Strong H830H830Gאַשְׁפֹּת
Dung (Gate)
One of the 2 senses of Strong H830
- Transliteration
- 'ashpôth 'ashpôth shephôth
- Pronunciation
- {ash-pohth'} {ash-pohth'} shef-ohth'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Noun (Masculine)
Definition
Detailed definition
Dung( Gate) in Jerusalem
In the biblical story
Dung Gate
A gate in Jerusalem's wall, possibly used for waste removal.
The Dung Gate was one of the gates in Jerusalem's wall, possibly used for removing waste from the city (Nehemiah 2:13; 3:13-14; 12:31).
In the Bible
Strong H830G appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- dung4
First verses
- Nehemiah 2:13And 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.
- Nehemiah 3:13The 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.
- Nehemiah 3:14But the dung 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 12:31Then 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: