Revelation 16:6

ὅτι αἷμα ἁγίων καὶ προφητῶν ἐξέχεαν καὶ αἷμα αὐτοῖς έδωκας πιεῖν ἄξιοί γάρ εἰσιν
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
Word Reference
Original Word Definitions
ὅτι
G3754 CONJ
hoti
demonstrative, that (sometimes redundant); causative, because
  • that, because, since
αἷμα
G129 N-ASN
haima
blood, literally (of men or animals), figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specially (the atoning blood of Christ); by implication, bloodshed, also kindred
  • blood
    • of man or animals
      • "refers to the seat of life"of those things that resemble blood, grape juice
    blood shed, to be shed by violence, slay, murder
ἁγίων
G40 A-GPM
hagios
sacred (physically, pure, morally blameless or religious, ceremonially, consecrated)
  • most holy thing, a saint
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
προφητῶν
G4396 N-GPM
prophētēs
a foreteller (___%___prophet___%___); by analogy, an inspired speaker; by extension, a poet
  • in Greek writings, an interpreter of oracles or of other hidden things
    • "one who, moved by the Spirit of God and hence his organ or spokesman, solemnly declares to men what he has received by inspiration, especially concerning future events, and in particular such as relate to the cause and kingdom of God and to human salvation
    • the Old Testament prophets, having foretold the kingdom, deeds and death, of Jesus the Messiah
      • "of John the Baptist, the herald of Jesus the Messiah"of the illustrious prophet, the Jews expected before the advent of the Messiah"the Messiah"of men filled with the Spirit of God, who by God's authority and command in words of weight pleads the cause of God and urges salvation of men"of prophets that appeared in the apostolic age among Christians
      • they are associated with the apostles
        • "they discerned and did what is best for the Christian cause, foretelling certain future events (see Acts 11:27)"in the religious assemblies of the Christians, they were moved by the Holy Spirit to speak, having power to instruct, comfort, encourage, rebuke, convict, and stimulate, their hearers
    a poet (because poets were believed to sing under divine inspiration)
    • of Epimenides (see Titus 1:12)
ἐξέχεαν
G1632 V-AAI-3P
ekcheō
to pour forth; figuratively, to bestow
  • to pour out, shed forth
    • "metaphorically to bestow or distribute largely
καὶ
G2532 CONJ
kai
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
  • and, also, even, indeed, but
αἷμα
G129 N-ASN
haima
blood, literally (of men or animals), figuratively (the juice of grapes) or specially (the atoning blood of Christ); by implication, bloodshed, also kindred
  • blood
    • of man or animals
      • "refers to the seat of life"of those things that resemble blood, grape juice
    blood shed, to be shed by violence, slay, murder
αὐτοῖς
G846 P-DPM
autos
the reflexive pronoun self, used (alone or in the comparative G1438) of the third person, and (with the proper personal pronoun) of the other persons
  • himself, herself, themselves, itself
    • "he, she, it"the same
έδωκας
G1325
didōmi
to give (used in a very wide application, properly, or by implication, literally or figuratively; greatly modified by the connection)
  • to give
    • "to give something to someone
    • of one's own accord to give one something, to his advantage
      • to bestow a gift
      to grant, give to one asking, let have"to supply, furnish, necessary things"to give over, deliver
      • to reach out, extend, present
        • "of a writing"to give over to one's care, entrust, commit
        • something to be administered
          • "to give or commit to some one something to be religiously observed
      to give what is due or obligatory, to pay: wages or reward"to furnish, endue
    to give
    • to cause, profuse, give forth from one's self
      • to give, hand out lots
      to appoint to an office"to give one to someone as his own
      • as an object of his saving care
        • "to give one to someone, to follow him as a leader and master"to give one to someone to care for his interests"to give one to someone to whom he already belonged, to return
    to grant or permit one
    • to commission
πιεῖν
G4095 V-2AAN
pinō
to imbibe (literally or figuratively)
  • to drink
    • "figuratively, to receive into the soul what serves to refresh strengthen, nourish it unto life eternal
ἄξιοί
G514 A-NPM
axios
deserving, comparable or suitable (as if drawing praise)
  • weighing, having weight, having the weight of another thing of like value, worth as much
    • "befitting, congruous, corresponding to a thing"of one who has merited anything worthy
    • both in a good and a bad sense
γάρ
G1063
gar
properly, assigning a reason (used in argument, explanation or intensification; often with other particles)
  • for
εἰσιν
G1526
eisi
they are
  • are, be, were, etc.

