Quick Definition
Shittim
Biblical Persons & Places
Shittim
Abel-shittim
A location first mentioned at Num.33.49;
referred to as Shittim (שִׁטִּים), or Abel-shittim (NIV= Abel Shittim) (אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים).
Shittim_Valley
Valley of Shittim
A location only mentioned at Jol.3.18;
only referred to as Shittim Valley (שִׁטִּים נַ֫חַל).
Strong's Definition
Shittim, a place East of the Jordan
Derivation: the same as the plural of H7848 (שִׁטָּה); acacia trees;
KJV Usage: Shittim.
Outline of Biblical Usage
Shittim = "the acacias"
1) place of Israel's encampment between the conquest of the transjordanic region and crossing the Jordan into Canaan
2) a place west of Jerusalem
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
Shittim = "the acacias"
place of Israel's encampment between the conquest of the transjordanic region and crossing the Jordan into Canaan
Also named: a.vel hash.shit.tim (אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים "Abel-shittim" H0063)
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שִׁטִּים
shiṭṭý̂ym
BDB Definition:
Shittim = the acacias
1) place of Israels encampment between the conquest of the transjordanic region and crossing the Jordan into Canaan
2) a place west of Jerusalem
Part of Speech: noun proper locative
A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: the same as the plural of H7848
Total KJV Occurrences: 5