Quick Definition
Dung (Gate)
Biblical Persons & Places
Dung_Gate
Dung Gate= in Jerusalem (Jerusalem@Gen.14.18-Rev=H3389)
A location in Jerusalem first mentioned at Neh.2.13;
only referred to as Dung Gate (אַשְׁפֹּת).
Strong's Definition
a heap of rubbish or filth
Derivation: or אַשְׁפּוֹת; or שְׁפֹת; (contraction) plural of a noun of the same form as H827 (אַשְׁפָּה), from H8192 (שָׁפָה) (in the sense of scraping);
KJV Usage: dung (hill).
TWOT Reference: 2441b
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) ash heap, refuse heap, dung-hill
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
Dung( Gate) in Jerusalem
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שְׁפֹת / אַשְׁפּוֹת / אַשְׁפֹּת
ashpôth / shephôth
BDB Definition:
1) ash heap, refuse heap, dung-hill
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: plural of a noun of the same form as H827, from H8192 (in the sense of scraping)
Same Word by TWOT Number: 2441b
Total KJV Occurrences: 7