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Friday, October 31st, 2025
the Week of Proper 25 / Ordinary 30

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Strong's #7851 - שִׁטִּים

Transliteration

Shiṭṭîym

Phonetics

shit-teem'

Origin

the same as the pl. of (H7848)

Parts of Speech

proper locative noun

TWOT

None

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

Shittim = "the acacias"
1. place of Israel´s encampment between the conquest of the transjordanic region and crossing the Jordan into Canaan
2. a place west of Jerusalem

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (4)

Numbers 1

Joshua 2

Joel 1

BSB (5)

Numbers 1

Joshua 2

Joel 1

Micah 1

CSB (5)

Numbers 1

Joshua 2

Joel 1

Micah 1

ESV (5)

Numbers 1

Joshua 2

Joel 1

Micah 1

KJV (5)

Numbers 1

Joshua 2

Joel 1

Micah 1

LEB (5)

Numbers 1

Joshua 2

Joel 1

Micah 1

LSB (5)

Numbers 1

Joshua 2

Joel 1

Micah 1

N95 (5)

Numbers 1

Joshua 2

Joel 1

Micah 1

NAS (5)

Numbers 1

Joshua 2

Joel 1

Micah 1

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (5)

Numbers 1

Joshua 2

Joel 1

Micah 1

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

שִׁטִּים proper name, of a location always ׳הַשּׁ; usually Σαττειν:

1 East of Jordan, Joshua 2:1; Joshua 3:1 (E), Micah 6:5; Numbers 25:1 (P); = ׳אָבֵל הַשּׁ Numbers 33:49; on exact site see Buhl^{G 116} Gray^{Numbers 25:1.}

2׳נַחַל הַשּׁ Joel 4:18 (perhaps Wady Esther -San‰, west of Jerusalem, compare We Buhl^{Geogr. 90, and views in} Dr).

List of Word Forms

בַּשִּׁטִּ֑ים בשטים הַשִּׁטִּ֞ים הַשִּׁטִּֽים׃ הַשִּׁטִּים֙ השטים השטים׃ מֵֽהַשִּׁטִּ֗ים מהשטים baš·šiṭ·ṭîm bashshitTim baššiṭṭîm haš·šiṭ·ṭîm hashshitTim haššiṭṭîm mê·haš·šiṭ·ṭîm mehashshitTim mêhaššiṭṭîm