| Aceldama | n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. Syr. ōkēl damō the field of blood. ] The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called The system of warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| Aceldama | n. [ Gr. &unr_;, fr. Syr. ōkēl damō the field of blood. ] The potter's field, said to have lain south of Jerusalem, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his Master, and therefore called The system of warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal aceldama. De Quincey. [ 1913 Webster ] |
| 血田 | [血 田] field of blood; battlefield; hateful place; Aceldama (field bought by Judas Iscariot with his 30 pieces of silver in Matthew 27:7) [Add to Longdo] |