King James Version
Genesis 9:6 in the King James Version says “Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.” — study this verse from Genesis chapter 9 with commentary, cross-references, and original Hebrew word analysis.
“Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.”
Genesis 9:6 · KJV
But flesh with the life thereof, which is the blood thereof, shall ye not eat.
And surely your blood of your lives will I require; at the hand of every beast will I require it, and at the hand of man; at the hand of every man's brother will I require the life of man.
Whoso sheddeth man's blood, by man shall his blood be shed: for in the image of God made he man.
And you, be ye fruitful, and multiply; bring forth abundantly in the earth, and multiply therein.
And God spake unto Noah, and to his sons with him, saying,
KJV Study — Public Domain
“Whoso sheddeth”
H8210to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc
“blood”
H1818blood (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
“by man”
H120ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
“by man”
H120ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
“blood”
H1818blood (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
“Whoso sheddeth”
H8210to spill forth (blood, a libation, liquid metal; or even a solid, i.e., to mound up); also (figuratively) to expend (life, soul, complaint, money, etc
(by implication) very widely used as a relative conjunction or adverb (as below); often largely modified by other particles annexed
“for in the image”
H6754a phantom, i.e., (figuratively) illusion, resemblance; hence, a representative figure, especially an idol
“of God”
H430gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme god; occasionally applied by way of
properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)
“by man”
H120ruddy i.e., a human being (an individual or the species, mankind, etc.)
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