Bible Names

Aceldama: meaning of the name

Aceldama means “field of blood.”
Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (1869)

Aceldama in Hebrew and Greek

Ἀκελδαμά G184

Akeldamá — corresponding to H02506 and H01818); Akeldama, a place near Jerusalem

of Chaldee origin (meaning field of blood;

Aceldama in Scripture

“Aceldama” appears in 1 verse of the King James Version.

  • Acts 1:19

    And it was known unto all the dwellers at Jerusalem; insomuch as that field is called in their proper tongue, Aceldama, that is to say, The field of blood.