H7851: שִׁטִּים
Shiṭṭîym · pronounced shit-teem' · “Shittim”
Definition
Shittim, a place East of the Jordan
KJV translates it as: Shittim.
Word origin: the same as the plural of H7848 (שִׁטָּה); acacia trees;
Extended definition
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)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7851 is translated
- shittim ×5
Bible verses with H7851 (Shiṭṭîym)
Shiṭṭîym appears in 5 verses.
- Numbers 25:1
And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
- Joshua 2:1
And Joshua the son of Nun sent out of Shittim two men to spy secretly, saying, Go view the land, even Jericho. And they went, and came into an harlot’s house, named Rahab, and lodged there.
- Joshua 3:1
And Joshua rose early in the morning; and they removed from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel, and lodged there before they passed over.
- Joel 3:18
And it shall come to pass in that day, that the mountains shall drop down new wine, and the hills shall flow with milk, and all the rivers of Judah shall flow with waters, and a fountain shall come forth of the house of the Lord, and shall water the valley of Shittim.
- Micah 6:5
O my people, remember now what Balak king of Moab consulted, and what Balaam the son of Beor answered him from Shittim unto Gilgal; that ye may know the righteousness of the Lord.