shittim wood

American  

[shit-im] / ˈʃɪt ɪm /

noun

1. the wood, probably acacia, of which the ark of the covenant and various parts of the tabernacle were made. Exodus 25, 26.

2. cascara.

3. false buckthorn.

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shittim wood British  

/ ˈʃɪtɪm /

noun

1. Old Testament a kind of wood, probably acacia, from which the Ark of the Covenant and parts of the tabernacle were made

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Etymology

Origin of shittim wood

First recorded in 1580–90; ultimately from Hebrew shiṭṭīm, plural of shiṭṭāh “the acacia tree” (probably) ; see shittah)

Example Sentences

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shittim wood

A. Of shittim wood covered within and without with pure gold, surmounted with a golden crown and two cherubims of gold.

From The Mysteries of Free Masonry Containing All the Degrees of the Order Conferred in a Master's Lodge by William Morgan

Peter Harrison, an annotator on the Pentateuch, observed of Moses' two tables of stone that they were made of shittim wood.

From Literary Blunders by Henry Benjamin Wheatley

It is generally supposed to be the same species of wood mentioned as the shittim wood in the Scriptures.

From The World and Its People: Book VII Views in Africa by Anna B. Badlam

The promise of the new covenant is to put the Law into the mind, not in an ark of shittim wood, and to write it in the heart, not on tables of stone.

From The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews by Thomas Charles Edwards

Shittim furthermore signifies "follies," hence Israel were to construct the place of penance for their folly in adoring the Golden Calf, out of shittim wood, to atone for this "folly."

From The Legends of the Jews — Volume 3 by Paul Radin