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Webster 1913 Edition
Aceldama
A-cel′da-ma
,Noun.
[Gr. [GREEK], 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 field of blood
. Fig.: A field of bloodshed. The system of warfare . . . which had already converted immense tracts into one universal
aceldama
. De Quincey.
Webster 1828 Edition
Aceldama
ACEL'DAMA
,Noun.
A field said to have laid south of Jerusalem, the same as the potters field, purchased with the bribe which Judas took for betraying his master, and therefore called the field of blood. It was appropriated to the interment of strangers.