Ephes-dammim — the meaning of the Hebrew name אֶפֶס דַּמִּים
אֶפֶס דַּמִּים
Ephes-dammim means boundary of blood-drops.
Built from
אֶפֶס ʼepheç — cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth) open in the lexicon ›
דָּם dâm — blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal open in the lexicon ›
Strong's definition
from H657 and the plural of H1818; boundary of blood-drops; Ephes-Dammim, a place in Palestine.
First appearance
1Sam 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.