ʼashpôth — H830

Definition

masculine noun

a heap of rubbish or filth

1. ash heap, refuse heap, dung-hill

Usually translated as

dung

Origin

or ʼashpôwth; or shᵉphôth; (contraction) plural of a noun of the same form as H827, from H8192 (in the sense of scraping)

• Derived from ʼashpâh (H827)
• Derived from Shâphâh (H8192)

Greek equivalents

• kopría (G2874)

Occurrences

ʼashpôth occurs 7 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Samuel (1), Nehemiah (4), Psalms (1), Lamentations (1)

• 1 Samuel 2:8 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill (מֵֽאַשְׁפֹּת֙), to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORD’s, and he hath set the world upon them.
• Nehemiah 2:13 — And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung (הָאַשְׁפֹּ֑ת) port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
• Nehemiah 3:13 — 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 (הָשֲׁפֽוֹת) gate.
• Nehemiah 3:14 — But the dung (הָאַשְׁפּ֗וֹת) gate repaired Malchiah the son of Rechab, the ruler of part of Beth-haccerem; he built it, and set up the doors thereof, the locks thereof, and the bars thereof.
• Nehemiah 12:31 — 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 (הָאַשְׁפֹּֽת) gate:
• Psalms 113:7 — He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill (מֵֽ֝אַשְׁפֹּ֗ת);
• Lamentations 4:5 — They that did feed delicately are desolate in the streets: they that were brought up in scarlet embrace dunghills (אַשְׁפַּתּֽוֹת).