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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 - And he constrained them, and they turned aside to him, and they entered into his house, and he made a feast for them, and baked unleavened cakes for them, and they did eat.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:8 - And the child grew and was weaned, and Abraam made a great feast the day that his son Isaac was weaned.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:30

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:22 - And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a marriage-feast.

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:20 - And it came to pass on the third day that it was Pharao's birth-day, and he made a banquet for all his servants, and he remembered the office of the cupbearer and the office of the baker in the midst of his servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:10 - And his father went down to the woman, and Sampson made there a [fn]banquet for seven days, for so the young men are used to do.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:12 - And Sampson said to them, I propound you a riddle: if ye will indeed tell it me, and discover it within the seven days of the feast, I will give you thirty sheets and thirty changes of raiment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:17 - And she wept before him the seven days, during which their banquet lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she troubled him; and she told it to the children of her people.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 - And Abigaia came to Nabal: and, behold, he had a banquet in his house, as the banquet of a king, and the heart of Nabal was merry [fn]within him, and he was very drunken: and she told him nothing great or small till the morning light.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:20 - And Abenner came to David to Chebron, and with him twenty men: and David made for Abenner and his men with him a banquet of wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:15 - And Solomon awoke, and, behold, it was a dream: and he arose and [fn]came to Jerusalem, and stood before the altar that was in front of the ark of the covenant of the Lord in Sion: and he offered whole-burnt-offerings, and sacrificed peace-offerings, and made a great banquet for himself and all his servants.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - And they gave money to the stone-hewers and carpenters, and meat and drink, and oil, to the Sidonians, and Tyrians, to bring cedar trees from Libanus to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant of Cyrus king of the Persians to them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:3 - in the third year of his reign, he made a feast to his friends, and the other nations, and to the nobles of the Persians and Medes, and the chief of the satraps.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:5 - when, I say, the days of the marriage feast were completed, the king made a banquet to the nations who were present in the city six days, in the court of the king's house,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9 - Also Astin the queen made a banquet for the women in the palace where king Artaxerxes dwelt.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:18 - And the king made a banquet for all his friends and great men for seven days, and he highly celebrated the marriage of Esther; and he made a release to those who were under his dominion.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:4 - And Esther said, To-day is my great day: if then it seem good to the king, let both him and Aman come to the feast which I will prepare this day.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:5 - And the king said, Hasten Aman hither, that we may perform the word of Esther. So they both come to the feast of which Esther had spoken.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:6 - And at the banquet the king said to Esther, What is thy request, queen Esther? speak, and thou shalt have all that thou requirest.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:8 - if I have found favour in the sight of the king, let the king and Aman come again to-morrow to the feast which I shall prepare for them, and to-morrow I will do the same.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12 - And Aman said, The queen has called no one to the feast with the king but me, and I am invited to-morrow.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - And Zosara his wife and his friends said to him, Let there be a gallows made for thee of fifty cubits, and in the morning do thou speak to the king, and let Mardochæus be hanged on the gallows: but do thou go in to the feast with the king, and be merry. And the saying pleased Aman, and the gallows was prepared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:14 - While they were yet speaking, the chamberlains arrived, to hasten Aman to the banquet which Esther had prepared.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:2 - And the king said to Esther at the banquet on the second day, What is it, queen Esther? and what is thy request, and what is thy petition? and it shall be done for thee, to the half of my kingdom.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:7 - And the king rose up from the banquet to go into the garden: and Aman began to intreat the queen; for he saw that he was in an evil case.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - And the king returned from the garden; and Aman had fallen upon the bed, intreating the queen. And the king said, Wilt thou even force my wife in my house? And when Aman heard it, he changed countenance.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - in every city and province wherever the ordinance was published: wherever the proclamation took place, the Jews had joy and gladness, feasting and mirth: and many of the Gentiles were circumcised, and became Jews, for fear of the Jews.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:17 - And they rested on the fourteenth of the same month, and kept it as a day of rest with joy and gladness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:18 - And the Jews in the city Susa assembled also on the fourteenth day and rested; and they kept also the fifteenth with joy and gladness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - On this account then it is that the Jews dispersed in every foreign land keep the fourteenth of Adar as a holy day with joy, sending portions each to his neighbour.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - for on these days the Jews obtained rest from their enemies: and as to the month, which was Adar, in which a change was made for them, from mourning to joy, and from sorrow to a good day, to spend the whole of it in good days of feasting and gladness, sending portions to their friends, and to the poor.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:4 - And his sons visiting one another prepared a banquet every day, taking with them also their three sisters to eat and drink with them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - And when the days of the banquet were completed, Job sent and purified them, having risen up in the morning, and offered sacrifices for them, according to their number, and one calf for a sin-offering for their souls: for Job said, Lest peradventure my sons have thought evil in their minds against God. Thus then Job did continually.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:15 - The eyes of the wicked are always looking for evil things; but the good are always quiet.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:2 - It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the banquet house: since this is the end of every man; and the living man will apply good warning to his heart.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:12 - For they drink wine with harp, and psaltery, and drums, and pipes: but they regard not the works of the Lord, and consider not the works of his hands.

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:6 - And the Lord of hosts shall make a feast for all the nations: on this mount they shall drink gladness, they shall drink wine:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:8 - Thou shalt not enter into the banquet-house, to sit with them to eat and to drink.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39 - (LXX 28:39) In their heat I will give them a draught, and make them drunk, that they may be stupified, and sleep an everlasting sleep, and not awake, saith the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:5 - And the king appointed them a daily portion from the king's table, and from the wine which he drank; and gave orders to nourish them three years, and that afterwards they should stand before the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:8 - And Daniel purposed in his heart, that he would not defile himself with the king's table, nor with the wine of his drink: and he intreated the chief of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10 - And the chief of the eunuchs said to Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who has appointed your meat and your drink, lest he see your countenances gloomy in comparison of the young men your equals; so shall ye endanger my head to the king.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:16 - So Amelsad took away their supper and the wine of their drink, and gave them pulse.
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