ὅτι αἷμα ἁγίων καὶ προφητῶν ἐξέχεαν καὶ αἷμα αὐτοῖς έδωκας πιεῖν ἄξιοί γάρ εἰσιν
6
For they have shed the blood of saints and prophets, and thou hast given them blood to drink; for they are worthy.
Cross References

Isaiah 49:26

וְהַאֲכַלְתִּי אֶת-מוֹנַיִךְ אֶת-בְּשָׂרָם וְכֶעָסִיס דָּמָם יִשְׁכָּרוּן וְיָדְעוּ כָל-בָּשָׂר כִּי אֲנִי יְהוָה מֽוֹשִׁיעֵךְ וְגֹאֲלֵךְ אֲבִיר יַעֲקֹֽב׃
26
And I will feed them that oppress thee with their own flesh; and they shall be drunken with their own blood, as with sweet wine: and all flesh shall know that I the LORD am thy Saviour and thy Redeemer, the mighty One of Jacob.

Revelation 6:10

καὶ ἔκραζον φωνῇ μεγάλῃ λέγοντες Ἕως πότε ὁ δεσπότης ὁ ἅγιος καὶ ὁ ἀληθινός οὐ κρίνεις καὶ ἐκδικεῖς τὸ αἷμα ἡμῶν ἀπὸ τῶν κατοικούντων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς;
10
And they cried with a loud voice, saying, How long, O Lord, holy and true, dost thou judge not and avenge our blood on them that dwell on the earth?

Revelation 11:18

καὶ τὰ ἔθνη ὠργίσθησαν καὶ ἦλθεν ἡ ὀργή σου καὶ ὁ καιρὸς τῶν νεκρῶν κριθῆναι καὶ δοῦναι τὸν μισθὸν τοῖς δούλοις σου τοῖς προφήταις καὶ τοῖς ἁγίοις καὶ τοῖς φοβουμένοις τὸ ὄνομά σου τοῖς μικροῖς καὶ τοῖς μεγάλοις καὶ διαφθεῖραι τοὺς διαφθείροντας τὴν γῆν
18
And the nations were angry, and thy wrath is come, and the time of the dead, that they should be judged, and that thou shouldest give reward unto thy servants the prophets, and to the saints, and them that fear thy name, small and great; and shouldest destroy them which destroy the earth.

Luke 11:49

διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἡ σοφία τοῦ θεοῦ εἶπεν Ἀποστελῶ εἰς αὐτοὺς προφήτας καὶ ἀποστόλους καὶ ἐξ αὐτῶν ἀποκτενοῦσιν καὶ ἐκδιώξουσιν·
49
Therefore also said the wisdom of God, I will send them prophets and apostles, and some of them they shall slay and persecute:

Revelation 18:24

καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ αἷμα προφητῶν καὶ ἁγίων εὑρέθη καὶ πάντων τῶν ἐσφαγμένων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς
24
And in her was found the blood of prophets, and of saints, and of all that were slain upon the earth.

Matthew 23:30

καὶ λέγετε Εἰ ἤμεν ἐν ταῖς ἡμέραις τῶν πατέρων ἡμῶν οὐκ ἂν ἤμεν κοινωνοὶ αὐτῶν ἐν τῷ αἵματι τῶν προφητῶν
30
And say, If we had been in the days of our fathers, we would not have been partakers with them in the blood of the prophets.

Revelation 17:6

καὶ εἶδον τὴν γυναῖκα μεθύουσαν ἐκ τοῦ αἵματος τῶν ἁγίων καὶ ἐκ τοῦ αἵματος τῶν μαρτύρων Ἰησοῦ Καὶ ἐθαύμασα ἰδὼν αὐτὴν θαῦμα μέγα
6
And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.

Revelation 13:15

καὶ ἐδόθη αὐτῷ δοῦναι πνεῦμα τῇ εἰκόνι τοῦ θηρίου ἵνα καὶ λαλήσῃ ἡ εἰκὼν τοῦ θηρίου καὶ ποιήσῃ ὅσοι ἂν μὴ προσκυνήσωσιν τὴν εἰκόνα τοῦ θηρίου ἵνα ἀποκτανθῶσιν
15
And he had power to give life unto the image of the beast, that the image of the should beast both speak, and cause that as many as would not worship the image of the should be beast killed.

2 Kings 24:4

וְגַם דַּֽם-הַנָּקִי אֲשֶׁר שָׁפָךְ וַיְמַלֵּא אֶת-יְרֽוּשָׁלִַם דָּם נָקִי וְלֹֽא-אָבָה יְהוָה לִסְלֹֽחַ׃
4
And also for the innocent blood that he shed: for he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood; which the LORD would not pardon.

Revelation 13:10

εἴ τις αἰχμαλωσίαν συνάγει εἰς αἰχμαλωσίαν ὑπάγει· εἴ τις ἐν μαχαίρᾳ ἀποκτενει δεῖ αὐτὸν ἐν μαχαίρᾳ ἀποκτανθῆναι. Ὧδέ ἐστιν ἡ ὑπομονὴ καὶ ἡ πίστις τῶν ἁγίων
10
He that leadeth into captivity shall go into captivity: he that killeth with the sword must be killed with the sword. Here is the patience and the faith of the saints.

