Shittim Wood
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Shittim Wood

SHITTAH; TREE; SHITTIM WOOD

shit'a, (shiTTah; Septuagint xulon asepton; the Revised Version (British and American) ACACIA TREE (Isaiah 41:19)); (`ace shiTTim; the Revised Version (British and American) ACACIA WOOD (Exodus 25:5, 10, 13; Exodus 26:15, 26; 27:1, 6 Deuteronomy 10:3)): The word was originally shinTah, derived from the Arabic sanT, now a name confined to one species of acacia, Acacia nilotica (Natural Order, Leguminosae), but possibly was once a more inclusive term. The Acacia nilotica is at present confined to the Sinaitic peninsula and to Egypt. Closely allied species, the Acacia tortilis and Acacia seyal, both classed together under the Arabic name sayyal, are plentiful in the valleys about the Dead Sea from Engedi southward. Those who have ridden from `Ain Jidy to Jebel Usdum will never forget these most striking features of the landscape. They are most picturesque trees with their gnarled trunks, sometimes 2 ft. thick, their twisted, thorny branches, which often give the whole tree an umbrella-like form, and their fine bipinnate leaves with minute leaflets. The curiously twisted pods and the masses of gum arabic which exude in many parts are also peculiar features. The trees yield a valuable, hard, close-grained timber, not readily attacked by insects.

E. W. G. Masterman

Strong's Hebrew
7848. shittah -- acacia (a tree and a wood)
... only in the plural shittiym {shit-teem'}; meaning the sticks of wood) from the same
as shotet; the acacia (from its scourging thorns) -- shittah, shittim. ...
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Sikera, a Manufactured and Spurious Wine, yet Intoxicating; Things ...
... sending forth a sweet savour of love to the Lord; for He says, [2654] "Thou shalt
make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim-wood shalt thou make it. ...
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How Intent the Ruler Ought to be on Meditations in the Sacred Law.
... Thou shalt make four rings of gold, which thou shalt put in the four corners of
the ark, and thou shalt make staves of shittim-wood, and overlay them with gold ...
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Scriptural Types.
... from east to west, and ten cubits in width; the eastern end, which constituted the
front, having only a vail suspended from five pillars of shittim-wood. ...
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An Old Subscription List
... jewels of gold.' And then it goes on to 'blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine
linen, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood.' And then ...
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Introduction
... And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their
hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver." From Heb.10:19, 20 ...
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The Power of Little Things.
... silver, and brass, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and goats'
hair, and rams' skins dyed red, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood, oil for ...
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Importance of Small Things in Religion
... to be found in 2 Samuel , and 1 Chronicles 13:nd 15:The ark of the covenant was
a kind of chest made of shittim wood, and lined within and without with gold. ...
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Greek and Jew
... A woman entered the hall. Behind her came a servant bearing a shittim-wood casket. ...
The Ephesian actress motioned toward the shittim-wood casket. ...
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The Road to Pella
... public. Also, I send herewith a shittim-wood casket found with John of Gischala
when he was captured in a cavern under Jerusalem. It ...
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A Prince's Bride
... Costobarus went to a cabinet on the wall and drew forth a shittim-wood case which
he unlocked. Therefrom he took a small casket and opened it. ...
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Resources
What is the significance of Shittim in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

What was Baal Peor in the Bible? | GotQuestions.org

Places Outside Israel ' Article Index | GotQuestions.org

Shittim: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com

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