Akeldama | |
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𐡇𐡒𐡋 𐡃𐡌𐡀 | |
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Coordinates | 31°46′06″N 35°13′58″E / 31.76841°N 35.23288°E |
Type | Potter's field |
Owned by | St. Onuphrius Monastery |
Akeldama (Aramaic: חקל דמא or 𐡇𐡒𐡋 𐡃𐡌𐡀 Ḥaqel D'ma, "field of blood"; Hebrew: חקל דמא; Arabic: حقل الدم, Ḥaqel Ad-dam) is the Aramaic name for a place in Jerusalem associated with Judas Iscariot, one of the original twelve apostles of Jesus.