Difference between revisions of "Bloody"

<p> BLOOD'Y, a. Stained with blood. </p> 1. [[Cruel]] murderous given to the shedding of blood or having a cruel, savage disposition applied to animals. 2. Attended with bloodshed marked by cruelty applied to things as a bloody battle. <p> BLOOD'Y, To stain with blood. </p>

<p> ''''' blud´i ''''' ( דּם , <i> ''''' dām ''''' </i> = "blood" of man or an animal; and where the King James translators have rendered with the adjective "bloody," the [[Hebrew]] employs the noun in the construct case, "of blood"): "A bridegroom of blood" (&nbsp;Exodus 4:25 , &nbsp;Exodus 4:26 , the King James Version bloody husband ). Zipporah, not being an Israelite, probably objected to the circumcision of infants, if not to the rite altogether; apprehending, however, that her husband's life was imperiled possibly through some grievous sickness (&nbsp;Exodus 4:24 ) because of their disobedience in this particular, she performed the ceremony herself upon her son, saying, "A bridegroom of blood art thou to me." </p> <p> In the Revised Version (British and American) the expression (the King James Version "bloody") is variously rendered, "man of blood" (&nbsp;2 Samuel 16:7 , &nbsp;2 Samuel 16:8 ); "men of blood" (&nbsp;Psalm 26:9 ); "bloodthirsty" (&nbsp;Psalm 5:6; &nbsp;Psalm 59:2; &nbsp;Psalm 139:19 ). In &nbsp;2 Samuel 21:1 , "It is for Saul, and for his bloody house," might be rendered "Upon Saul and his house rests bloodshed." </p> <p> Ezekiel calls [[Jerusalem]] "the bloody city" (&nbsp;Ezekiel 22:2; &nbsp;Ezekiel 24:6; compare &nbsp;Ezekiel 7:23 ), referring to those unjustly put to death by the wicked rulers of Jerusalem. [[Nineveh]] also is called "the bloody city" (&nbsp;Nahum 3:1 ). The capital here virtually stands for the kingdom, and history bears witness to the enormous cruelties perpetrated by the [[Assyrian]] rulers. It is siege on siege, pools of blood everywhere, the flaying of men alive, "great baskets stuffed with the salted heads of their foes." For two hundred years it is th e story of brute force and ruthless cruelty. "The prey departeth not." And now every cruelty which they have visited upon others is to be turned upon themselves (&nbsp;Nahum 3:19 ). </p>