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单词 shittim wood
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shittim wood


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shittimwood

n (Bible) Old Testament a kind of wood, probably acacia, from which the Ark of the Covenant and parts of the tabernacle were made[C14: from Hebrew shittīm, plural of shittah]

shit′tim wood`

(ˈʃɪt ɪm)
n. the wood of which the ark of the covenant and various parts of the tabernacle were made. Ex. 25, 26. [1580–90; < Hebrew shiṭṭīm, pl. of shiṭṭāh (see shittah)]

shittim wood


shittim wood,

in the Bible, wood of the shittah tree, probably an acaciaacacia
, any plant of the large leguminous genus Acacia, often thorny shrubs and trees of the family Leguminosae (pulse family). Chiefly of the tropics and subtropics, they are cultivated for decorative and economic purposes.
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, from which the Ark of the Covenant and furniture of the Tabernacle were made. The Revised Version of the Bible calls it acacia wood. It seems to have been held in high esteem. The name shittim wood is also sometimes applied to two plants that are not acacias, the buckthornbuckthorn,
common name for some members of the Rhamnaceae, a family of woody shrubs, small trees, and climbing vines widely distributed throughout the world. The buckthorns (several species of the genus Rhamnus) and the jujube (Ziziphus jujuba
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 and the false buckthorn.
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