A Greek noun meaning a farm, homestead, encampment, or dwelling place — especially a rural estate or piece of property. Used in Acts 1:19 for the field that Judas purchased, which the Jerusalem community called Akeldama — Field of Blood.
The epaulis of Judas — the field purchased with the betrayal money — became known as the Field of Blood, fulfilling the prophetic pattern of Zechariah 11 and Jeremiah's potter's field. Peter, in his address to the disciples before Pentecost, interprets this geography as Scripture fulfillment: the place Judas bought with blood money, where his body burst open, became a cemetery for strangers. It is one of Scripture's most sobering illustrations that the wages of betrayal turn to ash. What should have been a homestead became a burial ground. Yet the same passage is prelude to Matthias's appointment — restoration and continuity after betrayal.