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- Acacia - n. - A roll or bag, filled with dust, borne by Byzantine emperors, as a memento of mortality. It is represented on medals.
- Acacia - n. - A genus of leguminous trees and shrubs. Nearly 300 species are Australian or Polynesian, and have terete or vertically compressed leaf stalks, instead of the bipinnate leaves of the much fewer species of America, Africa, etc. Very few are found in temperate climates.
- Acacia - n. - The inspissated juice of several species of acacia; -- called also gum acacia, and gum arabic.
- Acaciae - pl. - of Acacia
- Acacias - pl. - of Acacia
- Myall wood - - A durable, fragrant, and dark-colored Australian wood, used by the natives for spears. It is obtained from the small tree Acacia homolophylla.
- Ark - n. - The oblong chest of acacia wood, overlaid with gold, which supported the mercy seat with its golden cherubs, and occupied the most sacred place in the sanctuary. In it Moses placed the two tables of stone containing the ten commandments. Called also the Ark of the Covenant.
- Shittah tree - n. - A tree that furnished the precious wood of which the ark, tables, altars, boards, etc., of the Jewish tabernacle were made; -- now believed to have been the wood of the Acacia Seyal, which is hard, fine grained, and yellowish brown in color.
- Catechu - n. - A dry, brown, astringent extract, obtained by decoction and evaporation from the Acacia catechu, and several other plants growing in India. It contains a large portion of tannin or tannic acid, and is used in medicine and in the arts. It is also known by the names terra japonica, cutch, gambier, etc.
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- H63 אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים - 63 אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים - אָבֵל הַשִּׁטִּים - - ʼÂbêl hash-Shiṭṭîym - aw-bale' hash-shit-teem' - from אָבֵל and the plural of שִׁטָּה, with the article inserted; meadow of the acacias; Abel hash-Shittim, a place in Palestine; Abelshittim. - Proper Name Location - x-pn
- H1029 בֵּית הַשִּׁטָּה - 1029 בֵּית הַשִּׁטָּה - בֵּית הַשִּׁטָּה - - Bêyth hash-Shiṭṭâh - bayth hash-shit-taw' - from בַּיִת and שִׁטָּה with the article interposed; house of the acacia; Beth-hash-Shittah, a place in Palestine; Beth-shittah. - Proper Name Location - x-pn
- H7848 שִׁטָּה - 7848 שִׁטָּה - שִׁטָּה - - shiṭṭâh - shit-taw' - feminine of a derivative (only in the plural שִׁטִּים; meaning the sticks of wood) from the same as שֹׁטֵט; the acacia (from its scourging thorns); shittah, shittim. See also בֵּית הַשִּׁטָּה. - Noun Feminine - heb
- H7851 שִׁטִּים - 7851 שִׁטִּים - שִׁטִּים - - Shiṭṭîym - shit-teem' - the same as the plural of שִׁטָּה; acacia trees; Shittim, a place East of the Jordan; Shittim. - Proper Name Location - x-pn