נִשְׁתְּוָןnishtᵉvân
letter (Ezra 4:18; Ezra 4:23; Ezra 5:5)
Pronunciation: nish-tev-awn' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5407
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 3 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 4:18 “The letter you sent has been translated and read to me.
- Ezra 4:23 When this letter from King Artaxerxes was read to Rehum, Shimshai, and their colleagues, they hurried to Jerusalem. Then, with a show of strength, they forced the Jews to stop building.
- Ezra 5:5 But because their God was watching over them, the leaders of the Jews were not prevented from building until a report was sent to Darius and he returned his decision.
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).