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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 - Yet he strongly H3966 urged H6484 them, so they turned H5493 aside H5493 to him and entered H935 his house H1004; and he prepared H6213 a feast H4960 for them and baked H644 unleavened H4682 bread H4682, and they ate H398.

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And the child H3206 grew H1431 and was weaned H1580, and Abraham H85 held H6213 a great H1419 feast H4960 on the day H3117 that Isaac H3327 was weaned H1580.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:30 - Then he made H6213 them a feast H4960, and they ate H398 and drank H8354.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:22 - So Laban H3837 gathered H622 all H3605 the people H376 of the place H4725 and held H6213 a feast H4960.

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So it came H1961 about H1961 on the third H7992 day H3117, which was Pharaoh’s H6547 birthday H3205 H3117, that he held H6213 a feast H4960 for all H3605 his servants H5650; and he lifted H5375 up H5375 the head H7218 of the chief H8269 cupbearer H4945 and the head H7218 of the chief H8269 baker H644 among H8432 his servants H5650.

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Then his father H1 went H3381 down H3381 to the woman H802; and Samson H8123 held H6213 a feast H4960 there H8033, for the young H970 men H970 customarily did H6213 this H3651.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:12 - Then Samson H8123 said H559 to them, “Let me now H4994 propose H2330 a riddle H2420 for you; if H518 you actually H5046 tell H5046 me [fn]the answer within the seven H7651 days H3117 of the feast H4960, and solve H4672 it, then I will give H5414 you thirty H7970 linen H5466 wraps H5466 and thirty H7970 outfits H2487 of clothes H899.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:17 - However she wept H1058 before H5921 him for seven H7651 days H3117 while H834 their feast H4960 lasted H1961. And on the seventh H7637 day H3117 he told H5046 her because H3588 she pressed H6693 him so hard H6693. She then told H5046 the riddle H2420 to the sons H1121 of her people H5971.

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Then Abigail H26 came H935 to Nabal H5037, and behold H2009, he was having a feast H4960 in his house H1004, like the feast H4960 of a king H4428. And Nabal’s H5037 heart H3820 was cheerful H2895 within H5921 him, for he was very H5704 H3966 drunk H7910; so she did not tell H5046 him anything H1697 [fn]at all H6996 H1419 until H5704 the morning H1242 light H216.

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Then Abner H74 and twenty H6242 men H376 with him came H935 to David H1732 at Hebron H2275. And David H1732 held H6213 a feast H4960 for Abner H74 and the men H376 who H834 were with him.

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Then Solomon H8010 awoke H3364, and behold H2009, it was a dream H2472. And he came H935 to Jerusalem H3389 and stood H5975 before H6440 the ark H727 of the covenant H1285 of the Lord H136, and offered H5927 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 and made H6213 peace H8002 offerings H8002, and held H6213 a feast H4960 for all H3605 his servants H5650.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - Then they gave H5414 money H3701 to the masons H2672 and carpenters H2796, and food H3978, drink H4960, and oil H8081 to the Sidonians H6722 and the Tyrians H6876 to bring H935 cedar H730 wood H6086 from Lebanon H3844 to the sea H3220 at Joppa H3305, according to the permission H7558 they had [fn]from Cyrus H3566 king H4428 of Persia H6539.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3 - in the third H7969 year H8141 of his reign H4427 he held H6213 a banquet H4960 for all H3605 his officials H8269 and attendants H5650, the army H2428 officers of Persia H6539 and Media H4074, the nobles H6579 and the officials H8269 of his provinces H4082, in his presence H6440.

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When these H428 days H3117 were finished H4390, the king H4428 held H6213 a banquet H4960 lasting seven H7651 days H3117 for all H3605 the people H5971 who were H4672 present H4672 at the citadel H1002 in Susa H7800, from the greatest H1419 to the least H6996, in the courtyard H2691 of the garden H1593 of the king’s H4428 palace H1055.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9 - Queen H4436 Vashti H2060 also H1571 held H6213 a banquet H4960 for the women H802 in the [fn]palace H1004 which H834 belonged to King H4428 Ahasuerus H325.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:18 - Then the king H4428 held H6213 a great H1419 banquet H4960, Esther’s H635 banquet H4960, for all H3605 his officials H8269 and his servants H5650; he also made H6213 a holiday H2010 for the provinces H4082 and gave H5414 gifts H4864 in proportion to the king’s H4428 bounty H3027.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:4 - Esther H635 said H559, “If H518 it pleases H2895 the king H4428, may the king H4428 and Haman H2001 come H935 this day H3117 to the banquet H4960 that I have prepared H6213 for him.”

