STRONGS NUMBER H4960

H4960. mishteh

מִשְׁתֶּה‎₄₅ noun masculine^{Genesis 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; 5:14; 8:17; 9:19; lasting seven days Judges 14:12, 17 (wedding-feast, compare Genesis 29:27, and see Benz^{Archaeology 143}; Ency. Bib. 2949 Now^{Archaeology i. 163}); ׳מ עָשָׂה‎ give or make a feast (sometimes + ל‎ person) 19:3; 26:30 (both J), 21:8; 40:20 (both E), Judges 14:10; 2 Samuel 3:20; 1 Kings 3:15; Esther 1:3 8t. Esther; Job 1:4 + 2 Samuel 13:27 (twice in verse) ᵐ5‎ Th We Dr and modern; הַיַּיִן מִשְׁתֵּה‎ Esther 5:6; 7:2, 7, מִשְׁתֶּה בֵּית‎ Jeremiah 16:8; Ecclesiastes 7:2, הַיַּיִן מִשְׁתֵּה בֵּית‎ Esther 7:8; וְשִׂמְחָה מ ׳יוֺם‎ 9:17-18, compare 9:22; of ׳י‎s banquet for all peoples Isaiah 25:6 (figurative of Messianic blessings); figurative also in מ ׳טוֺבלֵֿב תָּמִיד‎ Proverbs 15:15.

2 drink (late): וּמ ׳מַאֲכָל וָשֶׁמֶן‎ Ezra 3:7; suffix מִשְׁתָּיו יֵין‎ Daniel 1:5, 8; מִשְׁתֵּיהֶם‎ 1:16; מִשְׁתֵּכֶם‎ 1:10.

II. שׁתה‎ (√ of following; "" of שׁית‎; = set, sit).

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