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H4960

מִשְׁתֶּה

mish.tehH:N-M

feast

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

Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry

מִשְׁתֶּה45 noun masculineGen 21:8

1. feast;
2. drink; — absolute ׳מ Gen 19:3 +; construct מִשְׁתֵּה 1Sam 25:36 +; suffix מִשְׁתָּיו Dan 1:5 + (Ges«GKC:93ss»§§ 93 ss), etc.; —
1. feast, banquet (occasion for drinking, drinking-bout), 1Sam 25:36 (twice in verse); Isa 5:12; Jer 51:39 (figurative), Job 1:5; Esth 2:18; Esth 5:14; Esth 8:17; Esth 9:19 lasting seven days Judg 14:12; Judg 14:17 (wedding-feast, compare Gen 29:27, and see BenzArchaeology 143; Ency. Bib. 2949 NowArchaeology i. 163); עָשָׂה ׳מ give or make a feast (sometimes + ל person) Gen 19:3; Gen 26:30 (both J), Gen 21:8; Gen 40:20 (both E), Judg 14:10; 2Sam 3:20; 1Kgs 3:15; Esth 1:3 + 8 t. Esther; Job 1:4 + 2Sam 13:27 (twice in verse) ᵐ5 Th We Dr and modern; מִשְׁתֵּה הַיַּיִן Esth 5:6; Esth 7:2; Esth 7:7, בֵּית מִשְׁתֶּה Jer 16:8; Eccl 7:2, בֵּית מִשְׁתֵּה הַיַּיִן Esth 7:8 ׳יוֺם מ וְשִׂמְחָה Esth 9:17; Esth 9:18, compare vEsth 9:22 of ׳י's banquet for all peoples Isa 25:6 (figurative of Messianic blessings); figurative also in תָּמִיד ׳טוֺבלֵֿב מ Prov 15:15.
2. drink (late): וָשֶׁמֶן ׳מַאֲכָל וּמ Ezra 3:7 suffix יֵין מִשְׁתָּיו Dan 1:5; Dan 1:8 מִשְׁתֵּיהֶם vDan 1:16 מִשְׁתֵּכֶם vDan 1:10.

[מִשְׁתֵּי so ᵑ7] noun masculine feast (as Biblical Hebrew מִשְׁתֶּה]; — emphatic בֵּית מִשְׁתְּיָא Dan 5:10.

41 occurrences

Genesis (4), Judges (3), I Samuel (1), I Kings (1), Ezra (1), Esther (19), Job (2), Proverbs (1), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (2), Jeremiah (2), Daniel (4)