Shittim

British  

/ ˈʃɪtɪm /

noun

1. Old Testament the site to the east of the Jordan and northeast of the Dead Sea where the Israelites encamped before crossing the Jordan (Numbers 25:1–9)

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Example Sentences

Author Hill draws on imagination to describe the vale of Shittim, location of the wicked cities of the plain, Sodom and Gomorrah, though with benefit of modern geological research.

From Time Magazine Archive

"As for the timber," said Fuller, "it may be termed the English Shittim Wood."

From Herbal Simples Approved for Modern Uses of Cure by Fernie, William Thomas

By some it is thought that the timber of A. arabica is identical with the Shittim tree, or wood of the Bible.

From Catalogue of Economic Plants in the Collection of the U. S. Department of Agriculture by Saunders, William

Joshua rose up early in the morning and set out from Shittim.

From The Children's Bible by Sherman, Henry A.

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.

From The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III by Mackintosh, C. (Charles) H. (Henry)