HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H131
אֲדֻמִּים
a.dum.mim — Adummim
§ Adummim = "ruddy one: quieted ones?" pass or ridge of hills, west of Gilgal
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Adummim
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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Historical dictionary entry
The red ones, a place apparently on the road between Jericho and Jerusalem, “on the south side of the torrent” Wady Kelt, looking toward Gilgal, mentioned Josh. 15:7; 18:17. It was nearly half-way between Jerusalem and Jericho, and now bears the name of Tal-at-ed-Dumm. It is supposed to have been the place referred to in the parable of the Good Samaritan (Luke 10:30-37). Recently a new carriage-road has been completed, and carriages for the first time have come along this road from Jerusalem.
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.