KJV dictionary & concordance

dunghill

Meaning of “dunghill”

1. A heap of dung. 2. By figure, a low or degraded condition represented by such a heap.

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KJV context and cross-referencesWebster 1828

7 occurrences7 verses6 booksKJV PCE

First occurrence: 1 Samuel 2:8

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1 Samuel 2:8

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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth up the beggar from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, and he hath set the world upon them.

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The 1611 reading & marginal notes

1611 witness · 1 Samuel 2:8 · retained source text

He raiseth vp the poore out of the dust, and lifteth vp the begger from the dunghill, to set them among princes, and to make them inherit the throne of glory: for the pillars of the earth are the LORDs, and hee hath set the world vpon them.

1611 marginal notePsal. 113.7.

Ezra 6:11

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Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.

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1611 witness · Ezra 6:11 · retained source text

Also I haue made a decree, that whosoeuer shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set vp, let him bee hanged thereon, and let his house bee made a doung hill for this.

1611 marginal noteChalde, let him be destroyed.

Psalms 113:7

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He raiseth up the poor out of the dust, and lifteth the needy out of the dunghill;

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1611 witness · Psalms 113:7 · retained source text

He raiseth vp the poore out of the dust: and lifteth the needie out of the dung-hill:

1611 marginal note1.Sam. 2.8. psal. 107.41.

Isaiah 25:10

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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.

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1611 witness · Isaiah 25:10 · retained source text

For in this mountaine shall the hand of the LORD rest, and Moab shalbe troden downe vnder him, euen as straw is troden downe for the dounghill.

1611 marginal noteOr, threshed.

1611 marginal noteOr, threshed in Madmenah.

Daniel 2:5

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The king answered and said to the Chaldeans, The thing is gone from me: if ye will not make known unto me the dream, with the interpretation thereof, ye shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shall be made a dunghill.

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1611 witness · Daniel 2:5 · retained source text

The King answered, and said to the Caldeans, The thing is gone from mee: if ye will not make knowen vnto me the dreame, with the interpretation thereof, yee shall be cut in pieces, and your houses shalbe made a dunghill.

1611 marginal noteCald. made pieces.

1611 marginal noteDan. 3.29.

Daniel 3:29

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Therefore I make a decree, That every people, nation, and language, which speak any thing amiss against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abed-nego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill: because there is no other God that can deliver after this sort.

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1611 witness · Daniel 3:29 · retained source text

Therefore I make a decree, That euery people, nation, and language, which speake any thing amisse against the God of Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, shall be cut in pieces, and their houses shall be made a dunghill, because there is no other God, that can deliuer after this sort.

1611 marginal noteCald. a decree is made by me.

1611 marginal noteCald. errour.

1611 marginal noteCald. made pieces.

1611 marginal noteChap.2.5.