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Genesis 9

Gen. 9:4 KJV (With Strong’s)

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'ak (Hebrew #389)
a particle of affirmation, surely; hence (by limitation) only
KJV usage: also, in any wise, at least, but, certainly, even, howbeit, nevertheless, notwithstanding, only, save, surely, of a surety, truly, verily, + wherefore, yet (but).
Pronounce: ak
Origin: akin to 403
flesh
basar (Hebrew #1320)
flesh (from its freshness); by extension, body, person; also (by euphem.) the pudenda of a man
KJV usage: body, (fat, lean) flesh(-ed), kin, (man-)kind, + nakedness, self, skin.
Pronounce: baw-sawr'
Origin: from 1319
z with the life
nephesh (Hebrew #5315)
properly, a breathing creature, i.e. animal of (abstractly) vitality; used very widely in a literal, accommodated or figurative sense (bodily or mental)
KJV usage: any, appetite, beast, body, breath, creature, X dead(-ly), desire, X (dis-)contented, X fish, ghost, + greedy, he, heart(-y), (hath, X jeopardy of) life (X in jeopardy), lust, man, me, mind, mortally, one, own, person, pleasure, (her-, him-, my-, thy-)self, them (your)-selves, + slay, soul, + tablet, they, thing, (X she) will, X would have it.
Pronounce: neh'-fesh
Origin: from 5314
thereof, which is the blood
dam (Hebrew #1818)
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)
KJV usage: blood(-y, -guiltiness, (-thirsty), + innocent.
Pronounce: dawm
Origin: from 1826 (compare 119)
thereof, shall ye not eat
'akal (Hebrew #398)
to eat (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: X at all, burn up, consume, devour(-er, up), dine, eat(-er, up), feed (with), food, X freely, X in...wise(-deed, plenty), (lay) meat, X quite.
Pronounce: aw-kal'
Origin: a primitive root
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Lev. 17:10‑14• 10And every one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood—I will set my face against the soul that eateth the blood, and I will cut him off from among his people,
 11for the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to atone for your souls, for it is the blood that maketh atonement for the soul.
 12Therefore have I said to the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall the stranger who sojourneth among you eat blood.
 13And every one of the children of Israel, and of the strangers that sojourn among them, that catcheth in the hunt a beast or fowl which may be eaten, he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with earth;
 14for as to the life of all flesh, its blood is the life in it : and I have said to the children of Israel, Of the blood of no manner of flesh shall ye eat, for the life of all flesh is its blood: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. (Lev. 17:10‑14)
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Lev. 19:26• 26Ye shall not eat [anything] with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practice augury. (Lev. 19:26)
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Deut. 12:23• 23{i}Only, be sure that thou eat not the blood; for the blood is the life, and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh;{/i} (Deut. 12:23)
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1 Sam. 14:34• 34And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against Jehovah in eating with the blood. {i}And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slaughtered them there.{/i} (1 Sam. 14:34)

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Cross References

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Lev. 3:17• 17[It is] an everlasting statute for your generations throughout all your dwellings: no fat and no blood shall ye eat. (Lev. 3:17)
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Lev. 7:26• 26And ye shall eat no blood of fowl or beast, in any of your dwellings. (Lev. 7:26)
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Lev. 17:10‑14• 10And every one of the house of Israel, or of the strangers who sojourn among them, that eateth any manner of blood—I will set my face against the soul that eateth the blood, and I will cut him off from among his people,
 11for the life of the flesh is in the blood; and I have given it to you upon the altar to atone for your souls, for it is the blood that maketh atonement for the soul.
 12Therefore have I said to the children of Israel, No soul of you shall eat blood, neither shall the stranger who sojourneth among you eat blood.
 13And every one of the children of Israel, and of the strangers that sojourn among them, that catcheth in the hunt a beast or fowl which may be eaten, he shall pour out the blood thereof, and cover it with earth;
 14for as to the life of all flesh, its blood is the life in it : and I have said to the children of Israel, Of the blood of no manner of flesh shall ye eat, for the life of all flesh is its blood: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. (Lev. 17:10‑14)
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Lev. 19:26• 26Ye shall not eat [anything] with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantments, nor practice augury. (Lev. 19:26)
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Deut. 12:16,23• 16{i}Only, ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water.{/i}
 23{i}Only, be sure that thou eat not the blood; for the blood is the life, and thou mayest not eat the life with the flesh;{/i} (Deut. 12:16,23)
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Deut. 14:21• 21{i}Ye shall eat of no carcass; thou shalt give it unto the stranger that is within thy gates, that he may eat it, or sell it unto a foreigner; for thou art a holy people to Jehovah thy God. Thou shalt not boil a kid in its mother's milk.{/i} (Deut. 14:21)
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Deut. 15:23• 23{i}Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof: thou shalt pour it upon the earth as water.{/i} (Deut. 15:23)
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1 Sam. 14:34• 34And Saul said, Disperse yourselves among the people, and say unto them, Bring me hither every man his ox, and every man his sheep, and slay them here, and eat; and sin not against Jehovah in eating with the blood. {i}And all the people brought every man his ox with him that night, and slaughtered them there.{/i} (1 Sam. 14:34)
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Acts 15:20,25,29• 20but write to them that they may abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from what is strangled, and from blood.
 25it seemed good to us, having been of one accord, to choose and send men unto you with our beloved Barnabas and Paul,
 29to abstain from things sacrificed to idols, and blood, and things strangled, and fornication, from which if ye keep yourselves ye shall do well. Farewell. (Acts 15:20,25,29)
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1 Tim. 4:4• 4Because every creature of God [is] good, and nothing to be rejected when received with thanksgiving, (1 Tim. 4:4)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Only, the flesh with its lifec, its blood, ye shall not eat.

JND Translation Notes

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Or "soul," and similarly ver. 5.

W. Kelly Translation

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Only flesh with its life, its blood, ye shall not eat.