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Lexicon :: Strong's H4960 - mištê

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מִשְׁתֶּה
Transliteration
mištê
Pronunciation
mish-teh'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2477c

Strong’s Definitions

מִשְׁתֶּה mishteh, mish-teh'; from H8354; drink, by implication, drinking (the act); also (by implication) a banquet or (generally) feast:—banquet, drank, drink, feast((-ed), -ing).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x

The KJV translates Strong's H4960 in the following manner: feast (31x), banquet (10x), drink (5x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x
The KJV translates Strong's H4960 in the following manner: feast (31x), banquet (10x), drink (5x).

  1. feast, drink, banquet

    1. feast, banquet

    2. drink

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִשְׁתֶּה mishteh, mish-teh'; from H8354; drink, by implication, drinking (the act); also (by implication) a banquet or (generally) feast:—banquet, drank, drink, feast((-ed), -ing).
STRONGS H4960: Abbreviations
מִשְׁתֶּה 45 noun masculineGenesis 21:8
1. feast;
2. drink; — absolute מ׳ Genesis 19:3 +; construct מִשְׁתֵּה 1 Samuel 25:36 +; suffix מִשְׁתָּיו Daniel 1:5 + (Ges§§ 93 ss), etc.; —
1. feast, banquet (occasion for drinking, drinking-bout), 1 Samuel 25:36 (twice in verse); Isaiah 5:12; Jeremiah 51:39 (figurative), Job 1:5; Esther 2:18; Esther 5:14; Esther 8:17; Esther 9:19; lasting seven days Judges 14:12, Judges 14:17 (wedding-feast, compare Genesis 29:27, and see BenzArchaeology 143; Ency. Bib. 2949 NowArchaeology i. 163); עָשָׂה מ׳ give or make a feast (sometimes + ל person) Genesis 19:3; Genesis 26:30 (both J), Genesis 21:8; Genesis 40:20 (both E), Judges 14:10; 2 Samuel 3:20; 1 Kings 3:15; Esther 1:3 + 8 times Esther; Job 1:4 + 2 Samuel 13:27 (twice in verse) Greek Version of the LXX Th We Dr and modern; מִשְׁתֵּה הַיַּיִן Esther 5:6; Esther 7:2, Esther 7:7, בֵּית מִשְׁתֶּה Jeremiah 16:8; Ecclesiastes 7:2, בֵּית מִשְׁתֵּה הַיַּיִן Esther 7:8; יוֺם מ׳ וְשִׂמְחָה Esther 9:17, Esther 9:18, compare Esther 9:22; of י׳'s banquet for all peoples Isaiah 25:6 (figurative of Messianic blessings); figurative also in תָּמִיד טוֺבלֵֿב מ׳ Proverbs 15:15.
†2. drink (late): וָשֶׁמֶן מַאֲכָל וּמ׳ Ezra 3:7; suffix יֵין מִשְׁתָּיו Daniel 1:5, Daniel 1:8; מִשְׁתֵּיהֶם Daniel 1:16; מִשְׁתֵּכֶם Daniel 1:10.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H4961.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

19:3; 19:3; 21:8; 21:8; 26:30; 29:27; 40:20

Judges

14:10; 14:12; 14:17

1 Samuel

25:36; 25:36

2 Samuel

3:20; 13:27

1 Kings

3:15

Ezra

3:7

Esther

1:3; 2:18; 5:6; 5:14; 7:2; 7:7; 7:8; 8:17; 9:17; 9:18; 9:19; 9:22

Job

1:4; 1:5

Proverbs

15:15

Ecclesiastes

7:2

Isaiah

5:12; 25:6

Jeremiah

16:8; 51:39

Daniel

1:5; 1:5; 1:8; 1:10; 1:16

H4960

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4960 matches the Hebrew מִשְׁתֶּה (mištê),
which occurs 46 times in 43 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:3 - But he made his request more strongly, so they went with him into his house; and he got food ready for them, and made unleavened bread, of which they took.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:8 - And when the child was old enough to be taken from the breast, Abraham made a great feast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:30 - Then he made a feast for them, and they all had food and drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:22 - And Laban got together all the men of the place and gave a feast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:20 - Now the third day was Pharaoh's birthday, and he gave a feast for all his servants; and he gave honour to the chief wine-servant and the chief bread-maker among the others.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:10 - Then Samson went down to the woman, and made a feast there, as was the way among young men.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:12 - And Samson said, Now I have a hard question for you: if you are able to give me the answer before the seven days of the feast are over, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty changes of clothing;

