Strong's Lexicon But אַךְ־ (’aḵ-) Adverb Strong's Hebrew 389: 1) indeed, surely (emphatic) 2) howbeit, only, but, yet (restrictive) you must not לֹ֥א (lō) Adverb - Negative particle Strong's Hebrew 3808: 1) not, no 1a) not (with verb-absolute prohibition) 1b) not (with modifier-negation) 1c) nothing (subst) 1d) without (with particle) 1e) before (of time) eat תֹאכֵֽלוּ׃ (ṯō·ḵê·lū) Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine plural Strong's Hebrew 398: 1) to eat, devour, burn up, feed 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to eat (human subject) 1a2) to eat, devour (of beasts and birds) 1a3) to devour, consume (of fire) 1a4) to devour, slay (of sword) 1a5) to devour, consume, destroy (inanimate subjects - ie, pestilence, drought) 1a6) to devour (of oppression) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be eaten (by men) 1b2) to be devoured, consumed (of fire) 1b3) to be wasted, destroyed (of flesh) 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to cause to eat, feed with 1c2) to cause to devour 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to feed 1d2) to cause to eat 1e) (Piel) 1e1) consume meat בָּשָׂ֕ר (bā·śār) Noun - masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1320: 1) flesh 1a) of the body 1a1) of humans 1a2) of animals 1b) the body itself 1c) male organ of generation (euphemism) 1d) kindred, blood-relations 1e) flesh as frail or erring (man against God) 1f) all living things 1g) animals 1h) mankind with its lifeblood בְּנַפְשׁ֥וֹ (bə·nap̄·šōw) Preposition-b | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 5315: 1) soul, self, life, creature, person, appetite, mind, living being, desire, emotion, passion 1a) that which breathes, the breathing substance or being, soul, the inner being of man 1b) living being 1c) living being (with life in the blood) 1d) the man himself, self, person or individual 1e) seat of the appetites 1f) seat of emotions and passions 1g) activity of mind 1g1) dubious 1h) activity of the will 1h1) dubious 1i) activity of the character 1i1) dubious [still] in it. דָמ֖וֹ (ḏā·mōw) Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular Strong's Hebrew 1818: 1) blood 1a) of wine (fig.) Parallel Strong's Berean Study BibleBut you must not eat meat with its lifeblood still in it. Young's Literal Translation only flesh in its life—its blood—ye do not eat. Holman Christian Standard Bible However, you must not eat meat with its lifeblood in it. New American Standard Bible "Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, [that is], its blood. King James Bible But flesh with the life thereof, [which is] the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. Parallel Verses New International Version "But you must not eat meat that has its lifeblood still in it. New Living Translation But you must never eat any meat that still has the lifeblood in it. English Standard Version But you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. New American Standard Bible "Only you shall not eat flesh with its life, that is, its blood. King James Bible But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. Holman Christian Standard Bible However, you must not eat meat with its lifeblood in it. International Standard Version However, you are not to eat meat with its life—that is, its blood—in it! NET Bible But you must not eat meat with its life (that is, its blood) in it. American Standard Version But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. English Revised Version But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat. Young's Literal Translation only flesh in its life -- its blood -- ye do not eat. Cross References Acts 15:20 But that we write unto them, that they abstain from pollutions of idols, and from fornication, and from things strangled, and from blood. Acts 15:29 That ye abstain from meats offered to idols, and from blood, and from things strangled, and from fornication: from which if ye keep yourselves, ye shall do well. Fare ye well. Leviticus 7:26 Moreover ye shall eat no manner of blood, whether it be of fowl or of beast, in any of your dwellings. Leviticus 17:10 And whatsoever man there be of the house of Israel, or of the strangers that sojourn among you, that eateth any manner of blood; I will even set my face against that soul that eateth blood, and will cut him off from among his people. Leviticus 17:11 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. Leviticus 17:14 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 blood thereof: whosoever eateth it shall be cut off. Leviticus 19:26 Ye shall not eat any thing with the blood: neither shall ye use enchantment, nor observe times. Deuteronomy 12:16 Only ye shall not eat the blood; ye shall pour it upon the earth as water. Deuteronomy 12:23 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. Deuteronomy 15:23 Only thou shalt not eat the blood thereof; thou shalt pour it upon the ground as water. 1 Samuel 14:32 And the people flew upon the spoil, and took sheep, and oxen, and calves, and slew them on the ground: and the people did eat them with the blood. Jump to Previous Blood Eat Flesh Food Life Meat ThereofJump to Next Blood Eat Flesh Food Life Meat ThereofLinks Genesis 9:4 NIVGenesis 9:4 NLT Genesis 9:4 ESV Genesis 9:4 NASB Genesis 9:4 KJV Genesis 9:4 Bible Apps Genesis 9:4 Parallel Genesis 9:4 Biblia Paralela Genesis 9:4 Chinese Bible Genesis 9:4 French Bible Genesis 9:4 German Bible Genesis 9:4 Commentaries Bible Hub |