The three Hebrew words, naghar, sim or sum and shaphakh, translated "shed" in many Old Testament passages, always mean a "pouring out," and in nearly every case point to the effusion of blood (Ge 9:6;Nu 35:33;De 21:7;2Sa 20:10;1Ch 22:8;Pr 1:16, etc.). The Greek words ekcheo, and ekchuno, have precisely the same specific meaning (Mt 23:35;26:28;Mr 14:24;Lu 11:50;Heb 9:22;Re 16:6). Sometimes they are tropically used in reference to the outpouring of the Holy Spirit (Ac 2:33the King James Version;Tit 3:6), and to the outpouring of the love of God in the believer's heart (Ro 5:5).
Henry E. Dosker