Revelation 19:2

ὅτι ἀληθιναὶ καὶ δίκαιαι αἱ κρίσεις αὐτοῦ· ὅτι ἔκρινεν τὴν πόρνην τὴν μεγάλην ἥτις ἔφθειρεν τὴν γῆν ἐν τῇ πορνείᾳ αὐτῆς καὶ ἐξεδίκησεν τὸ αἷμα τῶν δούλων αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῆς χειρὸς αὐτῆς
2
For true and righteous are his judgments: for he hath judged the great whore, which did corrupt the earth with her fornication, and hath avenged the blood of his servants at her hand.

Lamentations 4:13

מֵֽחַטֹּאת נְבִיאֶיהָ עֲוֺנוֹת כֹּהֲנֶיהָ הַשֹּׁפְכִים בְּקִרְבָּהּ דַּם צַדִּיקִֽים׃
13
For the sins of her prophets, and the iniquities of her priests, that have shed the blood of the just in the midst of her,

Matthew 21:35

καὶ λαβόντες οἱ γεωργοὶ τοὺς δούλους αὐτοῦ ὃν μὲν ἔδειραν ὃν δὲ ἀπέκτειναν ὃν δὲ ἐλιθοβόλησαν
35
And the husbandmen took his servants, and beat one, and killed another, and stoned another.

Jeremiah 26:11

וַיֹּאמְרוּ הַכֹּהֲנִים וְהַנְּבִאִים אֶל-הַשָּׂרִים וְאֶל-כָּל-הָעָם לֵאמֹר מִשְׁפַּט-מָוֶת לָאִישׁ הַזֶּה כִּי נִבָּא אֶל-הָעִיר הַזֹּאת כַּאֲשֶׁר שְׁמַעְתֶּם בְּאָזְנֵיכֶֽם׃
11
Then spake the priests and the prophets unto the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy to die; for he hath prophesied against this city, as ye have heard with your ears.

Jeremiah 26:16

וַיֹּאמְרוּ הַשָּׂרִים וְכָל-הָעָם אֶל-הַכֹּהֲנִים וְאֶל-הַנְּבִיאִים אֵין-לָאִישׁ הַזֶּה מִשְׁפַּט-מָוֶת כִּי בְּשֵׁם יְהוָה אֱלֹהֵינוּ דִּבֶּר אֵלֵֽינוּ׃
16
Then said the princes and all the people unto the priests and to the prophets; This man is not worthy to die: for he hath spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.

Isaiah 51:22

כֹּֽה-אָמַר אֲדֹנַיִךְ יְהוָה וֵאלֹהַיִךְ יָרִיב עַמּוֹ הִנֵּה לָקַחְתִּי מִיָּדֵךְ אֶת-כּוֹס הַתַּרְעֵלָה אֶת-קֻבַּעַת כּוֹס חֲמָתִי לֹא-תוֹסִיפִי לִשְׁתּוֹתָהּ עֽוֹד׃
22
Thus saith thy Lord the LORD, and thy God that pleadeth the cause of his people, Behold, I have taken out of thine hand the cup of trembling, even the dregs of the cup of my fury; thou shalt no more drink again: it

Matthew 7:2

ἐν ᾧ γὰρ κρίματι κρίνετε κριθήσεσθε καὶ ἐν ᾧ μέτρῳ μετρεῖτε ἀντιμετρηθήσεται ὑμῖν
2
For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured again. to you

Hebrews 10:29

πόσῳ δοκεῖτε χείρονος ἀξιωθήσεται τιμωρίας ὁ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ καταπατήσας καὶ τὸ αἷμα τῆς διαθήκης κοινὸν ἡγησάμενος ἐν ᾧ ἡγιάσθη καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς χάριτος ἐνυβρίσας
29
Of how much sorer punishment, suppose ye, shall he be thought worthy, who hath trodden under foot the Son of God, and hath counted the blood of the covenant, wherewith he was sanctified, an unholy thing, and hath done despite unto the Spirit of grace?

Revelation 18:20

Εὐφραίνου ἐπ' αὐτήν οὐρανέ καὶ οἱ ἅγιοι ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ προφῆται ὅτι ἔκρινεν ὁ θεὸς τὸ κρίμα ὑμῶν ἐξ αὐτῆς
20
Rejoice over her, thou heaven, and ye holy apostles and prophets; for God hath avenged you on her.

Deuteronomy 32:42

אַשְׁכִּיר חִצַּי מִדָּם וְחַרְבִּי תֹּאכַל בָּשָׂר מִדַּם חָלָל וְשִׁבְיָה מֵרֹאשׁ פַּרְעוֹת אוֹיֵֽב׃
42
I will make mine arrows drunk with blood, and my sword shall devour flesh; and that with the blood of the slain and of the captives, from the beginning of revenges upon the enemy.
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