מִשְׁתֶּהmishteh

מִשְׁתֶּה: 1.

Pronunciation: mish-teh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H4960

Meanings

feast

2. drink

1. feast, banquet, (occasion for drinking, drinking-bout) (1 Samuel 25:36; Isaiah 5:12; Jeremiah 51:39)

2. drink (Ezra 3:7; Daniel 1:5; Daniel 1:8)

ᵑ7: feast (Daniel 5:10)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 46 times in the Bible.

  • Genesis 19:3 But Lot insisted, so at last they went home with him. Lot prepared a feast for them, complete with fresh bread made without yeast, and they ate.
  • Genesis 21:8 When Isaac grew up and was about to be weaned, Abraham prepared a huge feast to celebrate the occasion.
  • Genesis 26:30 So Isaac prepared a covenant feast to celebrate the treaty, and they ate and drank together.
  • Genesis 29:22 So Laban invited everyone in the neighborhood and prepared a wedding feast.
  • Genesis 40:20 Pharaoh’s birthday came three days later, and he prepared a banquet for all his officials and staff. He summoned his chief cup-bearer and chief baker to join the other officials.
  • Judges 14:10 As his father was making final arrangements for the marriage, Samson threw a party at Timnah, as was the custom for elite young men.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).