A battle-field, a place where much blood has been shed. To
the south of Jerusalem there was a field so called; it was purchased by
the priests with the blood-money thrown down by Judas, and
appropriated as a cemetery for strangers (Matthew xxvii. 8; Acts 1. 19).
(Aramaic, okel-dama.)
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