Shit·tim Shit·tim wood , n. The wood of the shittah tree.
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shittah
n : source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably
a species of Acacia [syn: shittah tree]
[also: shittim (pl)]
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]
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).