מִשְׁתֶּה mishteh

Hebrew word for “feast” · Strong’s H4960 · used 46 times in 43 verses

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Meaning

1) feast, drink, banquet; 1a) feast, banquet; 1b) drink; Aramaic equivalent: mish.teh (מִשְׁתֶּה "feast" H4961)

How it is translated

Glosses given for mishteh in context, with how often each is used:

• feast 40
• drink 5
• like the feast 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

Esther 5 (6), Esther 9 (4), Daniel 1 (4), Judges 14 (3), Esther 1 (3), Esther 7 (3), Job 1 (2), Genesis 19 (1), Genesis 21 (1), Genesis 26 (1)

Forms

• משׁתה 25
• המשׁתה 9
• משׁתיהם 3
• ומשׁתה 2
• במשׁתה 2
• משׁתיו 2
• כמשׁתה 1
• ממשׁתה 1
• משׁתיכם 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with mishteh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• אֶסְתֵּר ester “Esther” 9
• הָמָן haman “Haman” 8
• יַיִן yayin “wine” 8
• מַלְכָּה malkah “queen” 5
• שִׂמְחָה simchah “joy” 5
• טוֹב tov “pleasant” 7
• בִּיתָן bitan “palace” 3
• גִּנָּה ginnah “garden” 3
• הֶם hem “them” 8
• פַּת־בָּג patbag “choice” 3
• בַּקָּשָׁה baqqashah “request” 3
• יְהוּדִי yehudi “Jew” 4

Key verses

The verses using mishteh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Judges 14:12 — And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then…
• 1 Samuel 25:36 — And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal’s heart was merry within him, for he was very…
• Ezra 3:7 — They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from…
• Esther 1:3 — In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces,…
• Esther 5:14 — Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be…
• Esther 8:17 — And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king’s commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And…
• Job 1:5 — And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt…
• Ecclesiastes 7:2 — It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
• Isaiah 5:12 — And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of…
• Isaiah 25:6 — And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines…
• Jeremiah 51:39 — In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
• Daniel 1:8 — But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king’s meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.