שִׁטָּה
shiṭṭâh · shit-taw'
the acacia (from its scourging thorns)
Lexicon
Derivation: feminine of a derivative (only in the plural שִׁטִּים; meaning the sticks of wood) from the same as H7850 (שֹׁטֵט);
the acacia (from its scourging thorns)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: shittah, shittim. See also H1029 (בֵּית הַשִּׁטָּה).
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to surround and contain › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy that works to surround and contain that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שִׁטָּה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of shittim23 · 82%
- and shittim2 · 7%
- upon: of shittim1 · 4%
- shittim1 · 4%
- the shittah tree1 · 4%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.