Ephes-dammim — the meaning of the Hebrew name אֶפֶס דַּמִּים

אֶפֶס דַּמִּים

ʼEpheç Dammîym · pronounced eh'-fes dam-meem' · Strong's H658 · a place

Ephes-dammim means boundary of blood-drops.

Built from

אֶפֶס ʼepheç (from, H657) — cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth) open in the lexicon ›

דָּם dâm (the plural of, H1818) — 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. (KJV)

Every verse that names Ephes-dammim

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Samuel

1Sam 17:1

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