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Dunghill

מַדְמֵנָהStrong’s H4087

madmenah (mad-me-nah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Madmenah is the Hebrew word usually translated “dung hill”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“For in this mountain shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shall be trodden down under him, even as straw is trodden down for the dunghill.”
Isaiah 25:10 KJV
Meaning
  1. Dung place, dung pit, dung hill
How it's translated
  • a dung hill 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    מַדְמֵנָה madmenah · dunghill

    dung place, dung pit, dung hill

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “dunghill” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    DUNGHILL, noun

    1. A heap of dung.
    2. A mean or vile abode.
    3. Any mean situation or condition.“He lifteth the beggar from the dunghill” 1 Samuel 2:8
    4. A term of reproach for a man meanly born. [Not used.]
    All definitions and other forms of “dunghill”

      DUNGHILL, adjective

      Sprung from the dunghill; mean; low; base; vile.

        Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

        Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.