אַשְׁפֹּתʼashpôth
ash-heap(?), refuse-heap, dung-hill, probably originally fire-place stones (1 Samuel 2:8; Psalms 113:7; Job 2:8; Lamentations 4:5; Nehemiah 2:13)
Pronunciation: ash-pohth' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H830
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 2:8 He lifts the poor from the dust and the needy from the garbage dump. He sets them among princes, placing them in seats of honor. For all the earth is the Lord’s, and he has set the world in order.
- Nehemiah 2:13 After dark I went out through the Valley Gate, past the Jackal’s Well, and over to the Dung Gate to inspect the broken walls and burned gates.
- Nehemiah 3:13 The Valley Gate was repaired by the people from Zanoah, led by Hanun. They set up its doors and installed its bolts and bars. They also repaired the 1,500 feet of wall to the Dung Gate.
- Nehemiah 3:14 The Dung Gate was repaired by Malkijah son of Recab, the leader of the Beth-hakkerem district. He rebuilt it, set up its doors, and installed its bolts and bars.
- Nehemiah 12:31 I led the leaders of Judah to the top of the wall and organized two large choirs to give thanks. One of the choirs proceeded southward along the top of the wall to the Dung Gate.
- Psalms 113:7 He lifts the poor from the dust and the needy from the garbage dump.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).