a noun. * This means the shedding of blood * This is when someone dies. In the Bible, when someone kills a person, they shed that person’s blood. A person’s blood does not have to be removed from their body to say that their blood has been shed. * This word is used to talk about someone or something dying as a sacrifice to God. See: Hebrews 9:22