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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 Box Gen 19:3

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 19:3 - But he pressed them strongly; so they turned aside to him and entered his house. And he made them a feast and baked unleavened bread, and they ate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:8 - And the child grew and was weaned. And Abraham made a great feast on the day that Isaac was weaned.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 26:30

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:30 - So he made them a feast, and they ate and drank.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:22 - So Laban gathered together all the people of the place and made a feast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:20 - On the third day, which was Pharaoh’s birthday, he made a feast for all his servants and lifted up the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker among his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:10 - His father went down to the woman, and Samson prepared a feast there, for so the young men used to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:12 - And Samson said to them, “Let me now put a riddle to you. If you can tell me what it is, within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty linen garments and thirty changes of clothes,

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:17 - She wept before him the seven days that their feast lasted, and on the seventh day he told her, because she pressed him hard. Then she told the riddle to her people.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 - And Abigail came to Nabal, and behold, he was holding a feast in his house, like the feast of a king. And Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very drunk. So she told him nothing at all until the morning light.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:20

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

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:15 - And Solomon awoke, and behold, it was a dream. Then he came to Jerusalem and stood before the ark of the covenant of the Lord, and offered up burnt offerings and peace offerings, and made a feast for all his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - So they gave money to the masons and the carpenters, and food, drink, and oil to the Sidonians and the Tyrians to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea, to Joppa, according to the grant that they had from Cyrus king of Persia.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3 - in the third year of his reign he gave a feast for all his officials and servants. The army of Persia and Media and the nobles and governors of the provinces were before him,

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:5 - And when these days were completed, the king gave for all the people present in Susa the citadel, both great and small, a feast lasting for seven days in the court of the garden of the king’s palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9 - Queen Vashti also gave a feast for the women in the palace that belonged to King Ahasuerus.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:18 - Then the king gave a great feast for all his officials and servants; it was Esther’s feast. He also granted a remission of taxes to the provinces and gave gifts with royal generosity.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:4 - And Esther said, “If it please the king,[fn] let the king and Haman come today to a feast that I have prepared for the king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:5 - Then the king said, “Bring Haman quickly, so that we may do as Esther has asked.” So the king and Haman came to the feast that Esther had prepared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:6 - And as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king said to Esther, “What is your wish? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”[fn]

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:8 - If I have found favor in the sight of the king, and if it please the king[fn] to grant my wish and fulfill my request, let the king and Haman come to the feast that I will prepare for them, and tomorrow I will do as the king has said.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12 - Then Haman said, “Even Queen Esther let no one but me come with the king to the feast she prepared. And tomorrow also I am invited by her together with the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Then his wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, “Let a gallows[fn] fifty cubits[fn] high be made, and in the morning tell the king to have Mordecai hanged upon it. Then go joyfully with the king to the feast.” This idea pleased Haman, and he had the gallows made.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:14 - While they were yet talking with him, the king’s eunuchs arrived and hurried to bring Haman to the feast that Esther had prepared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:2 - And on the second day, as they were drinking wine after the feast, the king again said to Esther, “What is your wish, Queen Esther? It shall be granted you. And what is your request? Even to the half of my kingdom, it shall be fulfilled.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:7 - And the king arose in his wrath from the wine-drinking and went into the palace garden, but Haman stayed to beg for his life from Queen Esther, for he saw that harm was determined against him by the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - And the king returned from the palace garden to the place where they were drinking wine, as Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was. And the king said, “Will he even assault the queen in my presence, in my own house?” As the word left the mouth of the king, they covered Haman’s face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - And in every province and in every city, wherever the king’s command and his edict reached, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a feast and a holiday. And many from the peoples of the country declared themselves Jews, for fear of the Jews had fallen on them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:17 - This was on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar, and on the fourteenth day they rested and made that a day of feasting and gladness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:18 - But the Jews who were in Susa gathered on the thirteenth day and on the fourteenth, and rested on the fifteenth day, making that a day of feasting and gladness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - Therefore the Jews of the villages, who live in the rural towns, hold the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a day for gladness and feasting, as a holiday, and as a day on which they send gifts of food to one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - as the days on which the Jews got relief from their enemies, and as the month that had been turned for them from sorrow into gladness and from mourning into a holiday; that they should make them days of feasting and gladness, days for sending gifts of food to one another and gifts to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:4 - His sons used to go and hold a feast in the house of each one on his day, and they would send and invite their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - And when the days of the feast had run their course, Job would send and consecrate them, and he would rise early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job said, “It may be that my children have sinned, and cursed[fn] God in their hearts.” Thus Job did continually.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:15 - All the days of the afflicted are evil,
but the cheerful of heart has a continual feast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:2 - It is better to go to the house of mourning
than to go to the house of feasting,
for this is the end of all mankind,
and the living will lay it to heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:12 - They have lyre and harp,
tambourine and flute and wine at their feasts,
but they do not regard the deeds of the LORD,
or see the work of his hands.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:6 - On this mountain the LORD of hosts will make for all peoples
a feast of rich food, a feast of well-aged wine,
of rich food full of marrow, of aged wine well refined.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:8 - You shall not go into the house of feasting to sit with them, to eat and drink.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39 - While they are inflamed I will prepare them a feast
and make them drunk, that they may become merry,
then sleep a perpetual sleep
and not wake, declares the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:5 - The king assigned them a daily portion of the food that the king ate, and of the wine that he drank. They were to be educated for three years, and at the end of that time they were to stand before the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:8 - But Daniel resolved that he would not defile himself with the king’s food, or with the wine that he drank. Therefore he asked the chief of the eunuchs to allow him not to defile himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10 - and the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, “I fear my lord the king, who assigned your food and your drink; for why should he see that you were in worse condition than the youths who are of your own age? So you would endanger my head with the king.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:16 - So the steward took away their food and the wine they were to drink, and gave them vegetables.
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