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Then the king H4428 said H559, “Bring H4116 Haman H2001 quickly H4116 so that we may do H6213 [fn]as Esther H635 desires H1697.” So the king H4428 and Haman H2001 came H935 to the banquet H4960 which H834 Esther H635 had prepared H6213.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:6 - [fn]As they drank H4960 their wine H3196 at H4960 the H4960 banquet H4960, the king H4428 said H559 to Esther H635, “What H4100 is your request H7596, for it shall be granted H5414 to you. And what H4100 is your wish H1246? Up to half H2677 of the kingdom H4438 it shall be done H6213.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:8 - if H518 I have found H4672 favor H2580 in the sight H5869 of the king H4428, and if H518 it pleases H2895 the king H4428 to grant H5414 my request H7596 and do H6213 [fn]what H1246 I wish H1246, may the king H4428 and Haman H2001 come H935 to the banquet H4960 which H834 I will prepare H6213 for them, and tomorrow H4279 I will do H6213 [fn]as the king H4428 says H1697.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12 - Haman H2001 also H637 said H559, “Even H637 Esther H635 the queen H4436 let no H3808 one except me come H935 with the king H4428 to the banquet H4960 which H834 she had prepared H6213; and tomorrow H4279 also H1571 I am invited H7121 by her with the king H4428.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Then Zeresh H2238 his wife H802 and all H3605 his friends H157 said H559 to him, “Have a wooden H6086 gallows [fn]fifty H2572 cubits H520 high H1364 made H6213, and in the morning H1242 ask H559 the king H4428 to have Mordecai H4782 hanged H8518 on it; then go H935 joyfully H8056 with the king H4428 to the banquet H4960.” And the [fn]advice H1697 pleased H3190 Haman H2001, so he had the wooden H6086 gallows made H6213.

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While they were still H5750 talking H1696 with him, the king’s H4428 eunuchs H5631 arrived H5060 and quickly H926 brought H935 Haman H2001 to the banquet H4960 which H834 Esther H635 had prepared H6213.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:2 - And the king H4428 said H559 to Esther H635 on the second H8145 day H3117 also H1571 [fn]as they drank H4960 their wine H3196 at H4960 the H4960 banquet H4960, “What H4100 is your request H7596, Queen H4436 Esther H635? It shall be granted H5414 you. And what H4100 is your wish H1246? Up to half H2677 of the kingdom H4438 it shall be done H6213.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:7 - The king H4428 then got H6965 up H6965 in his anger H2534 from [fn]drinking H4960 wine H3196 and went into the palace H1055 garden H1593; but Haman H2001 stayed H5975 to beg H1245 for his life H5315 from Queen H4436 Esther H635, for he saw H7200 that harm H7451 had been determined H3615 against H413 him by the king H4428.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - Now when the king H4428 returned H7725 from the palace H1055 garden H1593 into the [fn]place H1004 where they had been drinking H4960 wine H3196, Haman H2001 was falling H5307 on the couch H4296 where H834 H5921 Esther H635 was. Then the king H4428 said H559, “Will he even H1571 assault H3533 the queen H4436 with me in the house H1004?” As the word H1697 went H3318 out H3318 of the king’s H4428 mouth H6310, they covered H2645 Haman’s H2001 face H6440.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - In each H4082 and every H3605 province H4082 and in each H5892 and every H3605 city H5892, wherever H4725 H834 the king’s H4428 commandment H1697 and his decree H1881 arrived H5060, there was joy H8057 and jubilation H8342 for the Jews H3064, a feast H4960 and a [fn]holiday H2896 H3117. And many H7227 among H4480 the peoples H5971 of the land H776 [fn]became H3054 Jews H3054, because H3588 the dread H6343 of the Jews H3064 had fallen H5307 on them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:17 - This was done on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 day H3117 of the month H2320 Adar H143, and on the fourteenth H702 H6240 [fn]day they rested H5117 and made H6213 it a day H3117 of feasting H4960 and rejoicing H8057.

