Leviticus 17:11

Old Testament • 12 words with Strong's data

"For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul."

Word-by-Word Analysis

For the

חַי

chay

H2416

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or livin...

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of the

בָּשָׂר

bâsâr

H1320

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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is in the

דָּם

dâm

H1818

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) bloodshe...

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and I have

נָתַן

nâthan

H5414

to give, used with greatest latitude of application (put, make, etc.)

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it to you upon the

מִזְבֵּחַ

mizbêach

H4196

an altar

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to

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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an

כָּפַר

kâphar

H3722

to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel

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for your

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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for it is the

דָּם

dâm

H1818

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) bloodshe...

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that

עָשָׂה

ʻâsâh

H6213

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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an

כָּפַר

kâphar

H3722

to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel

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for the

נֶפֶשׁ

nephesh

H5315

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or menta...

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Key Terms in This Verse

souls H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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atonement H3722

כָּפַר kâphar

to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel

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atonement H3722

כָּפַר kâphar

to cover (specifically with bitumen); figuratively, to expiate or condone, to placate or cancel

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maketh H6213

עָשָׂה ʻâsâh

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

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altar H4196

מִזְבֵּחַ mizbêach

an altar

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flesh H1320

בָּשָׂר bâsâr

flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphemistically) the pudenda of aman

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blood H1818

דָּם dâm

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)

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blood H1818

דָּם dâm

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)

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life H2416

חַי chay

alive; hence, raw (flesh); fresh (plant, water, year), strong; also (as noun, especially in the feminine singular and masculine plural) life (or living thing), whether literally or figuratively

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soul H5315

נֶפֶשׁ nephesh

properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)

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Cross References

Hebrews 9:22 cross-reference

And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.

Romans 3:25 cross-reference

Whom God hath set forth to be a propitiation through faith in his blood, to declare his righteousness for the remission of sins that are past, through the forbearance of God;

Revelation 1:5 cross-reference

And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, and the first begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth. Unto him that loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,

Mark 14:24 cross-reference

And he said unto them, This is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many.

Genesis 9:4 cross-reference

But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.

Colossians 1:14 cross-reference

In whom we have redemption through his blood, even the forgiveness of sins:

Matthew 26:28 cross-reference

For this is my blood of the new testament, which is shed for many for the remission of sins.

Ephesians 1:7 cross-reference

In whom we have redemption through his blood, the forgiveness of sins, according to the riches of his grace;

Hebrews 13:12 cross-reference

Wherefore Jesus also, that he might sanctify the people with his own blood, suffered without the gate.

Leviticus 17:14 cross-reference

For it is the life of all flesh; the blood of it is for the life thereof: therefore I said unto the children of Israel, Ye shall eat the blood of no manner of flesh: for the life of all flesh is the b...

Leviticus 8:15 cross-reference

And he slew it; and Moses took the blood, and put it upon the horns of the altar round about with his finger, and purified the altar, and poured the blood at the bottom of the altar, and sanctified it...

Leviticus 16:11 cross-reference

And Aaron shall bring the bullock of the sin offering, which is for himself, and shall make an atonement for himself, and for his house, and shall kill the bullock of the sin offering which is for him...

1 Peter 1:2 cross-reference

Elect according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, through sanctification of the Spirit, unto obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: Grace unto you, and peace, be multiplied.

Matthew 20:28 cross-reference

Even as the Son of man came not to be ministered unto, but to minister, and to give his life a ransom for many.

Romans 5:9 cross-reference

Much more then, being now justified by his blood, we shall be saved from wrath through him.

Colossians 1:20 cross-reference

And, having made peace through the blood of his cross, by him to reconcile all things unto himself; by him, I say, whether they be things in earth, or things in heaven.

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