HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H6450
פַּס דַּמִּים
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)
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Pas-dammim
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
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HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H658
אֶ֫פֶס דַּמִּים
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)
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The border of blood = Ephes-dammim (q.v.), between Shochoh and Azekah (1 Sam. 17:1; 1 Chr. 11:13).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.