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αἱμάσσω

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Gloss: be bloody

Transliteration: ahimassō

Strong’s: G20032

to make bloody stain with blood , (Aeschulus Tragicus):—;hence to smite so as to make bloody , (Sophocles Tragicus); so in Mid., [<date>variant dates<author>Anthology Palantina</author></date>:—;Pass. to welter in blood, be slain , (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)
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