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Definition of Shittah
1. Noun. Source of a wood mentioned frequently in the Bible; probably a species of genus Acacia.
Group relationships: Genus Acacia
Generic synonyms: Acacia
Terms within: Shittimwood
Definition of Shittah
1. n. A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made; -- now believed to have been the wood of the Acacia Seyal, which is hard, fine grained, and yellowish brown in color.
Definition of Shittah
1. Noun. The wood of the acacia tree. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Shittah
1. a hardwood tree [n -S]
Medical Definition of Shittah
1. A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc, of the Jewish tabernacle were made; now believed to have been the wood of the Acacia Seyal, which is hard, fine grained, and yellowish brown in colour. Origin: Heb. Shittah, pl. Shittim. Source: Websters Dictionary (01 Mar 1998)
Literary usage of Shittah
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Scripture Natural History: Containing a Descriptive Account of the by William Carpenter, Gorham Dummer Abbot (1833)
"THE shittah TREE. THIS tree is only mentioned in Isaiah xli. ... The difficulty
of identifying the shittah tree, has been felt by all interpreters, ..."
2. The Land and the Book, Or, Biblical Illustrations Drawn from the Manners and by William McClure Thomson (1883)
"... Beth- shittah.—Beth-barah.—Bethabara.—John the Baptist.—The Patriarch Jacob.—Abel-
meholah.—" Elisha ploughing, with Twelve Yoke of Oxen before him. ..."
3. Day After Day: A Manual of Devotions for Individual and Family Use by John Wilbur Chapman (1919)
"I will plant in the wilderness the cedar, the shittah tree, and the myrtle, and
the oil tree; I will set in the desert the ..."
4. The Scripture garden walk: comprising the botanical exposition and natural (1832)
"shittah. The difficulty of assigning the proper English name to this tree has
been felt by all interpreters; but many very respectable authorities agree in ..."
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