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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 urged them persistently, so they turned aside with him and entered his house. He prepared a feast for them, including bread baked without yeast, and they ate.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 21:8

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 21:8 - The child grew and was weaned. Abraham prepared 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 Isaac held a feast for them and they celebrated.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 29:22

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:22 - So Laban invited all the people of that place and prepared a feast.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 40:20

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 40:20 - On the third day it was Pharaoh's birthday, so he gave a feast for all his servants. He "lifted up" the head of the chief cupbearer and the head of the chief baker in the midst of his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:10

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:10 - Then Samson's father accompanied him to Timnah for the marriage. Samson hosted a party there, for this was customary for bridegrooms to do.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:12 - Samson said to them, "I will give you a riddle. If you really can solve it during the seven days the party lasts, I will give you thirty linen robes and thirty sets of clothes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jdg 14:17

Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 14:17 - She cried on his shoulder until the party was almost over. Finally, on the seventh day, he told her because she had nagged him so much. Then she told the young men the solution to the riddle.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 25:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:36 - When Abigail went back to Nabal, he was holding a banquet in his house like that of the king. Nabal was having a good time and was very intoxicated. She told him absolutely nothing until morning's light.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 3:20

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:20 - When Abner, accompanied by twenty men, came to David in Hebron, David prepared a banquet for Abner and the men who were with him.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 3:15

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 3:15 - Solomon then woke up and realized it was a dream. He went to Jerusalem, stood before the ark of the Lord's covenant, offered up burnt sacrifices, presented peace offerings, and held a feast for all his servants.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ezr 3:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 3:7 - So they provided money for the masons and carpenters, and food, beverages, and olive oil for the people of Sidon and Tyre, so that they would bring cedar timber from Lebanon to the seaport at Joppa, in accord with the edict of King Cyrus 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 provided a banquet for all his officials and his servants. The army of Persia and Media was present, as well as the nobles and the officials of the provinces.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:5 - When those days were completed, the king then provided a seven-day banquet for all the people who were present in Susa the citadel, for those of highest standing to the most lowly. It was held in the court located in the garden of the royal palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:9 - Queen Vashti also gave a banquet for the women in King Ahasuerus' royal palace.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 2:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 2:18 - Then the king prepared a large banquet for all his officials and his servants - it was actually Esther's banquet. He also set aside a holiday for the provinces, and he provided for offerings at the king's expense.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:4 - Esther replied, "If the king is so inclined, let the king and Haman come today to the banquet that I have prepared for him."

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:5 - The king replied, "Find Haman quickly so that we can do as Esther requests." So the king and Haman went to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:6

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:6 - While at the banquet of wine, the king said to Esther, "What is your request? It shall be given to you. What is your petition? Ask for as much as half the kingdom, and it shall be done!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:8 - If I have found favor in the king's sight and if the king is inclined to grant my request and perform my petition, let the king and Haman come tomorrow to the banquet that I will prepare for them. At that time I will do as the king wishes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:12 - Haman said, "Furthermore, Queen Esther invited only me to accompany the king to the banquet that she prepared! And also tomorrow I am invited along with the king.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 5:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 5:14 - Haman's wife Zeresh and all his friends said to him, "Have a gallows seventy-five feet high built, and in the morning tell the king that Mordecai should be hanged on it. Then go with the king to the banquet contented." It seemed like a good idea to Haman, so he had the gallows built.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 6:14

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:14 - While they were still speaking with him, the king's eunuchs arrived. They quickly brought Haman to the banquet that Esther had prepared.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:2 - On the second day of the banquet of wine the king asked Esther, "What is your request, Queen Esther? It shall be granted to you. And what is your petition? Ask up to half the kingdom, and it shall be done!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:7 - In rage the king arose from the banquet of wine and withdrew to the palace garden. Meanwhile, Haman stood to beg Queen Esther for his life, for he realized that the king had now determined a catastrophic end for him.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 7:8

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 7:8 - When the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet of wine, Haman was throwing himself down on the couch where Esther was lying. The king exclaimed, "Will he also attempt to rape the queen while I am still in the building!" As these words left the king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 8:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 8:17 - Throughout every province and throughout every city where the king's edict and his law arrived, the Jews experienced happiness and joy, banquets and holidays. Many of the resident peoples pretended to be Jews, because the fear of the Jews had overcome them.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:17 - All of this happened on the thirteenth day of the month of Adar. They then rested on the fourteenth day and made it a day for banqueting and happiness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:18 - But the Jews who were in Susa assembled on the thirteenth and fourteenth days, and rested on the fifteenth, making it a day for banqueting and happiness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:19 - This is why the Jews who are in the rural country - those who live in rural cities - set aside the fourteenth day of the month of Adar as a holiday for happiness, banqueting, holiday, and sending gifts to one another.

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Unchecked Copy Box Est 9:22

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 9:22 - as the time when the Jews gave themselves rest from their enemies - the month when their trouble was turned to happiness and their mourning to a holiday. These were to be days of banqueting, happiness, sending gifts to one another, and providing for the poor.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:4

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 1:5 - When the days of their feasting were finished, Job would send for them and sanctify them; he would get up early in the morning and offer burnt offerings according to the number of them all. For Job thought, "Perhaps my children have sinned and cursed God in their hearts." This was Job's customary practice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 15:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:15 - All the days of the afflicted are bad, but one with a cheerful 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 a funeral than a feast. For death is the destiny of every person, and the living should take this to heart.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:12 - They have stringed instruments, tambourines, flutes, and wine at their parties. So they do not recognize what the LORD is doing, they do not perceive what he is bringing about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 25:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 25:6 - The LORD who commands armies will hold a banquet for all the nations on this mountain. At this banquet there will be plenty of meat and aged wine - tender meat and choicest wine.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 16:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 16:8 - "'Do not go to a house where people are feasting and sit down to eat and drink with them either.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 51:39

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:39 - When their appetites are all stirred up, I will set out a banquet for them. I will make them drunk so that they will pass out, they will fall asleep forever, they will never wake up," says the LORD.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:5 - So the king assigned them a daily ration from his royal delicacies and from the wine he himself drank. They were to be trained for the next three years. At the end of that time they were to enter the king's service.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:8

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:8 - But Daniel made up his mind that he would not defile himself with the royal delicacies or the royal wine. He therefore asked the overseer of the court officials for permission not to defile himself.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:10

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:10 - But he responded to Daniel, "I fear my master the king. He is the one who has decided your food and drink. What would happen if he saw that you looked malnourished in comparison to the other young men your age? If that happened, you would endanger my life with the king!"

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:16 - So the warden removed the delicacies and the wine from their diet and gave them a diet of vegetables instead.
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