Shittim

6 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Shittim \Shit"tim\, Shittim wood \Shit"tim wood`\, n.
     The wood of the shittah tree.
     [1913 Webster]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:



  shittah
       n : source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably
           a species of Acacia [syn: {shittah tree}]
       [also: {shittim} (pl)]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shittim
       n : shrubby thorny deciduous tree of southeastern United States
           with white flowers and small black drupaceous fruit [syn:
            {southern buckthorn}, {shittimwood}, {mock orange}, {Bumelia
           lycioides}]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  shittim
       See {shittah}

From Easton's 1897 Bible Dictionary [easton]:

  Shittim
     acacias, also called "Abel-shittim" (Num. 33:49), a plain or
     valley in the land of Moab where the Israelites were encamped
     after their two victories over Sihon and Og, at the close of
     their desert wanderings, and from which Joshua sent forth two
     spies (q.v.) "secretly" to "view" the land and Jericho (Josh.
     2:1).
     

From Hitchcock's Bible Names Dictionary (late 1800's) [hitchcock]:

  Shittim, thorns