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
שִׁטִּים (shit.tim) — Shittim. 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)
שִׁטִּים (shit.tim) — (Valley of) Shittim.
Combined with na.chal (נַ֫חַל " Valley" H5158I) § Shittim = "the acacias" a place west of Jerusalem
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שִׁטִּים n.pr.loc. E. of Jordan
(W. of Jerus.)
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