H830 אַשְׁפֹּת (ʼashpôth) ash-pohth'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

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:

G2874

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

אַשְׁפֹּת (ash.pot) — Dung (Gate). Dung( Gate) in Jerusalem

אַשְׁפֹּת (ash.pot) — refuse. ash heap, refuse heap, dung-hill

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

אַשְׁפֹּת (H0830) — אַשְׁפֹּות, שֲׁפֹות

noun m · שׁפת

Towns | ≈ עָפָר | ≠ כָּבֹוד

dunghill, rubbish heap, garbage heap = heap of dung, ashes, and other garbage, ◄ probably located outside of a population center; ≈ associated with poverty and low status

1SA 2:8 · PSA 113:7 · LAM 4:5

Names of Constructions

Collocation: שַׁעַר אַשְׁפֹּת

Dung Gate, Garbage Gate = one of the city gates of Jerusalem

NEH 2:13 · NEH 3:13 · NEH 3:14 · NEH 12:31

¹ NEH 3:13 MT שַׁעַר הָשֲׁפֹות

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

אַשְׁפֹּת n.[m.] ash-heap (?), refuse-heap, dung-hill (prob. orig. fire-place stones) base

Bible Occurrences (7)

2:8

2:13 3:13 3:14 12:31

113:7

4:5

1 Samuel 2:8

He raises the poor from the dust and lifts the needy from the ash heap. He seats [them] among princes and bestows on them a throne of honor. For the foundations of the earth are the LORD’s, and upon them He has set the world.

Nehemiah 2:13

So I went out at night through the Valley Gate toward... the Well of the Serpent... and the Dung... Gate, and I inspected the walls of Jerusalem that had been broken down and the gates that had been destroyed by fire.

Nehemiah 3:13

The Valley Gate was repaired by Hanun and the residents of Zanoah. They rebuilt it, installed its doors, bolts, and bars, and [repaired] a thousand cubits of the wall as far as the Dung Gate.

Nehemiah 3:14

The Dung Gate was repaired by Malchijah son of Rechab, ruler of the district of Beth-haccherem. He rebuilt it and installed its doors, bolts, and bars.

Nehemiah 12:31

Then I brought the leaders of Judah up on the wall, and I appointed two great thanksgiving [choirs]. One was to proceed along the top of the wall to the right, toward the Dung Gate.

Lamentations 4:5

Those who once ate delicacies are destitute in the streets; those brought up in crimson huddle in ash heaps.