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But the Jews H3064 who H834 were in Susa H7800 assembled H6950 on the thirteenth H7969 H6240 and the fourteenth H702 H6240 [fn]of the same month, and they rested H5117 on the fifteenth H2568 H6240 [fn]day and made H6213 it a day H3117 of feasting H4960 and rejoicing H8057.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - Therefore H5921 H3651 the Jews H3064 of the rural H6521 areas H6521, who live H3427 in the rural H6519 towns H5892, make H6213 the fourteenth H702 H6240 day H3117 of the month H2320 Adar H143 a [fn]holiday H2896 H3117 for rejoicing H8057 and feasting H4960 and sending H4916 portions H4490 of food to one H376 another H7453.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - because on those days H3117 the Jews H3064 [fn]rid H5117 themselves H5117 of their enemies H340, and it was a month H2320 which H834 was turned H2015 for them from grief H3015 into joy H8057, and from mourning H60 into a [fn]holiday H2896 H3117; that they were to make H6213 them days H3117 of feasting H4960 and rejoicing H8057, and sending H4916 portions H4490 of food to one H376 another H7453, and gifts H4979 to the poor H34.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:4 - His sons H1121 used to go H1980 and hold H6213 a feast H4960 in the house H1004 of each H376 one H376 on his day H3117, and they would send H7971 word and invite H7121 their three H7969 sisters H269 to eat H398 and drink H8354 with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - When H3588 the days H3117 of feasting H4960 had completed H5362 their cycle H5362, Job H347 would send H7971 word to them and consecrate H6942 them, getting H7925 up H7925 early H7925 in the morning H1242 and offering H5927 burnt H5930 offerings H5930 according to the number H4557 of them all H3605; for Job H347 said H559, “Perhaps H194 my sons H1121 have sinned H2398 and cursed H1288 God H430 in their hearts H3824.” Job H347 did H6213 so H3602 continually H3605 H3117.

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All H3605 the days H3117 of the [fn]needy H6041 are bad H7451,

But a [fn]cheerful H2896 heart H3820 has a continual H8548 feast H4960.

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It is better H2896 to go H1980 to a house H1004 of mourning H60

Than H4480 to go H1980 to a house H1004 of feasting H4960,

Because H834 [fn]that is the end H5490 of every H3605 person H120,

And the living H2416 [fn]takes H5414 it to [fn]heart H3820.

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Their banquets H4960 are accompanied by lyre H3658 and harp H5035, by tambourine H8596 and flute H2485, and by wine H3196;

But they do not pay H5027 attention H5027 to the deeds H6467 of the LORD H3068,

Nor H3808 do they consider H7200 the work H4639 of His hands H3027.

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Now the LORD H3068 of armies H6635 will prepare H6213 a [fn]lavish H8081 banquet H4960 for all H3605 peoples H5971 on this H2088 mountain H2022;

A banquet H4960 of [fn]aged H8105 wine H8105, [fn]choice H8081 pieces with marrow H4229,

And [fn]refined H2212, aged H8105 wine H8105.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:8 - “Moreover, you shall not go H935 into a house H1004 of feasting H4960 to sit H3427 with them to eat H398 and drink H8354.”

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“When they become H2552 heated H2552 up, I will serve H7896 them their banquet H4960

And make H7937 them drunk H7937, so H4616 that H4616 they may rejoice H5937 in H5937 triumph H5937,

And may sleep H3462 a perpetual H5769 sleep H8142

And not wake H3364 up,” declares H5002 the LORD H3068.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:5 - The king H4428 also allotted H4487 for them a daily H3117 ration H1697 from the king’s H4428 choice H6598 food H6598 and from the wine H3196 which he drank H4960, and ordered that they be educated H1431 for three H7969 years H8141, at the end H7117 of which they were to [fn]enter H5975 the king’s H4428 personal H6440 service H5975 H6440.

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But Daniel H1840 [fn]made H7760 up H7760 his mind H3820 that he would not defile H1351 himself with the king’s H4428 choice H6598 food H6598 or with the wine H3196 which he drank H4960; so he sought H1245 permission from the commander H8269 of the officials H5631 that he might not defile H1351 himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10 - The commander H8269 of the officials H5631 said H559 to Daniel H1840, “I am afraid H3372 of my lord H113 the king H4428, who H834 has allotted H4487 your food H3978 and your drink H4960; for why H4100 should he see H7200 your faces H6440 looking H2196 gaunt H2196 in H4480 comparison H4480 to H4480 the youths H3206 who H834 are your own age H1524? Then you would [fn]make me forfeit H2325 my head H7218 to the king H4428.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:16 - So the overseer H4453 continued H1961 to [fn]withhold H5375 their choice H6598 food H6598 and the wine H3196 they were to drink H4960, and kept H5414 giving H5414 them vegetables H2235.
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