Aceldama

The name which the Jews gave in their proper tongue, i.e., in Aramaic, to the field which was purchased with the money which had been given to the betrayer of our Lord. The word means “field of blood.” It was previously called “the potter’s field” (Matt. 27:7, 8; Acts 1:19), and was appropriated as the burial-place for strangers. It lies on a narrow level terrace on the south face of the valley of Hinnom. Its modern name is Hak ed-damm.

(the field of blood) (Akeldama in the Revised Version), the name given by the Jews of Jerusalem to a field near Jerusalem purchased by Judas with the money which he received for the betrayal of Christ, and so called from his violent death therein. (Acts 1:19) The “field of blood” is now shown on the steep southern face of the valley or ravine of Hinnom, “southwest of the supposed pool of Siloam.”

ACEL'DAMA (Field of blood), the "potter's field'' purchased with the money given to Judas for betraying Christ. Matt 27:7 ; Acts 1:18,Acts 1:19. Tradition locates it on the southern slope of the valley of Hinnom, near the pool Siloam, and now Hakk ed Dumm.

field of blood

ACEL'DAMA (Field of blood), the "potter's field'' purchased with the money given to Judas for betraying Christ. Matt 27:7 ; Acts 1:18,Acts 1:19. Tradition locates it on the southern slope of the valley of Hinnom, near the pool Siloam, and now Hakk ed Dumm.

Part of speech: noun (n.)

The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called the field of blood. Fig.: A field of bloodshed. The system of warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama. De Quincey.