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H1686 דִּבְיוֹן (dibyôwn) dib-yone'
Hebrew
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Strong's Definition

in the margin for the textual reading, cheryown {kher-yone'}; both (in the plural only and) of uncertain derivation; probably some cheap vegetable, perhaps a bulbous root

KJV Usage: dove's dung

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

דִּבְיוֹנִים (div.yon) — quano. doves dung

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun m

Body Products

pigeon dung meaning unsure; possibly: = excrement of a pigeon ► used as fuel in times of hardship

2KI 6:25

1 2KI 6:25 MT-Q RSV NJPS NRSV GNT CEV | MT-K HOTTP-B חרי יונִים = MT-Q | NIV "seed pods" | NJB "wild onions" | REB "locust-beans" = חַרְצָן?

Enio R. Mueller

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

דִּבְיוֹנִים n.[m.] so Qr; = דב יונים dove’s dung (?) 2 K 6:25 for Kt חרייונים; 𝔊 κόπρου περιστερῶν (Klo gives conject. emend.) done

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