אֶפֶס דַּמִּיםʼEpheç Dammîym
proper name [of a location]: in Judah, approximately 16 miles southwest of Jerusalem (1 Chronicles 11:13; 1 Samuel 17:1)
Pronunciation: eh'-fes dam-meem' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H658
Same root
- אֶפֶסʼepheç · H657cessation, i.e. an end (especially of the earth); often used adverb, no further; also the ankle (in the dual), as being the extremity of the leg or foot
- דָּםdâm · H1818blood (as that which when shed causes death) of man or an animal; by analogy, the juice of the grape; figuratively (especially in the plural) bloodshed (i.e. drops of blood)
Where it appears
Appears 2 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 17:1 The Philistines now mustered their army for battle and camped between Socoh in Judah and Azekah at Ephes-dammim.
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- 1 Samuel 17:1
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).