HebrewH0830Noun (Masculine)

אַשְׁפֹּת

ash.pot

7Occurrences
H0830Strong's #
Noun (Masculine)Part of Speech

Definition

Quick Definition(Strong's Concordance)

a heap of rubbish or filth

or אַשְׁפּוֹת; or שְׁפֹת; (contraction) plural of a noun of the same form as H827 (אַשְׁפָּה), from H8192 (שָׁפָה) (in the sense of scraping);

Full Lexicon Entry(Abbott-Smith)
Dung( Gate) in Jerusalem

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Grammar & Morphology

Part of Speech

Noun (Masculine)

Morphology Code

H:N-M

Full Description

H:N-M

Occurrences

אַשְׁפֹּת appears 7 times in the Old Testament.

Distribution by Book

Nehemiah
4
1 Samuel
1
Lamentations
1
Psalms
1

Key Passages

1 Samuel 2:8BSB

He raises the poor from the dustand lifts the needy from the ash heap.He seats them among princesand 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.

Lamentations 4:5BSB

Those who once ate delicaciesare destitute in the streets;those brought up in crimsonhuddle in ash heaps.

Nehemiah 12:31BSB

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.

Nehemiah 2:13BSB

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 3:13BSB

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.

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