Strong H7851H7851Gשִׁטִּים
Shittim
One of the 2 senses of Strong H7851
- Transliteration
- shiţţîym
- Pronunciation
- shit-teem'
- Morphology
- Proper Name of a Location with no gender
Definition
Shittim, also called Abel-shittim, the final Israelite encampment before entering Canaan.
Meaning of the name
Shittim = "the acacias"
General definition
The same as the plural of H7848; acacia trees;
{Shittim} a place East of the Jordan: - Shittim.
{Shittim} a place East of the Jordan: - Shittim.
In the biblical story
Shittim
The last Israelite campsite before crossing the Jordan.
Shittim, also called Abel-shittim, the final Israelite encampment before entering Canaan.
In the Bible
Strong H7851G appears in 4 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- shittim4
First verses
- Numbers 25:1And Israel abode in Shittim, and the people began to commit whoredom with the daughters of Moab.
- Joshua 2:1And 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 3:1And 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.
- Micah 6:5O 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.