dove's dung

Boyd’s Bible Dictionary:

Eaten as a last resort, in time of famine (2 Kings 6:25²⁵And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. (2 Kings 6:25)).

Concise Bible Dictionary:

Some take this in 2 Kings 6:25²⁵And there was a great famine in Samaria: and, behold, they besieged it, until an ass's head was sold for fourscore pieces of silver, and the fourth part of a cab of dove's dung for five pieces of silver. (2 Kings 6:25) to represent a kind of herb; we have plants similarly named, as cowslip, hart’s-tongue, and the Arabs have a herb they call “sparrows’ dung.”

Strong’s Dictionary of Hebrew Words:

Number:

1686 (find all occurrences in KJV Bible)

Transliteration:

dibyown

Phonic:

dib-yone’

Meaning:

in the margin for the textual reading, cheryown {kher-yone'}; both (in the plural only and) of uncertain derivation; probably some cheap vegetable, perhaps a bulbous root

KJV Usage:

dove's dung