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:17 - And all the seven days of the feast she went on weeping over him; and on the seventh day he gave her the answer, because she gave him no peace; and she sent word of it to the children of her people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 - And Abigail went back to Nabal; and he was feasting in his house like a king; and Nabal's heart was full of joy, for he had taken much wine; so she said nothing to him till dawn came.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:20 - So Abner, with twenty men, came to Hebron, to David. And David made a feast for Abner and the men who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:15 - And Solomon, awakening, saw that it was a dream; then he came to Jerusalem, where he went before the ark of the agreement of the Lord, offering burned offerings and peace-offerings; and he made a feast for all his servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - And they gave money to the stoneworkers and woodworkers; and meat and drink and oil to the people of Zidon and of Tyre, for the transport of cedar-trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, as Cyrus, king of Persia, had given them authority to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3 - In the third year of his rule he gave a feast to all his captains and his servants; and the captains of the army of Persia and Media, the great men and the rulers of the divisions of his kingdom, were present before him;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:5 - And at the end of that time, the king gave a feast for all the people who were present in Shushan, the king's town, small as well as great, for seven days, in the outer square of the garden of the king's house.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9 - And Vashti the queen gave a feast for the women in the house of King Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:18 - Then the king gave a great feast for all his captains and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he gave orders through all the divisions of his kingdom for a day of rest from work, and gave wealth from his store.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:4 - And Esther in answer said, If it seems good to the king, let the king and Haman come today to the feast which I have made ready for him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:5 - Then the king said, Let Haman come quickly, so that what Esther has said may be done. So the king and Haman came to the feast which Esther had made ready.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:6 - And while they were drinking wine the king said to Esther, What is your prayer? for it will be given to you and what is your request? for it will be done, even to the half of my kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:8 - If I have the king's approval, and if it is the king's pleasure to give me my prayer and do my request, let the king and Haman come to the feast which I will make ready for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12 - And Haman said further, Truly, Esther the queen let no man but myself come in to the feast which she had made ready for the king; and tomorrow again I am to be her guest with the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, Let a pillar, fifty cubits high, be made ready for hanging him, and in the morning get the king to give orders for the hanging of Mordecai: then you will be able to go to the feast with the king with a glad heart. And Haman was pleased with the suggestion, and he had the pillar made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:14 - While they were still talking, the king's servants came to take Haman to the feast which Esther had made ready.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:2 - And the king said to Esther again on the second day, while they were drinking, What is your prayer, Queen Esther? for it will be given to you; and what is your request? for it will be done, even to the half of my kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:7 - And the king in his wrath got up from the feast and went into the garden: and Haman got to his feet to make a prayer for his life to Esther the queen: for he saw that the king's purpose was evil against him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - Then the king came back from the garden into the room where they had been drinking; and Haman was stretched out on the seat where Esther was. Then the king said, Is he taking the queen by force before my eyes in my house? And while the words were on the king's lips, they put a cloth over Haman's face.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - And in every part of the kingdom and in every town, wherever the king's letter and his order came, the Jews were glad with great joy, and had a feast and a good day. And a great number of the people of the land became Jews: for the fear of the Jews had come on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:17 - This they did on the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same month they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:18 - But the Jews in Shushan came together on the thirteenth and on the fourteenth day of the month; and on the fifteenth day they took their rest, and made it a day of feasting and joy.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - So the Jews of the country places living in unwalled towns make the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of feasting and joy and a good day, a day for sending offerings one to another.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - As days on which the Jews had rest from their haters, and the month which for them was turned from sorrow to joy, and from weeping to a good day: and that they were to keep them as days of feasting and joy, of sending offerings to one another and good things to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:4 - His sons regularly went to one another's houses, and every one on his day gave a feast: and at these times they sent for their three sisters to take part in their feasts with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - And at the end of their days of feasting, Job sent and made them clean, getting up early in the morning and offering burned offerings for them all. For, Job said, It may be that my sons have done wrong and said evil of God in their hearts. And Job did this whenever the feasts came round.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:15 - All the days of the troubled are evil; but he whose heart is glad has an unending feast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:2 - It is better to go to the house of weeping, than to go to the house of feasting; because that is the end of every man, and the living will take it to their hearts.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:12 - And corded instruments and wind-instruments and wine are in their feasts: but they give no thought to the work of the Lord, and they are not interested in what his hands are doing.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:6 - And in this mountain will the Lord of armies make for all peoples a feast of good things, a feast of wines long stored, of good things sweet to the taste, of wines long kept and tested.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:8 - And you are not to go into the house of feasting, or be seated with them to take food or drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39 - When they are heated, I will make a feast for them, and overcome them with wine, so that they may become unconscious, sleeping an eternal sleep without awaking, says the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:5 - And a regular amount of food and wine every day from the king's table was ordered for them by the king; and they were to be cared for for three years so that at the end of that time they might take their places before the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:8 - And Daniel had come to the decision that he would not make himself unclean with the king's food or wine; so he made a request to the captain of the unsexed servants that he might not make himself unclean.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10 - And the captain of the unsexed servants said to Daniel, I am in fear of my lord the king, who has given orders about your food and your drink; what if he sees you looking less happy than the other young men of your generation? then you would have put my head in danger from the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:16 - So the keeper regularly took away their meat and the wine which was to have been their drink, and gave them grain.
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