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 Morgan, William

And then it goes on to 'blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine linen, and red skins of rams, and badgers' skins, and shittim wood.'

From Expositions of Holy Scripture by Maclaren, Alexander

Calmet, Parkhurst, Gesenius, Clarke, Shaw, and all the best authorities, concur in saying that the otzi shittim, or shittim wood of Exodus, was the common acacia or mimosa nilotica of Linnæus.

From The Symbolism of Freemasonry by Mackey, Albert G.

The ties appear to have been of the tamarisk or shittim wood, of which the ark was constructed—a sacred tree in ancient Egypt, and now very rarely found in the valley of the Nile.

From Harper's Young People, June 1, 1880 An Illustrated Weekly by Various

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 Badlam, Anna B.