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Akeldama is a field in the Bible, at Jerusalem. The King James Version names it in 2 verses, from Matthew 27:8 to Acts 1:19.
The name which the Jews gave in their proper tongue, i.e., in Aramaic, to the field which was purchased with the money which had been given to the betrayer of our Lord. The word means “field of blood.” It was previously called “the potter’s field” (Matt. 27:7, 8; Acts 1:19), and was appropriated as the burial-place for strangers. It lies on a narrow level terrace on the south face of the valley of Hinnom. Its modern name is Hak ed-damm.
From Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897).
Akeldama is a field at Jerusalem. BibleLectio shows it on a painted map of the Bible’s world, with every verse that names it.
The King James Version names Akeldama in 2 verses, in 2 books, from Matthew 27:8 to Acts 1:19.