Aceldama

American  

[uh-sel-duh-muh, uh-kel-] / əˈsɛl də mə, əˈkɛl- /

Also Akeldama

noun

1. (in the Bible) the place near Jerusalem purchased with the bribe Judas took for betraying Jesus.

2. any place of slaughter and bloodshed.

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Aceldama British  

/ əˈsɛldəmə /

noun

1. New Testament the place near Jerusalem that was bought with the 30 pieces of silver paid to Judas for betraying Jesus (Matthew 27:8; Acts 1:19)

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Etymology

Origin of Aceldama

From Latin, from Greek Akeldamá, from Aramaic ḥăgēl dəmā “field of blood”

Example Sentences

That is our Aceldama, our Potter's Field, only approached by the athletic, who keep their eyes from Nature's indiscretion by vigorous sets of tennis in the purple shadow of the cliff.

From Mince Pie by Morley, Christopher

They were glad to leave behind them this wild Aceldama.

From Celebrated Women Travellers of the Nineteenth Century by Adams, W. H. Davenport

War made the South an Aceldama; reconstruction made it a Gehenna.

From The Women of the Confederacy by Underwood, J. L.

Aceldama, a-sel′da-ma, n. a field of blood—the name given to the field outside Jerusalem bought with the blood-money of Jesus.

From Chambers's Twentieth Century Dictionary (part 1 of 4: A-D) by Various

From this time, this field was called "Aceldama," a Hebrew word, meaning the Field of Blood: now the Christians in those parts call it "the holy field."

From "Granny's Chapters" (on scriptural subjects) by Ross, Lady Mary