Beth-shittah — the meaning of the Hebrew name בֵּית הַשִּׁטָּה
בֵּית הַשִּׁטָּה
Beth-shittah means house of the acacia.
Built from
בַּיִת bayith — a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.) open in the lexicon ›
שִׁטָּה shiṭṭâh — the acacia (from its scourging thorns) open in the lexicon ›
Strong's definition
from H1004 and H7848 with the article interposed; house of the acacia; Beth-hash-Shittah, a place in Palestine.
First appearance
Judg 7:22 And the three hundred blew the trumpets, and the Lord set every man’s sword against his fellow, even throughout all the host: and the host fled to Beth–shittah in Zererath, and to the border of Abel–meholah, unto Tabbath.