שִׁטִּים
shitim · Shittim
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7851 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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shitim (שִׁטִּים) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “Shittim”.
A place east of the Jordan where Israel camped before crossing it. The name means "acacias."
How to say it
shi·tim
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- Shittim ×4
- Acacias ×1
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Where it appears
- Numbers 25:1
Israel stayed in Shittim, and the people began to prostitute themselves with the daughters of Moab.
- Joshua 2:1
Then Joshua son of Nun sent from Shittim two men as spies secretly, saying, “Go, see the land and Jericho.” So they went and came to the house of a woman, a prostitute, whose name was Rahab, and they lay down there.
- Joshua 3:1
Joshua rose early in the morning, and they set out from Shittim and came to the Jordan, he and all the sons of Israel, and they spent the night there before they crossed.
- Joel 3:18
And it will happen on that day that the mountains will drip sweet wine, and the hills will flow with milk, and all the streambeds of Judah will run with water; and a spring will go out from the house of YHWH and water the wadi of the Acacias.
- Micah 6:5
My people, remember, please, what Balak king of Moab counseled, and what Balaam son of Beor answered him, and of what happened from Shittim to Gilgal, so that you may know the righteous acts of YHWH.”