Shittah שִׁטָּה

Shittah (Hebrew שִׁטָּה, Strong's H7848) is a Hebrew feminine noun meaning “acacia”. It occurs 28 times in 28 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Shittah, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Exodus

• Exodus 25:5
  And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia 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 half the height thereof.And they are to construct an ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
• Exodus 25:13
  And thou shalt make staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.And make poles of acacia 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 thereof.You are also to make a table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
• Exodus 25:28
  And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, that the table may be borne with them.Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold, so that the table may be carried with them.
• Exodus 26:15
  And thou shalt make boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood standing up.You are to construct upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
• Exodus 26:26
  And thou shalt make bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,You are also to make five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
• Exodus 26:32
  And thou shalt hang it upon four pillars of shittim wood overlaid with gold: their hooks shall be of gold, upon the four sockets of silver.Hang it with gold hooks on four posts of acacia wood, overlaid with gold and standing on four silver bases.
• Exodus 26:37
  And thou shalt make for the hanging five pillars of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold, and their hooks shall be of gold: and thou shalt cast five sockets of brass for them.Make five posts of acacia wood for the curtain, overlay them with gold hooks, and cast five bronze bases for them.
• 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 cubits.“You are to build an altar of acacia wood. The altar must be square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
• Exodus 27:6
  And thou shalt make staves for the altar, staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with brass.Additionally, make poles of acacia wood for the altar and overlay them with bronze.
• Exodus 30:1
  And thou shalt make an altar to burn incense upon: of shittim wood shalt thou make it.“You are also to make an altar of acacia wood for the burning of incense.
• Exodus 30:5
  And thou shalt make the staves of shittim wood, and overlay them with gold.Make the poles of acacia wood and overlay them with gold.
• Exodus 35:7
  And rams’ skins dyed red, and badgers’ skins, and shittim wood,ram skins dyed red and fine leather; acacia wood;
• Exodus 35:24
  Every one that did offer an offering of silver and brass brought the Lord’s offering: and every man, with whom was found shittim wood for any work of the service, brought it.And all who could present an offering of silver or bronze brought it as a contribution to the LORD. Also, everyone who had acacia wood for any part of the service brought it.
• Exodus 36:20
  And he made boards for the tabernacle of shittim wood, standing up.Next, he constructed upright frames of acacia wood for the tabernacle.
• Exodus 36:31
  And he made bars of shittim wood; five for the boards of the one side of the tabernacle,He also made five crossbars of acacia wood for the frames on one side of the tabernacle,
• Exodus 36:36
  And he made thereunto four pillars of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold: their hooks were of gold; and he cast for them four sockets of silver.He also made four posts of acacia wood for it and overlaid them with gold, along with gold hooks; and he cast four silver bases for the posts.
• 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 height of it:Bezalel went on to construct the ark of acacia wood, two and a half cubits long, a cubit and a half wide, and a cubit and a half high.
• Exodus 37:4
  And he made staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.Then he made poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
• 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:He also made the table of acacia wood two cubits long, a cubit wide, and a cubit and a half high.
• Exodus 37:15
  And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold, to bear the table.He made the poles of acacia wood for carrying the table and overlaid them with gold.
• 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 it; the horns thereof were of the same.He made the altar of incense out of acacia wood. It was square, a cubit long, a cubit wide, and two cubits high. Its horns were of one piece.
• Exodus 37:28
  And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with gold.And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with gold.
• 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 cubits the height thereof.Bezalel constructed the altar of burnt offering from acacia wood. It was square, five cubits long, five cubits wide, and three cubits high.
• Exodus 38:6
  And he made the staves of shittim wood, and overlaid them with brass.And he made the poles of acacia wood and overlaid them with bronze.

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 10:3
  And I made an ark of shittim wood, and hewed two tables of stone like unto the first, and went up into the mount, having the two tables in mine hand.So I made an ark of acacia wood, chiseled out two stone tablets like the originals, and went up the mountain with the two tablets in my hands.

Isaiah

• 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 tree together:I will plant cedars in the wilderness, acacias, myrtles, and olive trees. I will set cypresses in the desert, elms and boxwood together,

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).