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Dung

צָפִיעַStrong’s H6832

tsephua (tse-phu-a)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

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

“Then he said unto me, Lo, I have given thee cow’s dung for man’s dung, and thou shalt prepare thy bread therewith.”
Ezekiel 4:15 KJV
Meaning
  1. Dung (of cattle), manure, cattle dung
How it's translated
  • dung of 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Ezekiel 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    צָפִיעַ tsephua · dung

    dung (of cattle), manure, cattle dung

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    DUNG, noun

    [G.]

    The excrement of animals.

      All definitions and other forms of “dung”

        DUNG, verb transitive

        To manure with dung

          DUNG, verb intransitive

          To void excrement.

            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.