Acéldama (Gr. Akeldamáj, Akeldamá, Hakeldamáj; transliteration of Aram. Jaqal demâ’, “field of blood”). A tract of land originally intended for pottery, but given the name “field of blood” (both because of the death of Judas and the Savior) after the Jewish leaders bought it with the money that Judas gave them. returned out of remorse (Mat 27:6-9; Act 1:18; transliterated form appears in v 19). The acquired field was used for the burial of foreigners. A local tradition, dating back to the 4th century AD, locates this place on the southern slopes of the Valley of Hinnom, where there is red clay and where perhaps the potters of Jeremiah’s time had their potteries (Jer 18:2; 19:2 , eleven). Steel. Form of iron to which, by virtue of a special process, up to 1.7% carbon is added. This word does not appear in any of the Spanish versions consulted. But it appears 4 times in the King James Version as a translation of the Heb. nejûshâh and nejôsheth (2Sa 22:35; Job 20:24; Psa 18:34; Jer 15:2; the KJV translated them as “iron” and “bronze”). That is why there are doubts that steel is actually mentioned in the Bible. Some have suggested that the term Heb. pelâdôth (Nah 2:3), translated “torches” on the basis of the meaning of similar words in languages of the same family of Hebrew (the sir. and the ár.), would mean “steel”. The first object of this metal found in the Near East was an ax blade from the 14th century BC, discovered in Ugarit.
Source: Evangelical Bible Dictionary
Field purchased by the priests in the name of Judas with the money they received for betraying Christ (Act 1:18-19; Mat 27:3-10). The field was called “place of blood” in Aramaic, probably because of the gruesome manner in which Judas died.
Source: Hispanic World Bible Dictionary
(field of blood). Land acquired with the thirty pieces of silver that †¢Judas received for betraying the Lord Jesus (Mat 27:3-10). Repentant, the Iscariot threw the money into the †¢temple. The priests, more concerned with the rites than with justice, decided that this money could not be received as an offering because it was “the price of blood”, so they took it and bought the land where Judas hanged himself for the burial of the foreigners. It is in this sense that the words of Acts 1: 18-19 must be interpreted, where it says that Judas † œwith the wages of his iniquity bought a field †.
Source: Christian Bible Dictionary
tip, LUGA “field of blood”. A small piece of land in Jerusalem, which before the death of Christ was called “Potter’s Field” (Jer. 19), bought by the priests with the money returned by Judas, who destined it for a cemetery for foreigners, since, considering it ” price of blood” and, therefore, contaminated, could not be dedicated to the burial of Jews (Mt. 27:7; Acts 1:19). The popular voice, remembering the origin of said cemetery, made an easy play on words and turned its name into “akeldama”, “field of blood”. It can almost certainly be located on the south side of the Valley of Hinnom where there are many Crusader tombs.
Source: New Illustrated Bible Dictionary
Meaning “Field of Blood” or “Field of the potter”. Incidentally, the site where it was found is not known, but it is traditionally located south of the Valley of Hinnom.
This is where Judas hanged himself and the field was bought with the price of treason, Matthew 27:3-10; Acts 1:18-20.
Source: Geographic Dictionary of the Bible
Hch. 1.19 gives the meaning of this word as “field of blood”; the aramaic phrase is ḥaqēl demâ. Previously this field was called the Potter’s Field, which has been considered equivalent to the Potter’s House (Jer. 18.2), in the Valley of Hinnom. Jerónimo located it on the S side of said valley; and the site accepted today is found there. Eusebius, however, thought the site was N of Jerusalem. By the way the traditional place can supply pottery clay; and it has been used for a long time as a cemetery. See JA Motyer in NIDNTT 1, pp. 93–94, for bibliography and a brief discussion of the issues.
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Douglas, J. (2000). New Biblical Dictionary: First Edition. Miami: United Bible Societies.
Source: New Bible Dictionary