King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H5406
Transliteration: nishtevan
Phonetic Spelling: (nish-tev-awn')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a letter
Meaning: an epistle
Word Summary
nishtevan: a letter
Original Word: נִשְׁתְּוָןTransliteration: nishtevan
Phonetic Spelling: (nish-tev-awn')
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Short Definition: a letter
Meaning: an epistle
Strong's Concordance
letter Probably of Persian origin; an epistle -- letter.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H5406. nishtevan
נִשְׁתְּוָן noun [masculine] letter (usually derived from Persian , i.e. writing, HoffmZA ii (1887), 52 yet compare MeyerJudenthum 22); — absolute ׳נ Ezra 4:7; 7:11.
נתב (√ of following; Arabic swell forth, become prominent, protuberant, Lane2760).