Pas-dammim — the meaning of the Hebrew name פַּס דַּמִּים

פַּס דַּמִּים

Paç Dammîym · pronounced pas dam-meem' · Strong's H6450 · a place

Pas-dammim means palm (i.e. dell) of bloodshed.

Built from

פַּס paç (from, H6446) — by implication (plural) 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 H6446 and the plural of H1818; palm (i.e. dell) of bloodshed; Pas-Dammim, a place in Palestine.

First appearance

1Chr 11:13 He was with David at Pas–dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. (KJV)

Every verse that names Pas-dammim

1 occurrence in 1 verse — 1 Chronicles

1Chr 11:13

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