ʼEpheç Dammîym — H658

Definition

locative proper noun

Ephes-Dammim, a place in Palestine

1. Ephes Dammim = "edge of blood"
2. a place approx 16 miles (25 km) southwest of Jerusalem

Usually translated as

Ephes-dammim

Origin

from H657 and the plural of H1818; boundary of blood-drops

• Derived from ʼepheç (H657)
• Derived from Dâm (H1818)

Occurrences

ʼEpheç Dammîym occurs 1 time in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1)

• 1 Samuel 17:1 — Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim (בְּאֶ֥פֶס).