dung'-hil ('ashpoth,1Sa 2:8, madhmenah, etc., with other words; kopria,Lu 14:35): Dung heap, or place of refuse. To sit upon a dunghill (1Sa 2:8;Ps 113:7;La 4:5) is significant of the lowest and most wretched condition. To turn a house into a dunghill (Da 2:5;3:29), or be flung upon a dunghill (Lu 14:35), marks the extreme of ignominy. See alsoDUNG.
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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, General Editor, 1844–1913 edition.