Nᵉvâlûw — H5122

Definition

feminine noun

a sink

1. refuse-heap, dunghill, outhouse

Usually translated as

dunghill

Origin

(Aramaic) or nᵉvâlîy; (Aramaic), from an unused root probably meaning to be foul

Occurrences

Nᵉvâlûw occurs 3 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Ezra (1), Daniel (2)

• Ezra 6:11 — Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill (נְוָל֥וּ) for this.
• Daniel 2:5 — The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill (נְוָלִ֥י).
• Daniel 3:29 — Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill (נְוָלִ֣י): because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.