Word Summary
Akeldama: Hakeldama, a field apparantly located south of the valley of Hinnom
Original Word: ἈκελδαμάTransliteration: Akeldama
Phonetic Spelling: (ak-el-dam-ah')
Part of Speech: Proper Noun, Indeclinable
Short Definition: Hakeldama, a field apparantly located south of the valley of Hinnom
Meaning: Hakeldama -- a field apparantly located south of the valley of Hinnom
Strong's Concordance
Aceldama.
Of Chaldee origin (meaning field of blood; corresponding to kathairesis and exapatao); Akeldama, a place near Jerusalem -- Aceldama.
see HEBREW cheleq
see HEBREW dam
Thayer's Greek Lexicon
STRONGS NT 184: ἉκελδαμάἉκελδαμά, or
Ἁκελδαμάχ (Lachmann), (or
Ἁκελδαμά WH (see their Introductory § 408)), or
Ἀχελδαμάχ (
T Tr), from Chaldean
דְּמָא חֲקָל (field of blood),
Akeldama:
Acts 1:19; see
αἷμα, 2 a. (
B. D. under the word; especially Kautzsch, Gram., pp. 8 173). STRONGS NT 184: Ἀχελδαμαχ [Ἀχελδαμαχ: Acts 1:19 T Tr for R G Ἁκελδαμά which see]