Quick Definition
Ephes-dammim
Biblical Persons & Places
Ephes-dammim
Ephes-dammim
A location first mentioned at 1Sa.17.1;
referred to as Ephes-dammim (אֶ֫פֶס דַּמִּים), or Pas-dammim (NIV= Pas Dammim) (פַּס דַּמִּים).
Strong's Definition
Ephes-Dammim, a place in Palestine
Derivation: from H657 (אֶפֶס) and the plural of H1818 (דָּם); boundary of blood-drops;
KJV Usage: Ephes-dammim.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Ephes Dammim = "edge of blood"
1) a place approx 16 miles (25 km) southwest of Jerusalem
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
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)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
אֶפֶס דַּמִּים
ephes dammý̂ym
BDB Definition:
Ephes Dammim = edge of blood
1) a place approx 16 miles (25 kilometers) southwest of Jerusalem
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H657 and the plural of H1818
Total KJV Occurrences: 1