BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H658
e.phes dam.mim — Ephes-dammim
Ephes Dammim = "edge of blood" a place approx 16 miles (25 km) southwest of Jerusalem Also named: pas dam.mim (פַּס דַּמִּים "Pas-dammim" H6450)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6450
pas dam.mim — Pas-dammim
Pas-dammim = "boundary of blood" a place in western Judah Another name of e.phes dam.mim (אֶ֫פֶס דַּמִּים "Ephes-dammim" H0658)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →Boundary of blood, a place in the tribe of Judah where the Philistines encamped when David fought with Goliath (1 Sam. 17:1). It was probably so called as having been the scene of frequent sanguinary conflicts between Israel and the Philistines. It is called Pas-dammim (1 Chr. 11:13). It has been identified with the modern Beit Fased, i.e., “house of bleeding”, near Shochoh (q.v.).
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.
