Encyclopedic Dictionary of Bible and Theology

Shiva-Narayanais SEE SIVA-NARAYANAIS. Fuente: Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

Shiva In Hindu mythology, a god who forms the trinity with Brahma and Vishnu; as the former is the creator, and the latter the preserver, so Shiva is the destroyer. But as death is a new form of life, the destroyer is really a re-creator, and thus Shiva is called the Bright or Happy One. … Continue reading “Shiva”

Shittim Wood, Shittah Tree This is generally understood to be the Acacia, which is adopted in the R.V. There are several varieties which grow in Egypt and Palestine, the Acacia seyal being the most common. They differ from the acacias known in England, which are from North America. The wood was extensively used in building … Continue reading “Shittim Wood, Shittah Tree”

shittim-wood Repeatedly mentioned in Exodus as the principal timber employed in the construction of the Tabernacle and its appurtenances. It is the wood of the shittah-tree (Isaiah 41; cf. Arabic, sont; Egyptian, shonte), the acacia, the same word designated the A. nilotica of Egypt and the A. seyal of the desert. The seyal is a … Continue reading “Shittim-wood”

Shittim, Valley of Valley of Shittim, mentioned in Joe 3:18. It must certainly have been west of the Jordan, and probably in the neighborhood of Jerusalem, although the particular vale cannot now be distinguished. The name is probably to be regarded as an appellative’acacia vale’ denoting, perhaps, as that tree delights in a dry soil, … Continue reading “Shittim, Valley of”

Shittim (Heb. with the art. hash-Shittim, , the acacias; Sept. ; in the Prophets, ; . Vulg. Settim, Abel-satim), a designation rather than proper name of at least two localities in Palestine. SEE SHITTAH. 1. The place of Israel’s encampment between the conquest of the Transjordanic highlands and the passage of the Jordan (Num 33:49; … Continue reading “Shittim”

Shittih (, Shittah, for , shintah, properly the thorny, if Heb. [see below]; i.q. the Arabic Sunt; only once in the sing. Isa 41:19; Sept. , Vulg. pinea; A.V. Shittah tree) or SHITTIM ( , Shittim, plur. of the same, used with , ets, tree or wood; Sept. , Vulg, setim), a tree, generally regarded … Continue reading “Shittih”

Shittah Tree, Shittim Wood shita, (, shittah; Septuagint , xulon asepton; the Revised Version (British and American) ACACIA TREE (Isa 41:19)); ( , ace shittm; the Revised Version (British and American) ACACIA WOOD (Exo 25:5, Exo 25:10, Exo 25:13; Exo 26:15, Exo 26:26; Exo 27:1, Exo 27:6; Deu 10:3)): The word was originally shintah, derived … Continue reading “Shittah Tree, Shittim Wood”

Shittah Tree See Acacia Fuente: Plants Animals Of Bible Shittah-tree (Isa. 41:19; R.V., “acacia tree”). Shittah wood was employed in making the various parts of the tabernacle in the wilderness, and must therefore have been indigenous in the desert in which the Israelites wandered. It was the acacia or mimosa (Acacia Nilotica and A. seyal). … Continue reading “Shittah Tree”

SHITTAH AND SHITTIM A valuable kind of wood, of which Moses made the greater part of the tables, altars, and planks belonging to the tabernacle. Jerome says, “The wood is hard, tough, smooth, and without knots, and extremely beautiful; so that the rich and curious make screws of it for their presses. It does not … Continue reading “SHITTAH AND SHITTIM”