Strong's Lexicon

H830

H830 — אַשׁפּוֹת אַשׁפּוֹת שְׁפוֹת

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewashpothnoun mascOccurrences: 7TWOT: 2441b

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:	H830
Word:	אַשׁפּוֹת אַשׁפּוֹת שְׁפוֹת
Part of Speech:	noun masc
Etymology:	plural of a noun of the same form as H827, from H8192 (in the sense of scraping)
Language:	Hebrew
Occurrences:	7
Transliteration:	ashpoth
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:	ash-pohth' (or uashpowth {ash-pohth'} or (contraction) shphoth {shef-ohth'};) n-m.
Meaning:	1. a heap of rubbish or filth
KJV Renderings:	dung (hill).

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB8948

אַשְׁפֹּת noun [masculine] ash-heap(?), refuse-heap, dung-hill (probably originally fire-place stones , compare Arabic below √); — ׳ א absolute as beggars' resting-place 1Sam 2:8 = Ps 113:7 (both || עָפָר; compare Job 2:8 Wetzst in De); so plural אַשׁפַתּוֺת Lam 4:5 שַׁעַר הָאַשְׁפֹּת Neh 2:13; Neh 3:14; Neh 12:31 = הָֽשְׁפוֺת ׳ שׁ Neh 3:13 (Ges^{«GKC:35d»§ 35d}).

Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

אשפות (ash-pohth’)

Nehemiah 2:13

KJV: And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.

EHCC: and to the dung port,

Nehemiah 3:13

KJV: The valley gate repaired Hanun, and the inhabitants of Zanoah; they built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof, and a thousand cubits on the wall unto the dung gate.

EHCC: the wall unto the dung gate.

Nehemiah 12:31

KJV: Then I brought up the princes of Judah upon the wall, and appointed two great companies of them that gave thanks, whereof one went on the right hand upon the wall toward the dung gate:

EHCC: the wall toward the dana gate:

Psalms 113:7

KJV: He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

EHCC: the needy ont of the dunghill ;

Lamentations 4:5

KJV: They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills.

EHCC: brought up in scarlet embrace dunghilis.