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

Shittim Wood, a hard, close-grained acacia wood of an orange-brown colour found in the Arabian Desert, and employed in constructing the Jewish Tabernacle.

From The Nuttall Encyclopædia Being a Concise and Comprehensive Dictionary of General Knowledge by Nuttall, P. Austin

And Joshua rose up early in the morning, and they marched from Shittim, and came to Jordan, he and all the children of Israel; and they lodged there before they passed over.

From The Bible Story by Hall, Newton Marshall

O my people, 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. 

From The Gospel of the Pentateuch by Kingsley, Charles

"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