Word Study · Strong's H7851 · Hebrew
שִׁטִּים
Shittim
shit-teem'
Strong's 1890 spelling: Shiṭṭîym
“Shittim, a place East of the Jordan”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
Shittim, a place East of the Jordan
Rendered in the KJV as
Shittim.
- 5occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 4 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 5inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 5 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 5
- בַּשִּׁטִּ֑ים1
- הַשִּׁטִּ֞ים1
- הַשִּׁטִּים֙1
- הַשִּׁטִּֽים׃1
- מֵֽהַשִּׁטִּ֗ים1
How it is rendered · 3
- the Shittim3
- from the Shittim1
- in the Shittim1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)3
- preposition + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)1
- preposition with the article + proper noun (a name)1
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- HTd/Npl · 3
- HR/Td/Npl · 1
- HRd/Npl · 1
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Where this word lives
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Joshua2 occurrences
- Joshua 2:1הַשִּׁטִּ֞יםhashitimthe definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Then Joshua son of Nun secretly sent two spies from Shittim, saying, “Go, inspect the land, especially Jericho.” So they went and entered the house of a prostitute named Rahab and stayed there.here: the Shittim
- Joshua 3:1מֵֽהַשִּׁטִּ֗יםmehashitimpreposition + the definite article (“the”) + proper noun (a name)Early the next morning Joshua got up and left Shittim with all the Israelites. They went as far as the Jordan, where they camped before crossing over.here: from the Shittim