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Ephes-dammim

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

(border of blood). A Philistine encampment (1 Sam. 17:1¹Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. (1 Samuel 17:1)). Pasdammim (1 Chron. 11:13¹³He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. (1 Chronicles 11:13)). [ELAH.]

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Place in Judah, the scene of the death of Goliath in the valley of Elah (1 Sam. 17:1¹Now the Philistines gathered together their armies to battle, and were gathered together at Shochoh, which belongeth to Judah, and pitched between Shochoh and Azekah, in Ephes-dammim. (1 Samuel 17:1)). Called PAS-DAMMIM in 1 Chronicles 11:13¹³He was with David at Pas-dammim, and there the Philistines were gathered together to battle, where was a parcel of ground full of barley; and the people fled from before the Philistines. (1 Chronicles 11:13).

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

658 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

’Ephec

Phonic:

Dammiym

Meaning:

from 657 and the plural of 1818; boundary of blood-drops; Ephes-Dammim, a place in Palestine

KJV Usage:

Ephes-dammim

Jackson’s Dictionary of Scripture Proper Names:

limit of bloods

Potts’ Bible Proper Names:

Lack of blood; end or boundary of blood:―a Philistine encampment [PAS-DAMMIM], 1 Sam. 17:1. {Defectus sanguinum}