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DUNG.—1. Used in the East as manure (Luk_13:8) and for fuel; especially that of cattle, where wood and charcoal are scarce or unattainable. Directions for personal cleanliness are given in Deu_23:10-14; and in the case of sacrifices the dung of the animals was burnt outside the camp (Exo_29:14, Lev_4:11-12; Lev_8:17, Num_19:5). 2. The word is used (a) to express contempt and abhorrence, as in the case of the carcase of Jezebel (2Ki_9:37); and in that of the Jews (Jer_9:22, Zep_1:17). (b) To spread dung upon the face was a sign of humiliation (Mal_2:3). (c) As representing worthlessness, Paul counted all things but dung that he might win Christ (Php_3:8).