שִׁטָּה shittah
Hebrew word for “acacia” · Strong’s H7848 · used 28 times in 28 verses
Meaning
acacia tree, acacia wood
How it is translated
Glosses given for shittah in context, with how often each is used:
- acacia 27
- acacia trees 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Exodus | 26 | 1.6 | |
| Deuteronomy | 1 | 0.1 | |
| Isaiah | 1 | 0.1 |
Chapters where it is used most
Exodus 37 (6), Exodus 25 (5), Exodus 26 (4), Exodus 36 (3), Exodus 27 (2), Exodus 30 (2), Exodus 35 (2), Exodus 38 (2), Deuteronomy 10 (1), Isaiah 41 (1)
Forms
- שׁטים 26
- שׂטים 1
- שׁטה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with shittah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- עֵץ ets “tree” 25
- צָפָה tsaphah “to overlay” 11
- קוֹמָה qomah “height” 7
- בַּד bad “alone” 8
- רֹחַב rochav “width” 7
- אֹרֶךְ orekh “length” 7
- זָהָב zahav “gold” 9
- אַמָּה ammah “cubit” 7
- קֶרֶשׁ qeresh “board” 4
- שֻׁלְחָן shulchan “table” 4
- רָבַע rava “to square” 3
- וָו vav “hook” 3
Key verses
The verses using shittah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Exodus 25:5 — And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,
- Exodus 25:10 — And they shall make an ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half shall be the length thereof, and a cubit and a half the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a…
- Exodus 25:13 — And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.
- Exodus 25:23 — Thou shalt also make a table of shittim wood: two cubits shall be the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height…
- Exodus 26:15 — And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.
- Exodus 27:1 — And thou shalt make an altar of shittim wood, five cubits long, and five cubits broad; the altar shall be foursquare: and the height thereof shall be three…
- Exodus 30:1 — And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.
- Exodus 37:1 — And Bezaleel made the ark of shittim wood: two cubits and a half was the length of it, and a cubit and a half the breadth of it, and a cubit and a half the…
- Exodus 37:10 — And he made the table of shittim wood: two cubits was the length thereof, and a cubit the breadth thereof, and a cubit and a half the height thereof:
- Exodus 37:25 — And he made the incense altar of shittim wood: the length of it was a cubit, and the breadth of it a cubit; it was foursquare; and two cubits was the height of…
- Exodus 38:1 — And he made the altar of burnt offering of shittim wood: five cubits was the length thereof, and five cubits the breadth thereof; it was foursquare; and three…
- Isaiah 41:19 — 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 fir tree, and the pine, and the box…
See all 28 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.