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Strong's H4960 מִשְׁתֶּה (mishteh)

Mishteh means “banquet” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Same number, other testament: Strong's G4960 — systoicheo (“answer to”) in the Greek Bible.

Strong's Number H4960
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 43
Books 13

Strong's H4960 Quick Answer

Strong's H4960 מִשׁתֶּה (mishteh) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. mishteh (mish-teh') n-m. 1. a drink 2. (by implication) drinking (the act) It has 43 linked Bible usages across 13 books. Visible English usage signals include feast, banquet, feasting, drink, and feasts. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
mishteh (mish-teh') n-m. 1. a drink 2. (by implication) drinking (the act)
Usage
43 linked usages
Books
13 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
feast, banquet, feasting, drink, and feasts

Meaning and Definition

mishteh (mish-teh') n-m. 1. a drink 2. (by implication) drinking (the act) 3. (by implication) a banquet 4. (generally) a feast [from H8354] KJV: banquet, drank, drink, feast((-ed), -ing). Root(s): H8354

Original Word
מִשׁתֶּה
Transliteration
mishteh
Derivation
Root: שתה First root strongs: 8354
Morphology
noun masc

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H4960. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

How Strong's H4960 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render mishteh, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

feast Genesis 19:3 18× banquet Esther 5:4 10× feasting Esther 9:17 drink Ezra 3:7 drank Daniel 1:5 feasts Isaiah 5:12

How Strong's H4960 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 43 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H4960 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H4960 in the Old Testament

43 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 19:3 KJV

And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.

Genesis 21:8 KJV

And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.

Genesis 26:30 KJV

And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.

Usage Excerpts

First 43 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H4960.

Genesis 19:3 Old Testament, KJV
And he pressed upon them greatly; and they turned in unto him, and entered into his house; and he made them a feast, and did bake unleavened bread, and they did eat.
Genesis 21:8 Old Testament, KJV
And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
Genesis 26:30 Old Testament, KJV
And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
Genesis 29:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast.
Genesis 40:20 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass the third day, which was Pharaoh's birthday, that he made a feast unto all his servants: and he lifted up the head of the chief butler and of the chief baker among his servants.
Judges 14:10 Old Testament, KJV
So his father went down unto the woman: and Samson made there a feast; for so used the young men to do.
Judges 14:12 Old Testament, KJV
And Samson said unto them, I will now put forth a riddle unto you: if ye can certainly declare it me within the seven days of the feast, and find it out, then I will give you thirty sheets and thirty change of garments:
Judges 14:17 Old Testament, KJV
And she wept before him the seven days, while their feast lasted: and it came to pass on the seventh day, that he told her, because she lay sore upon him: and she told the riddle to the children of her people.
1 Samuel 25:36 Old Testament, KJV
And Abigail came to Nabal; and, behold, he held a feast in his house, like the feast of a king; and Nabal's heart was merry within him, for he was very drunken: wherefore she told him nothing, less or more, until the morning light.
2 Samuel 3:20 Old Testament, KJV
So Abner came to David to Hebron, and twenty men with him. And David made Abner and the men that were with him a feast.
1 Kings 3:15 Old Testament, KJV
And Solomon awoke; and, behold, it was a dream. And he came to Jerusalem, and stood before the ark of the covenant of the LORD, and offered up burnt offerings, and offered peace offerings, and made a feast to all his servants.
Ezra 3:7 Old Testament, KJV
They gave money also unto the masons, and to the carpenters; and meat, and drink, and oil, unto them of Zidon, and to them of Tyre, to bring cedar trees from Lebanon to the sea of Joppa, according to the grant that they had of Cyrus king of Persia.
Esther 1:3 Old Testament, KJV
In the third year of his reign, he made a feast unto all his princes and his servants; the power of Persia and Media, the nobles and princes of the provinces, being before him:
Esther 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
And when these days were expired, the king made a feast unto all the people that were present in Shushan the palace, both unto great and small, seven days, in the court of the garden of the king's palace;
Esther 1:9 Old Testament, KJV
Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus.
Esther 2:18 Old Testament, KJV
Then the king made a great feast unto all his princes and his servants, even Esther's feast; and he made a release to the provinces, and gave gifts, according to the state of the king.
Esther 5:4 Old Testament, KJV
And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him.
Esther 5:5 Old Testament, KJV
Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
Esther 5:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the kingdom it shall be performed.
Esther 5:8 Old Testament, KJV
If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to the banquet that I shall prepare for them, and I will do to morrow as the king hath said.
Esther 5:12 Old Testament, KJV
Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I invited unto her also with the king.
Esther 5:14 Old Testament, KJV
Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai may be hanged thereon: then go thou in merrily with the king unto the banquet. And the thing pleased Haman; and he caused the gallows to be made.
Esther 6:14 Old Testament, KJV
And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared.
Esther 7:2 Old Testament, KJV
And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? and it shall be performed, even to the half of the kingdom.
Esther 7:7 Old Testament, KJV
And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the queen; for he saw that there was evil determined against him by the king.
Esther 7:8 Old Testament, KJV
Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the king, Will he force the queen also before me in the house? As the word went out of king's mouth, they covered Haman's face.
Esther 8:17 Old Testament, KJV
And in every province, and in every city, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree came, the Jews had joy and gladness, a feast and a good day. And many of the people of the land became Jews; for the fear of the Jews fell upon them.
Esther 9:17 Old Testament, KJV
On the thirteenth day of the month Adar; and on the fourteenth day of the same rested they, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
Esther 9:18 Old Testament, KJV
But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day of the same they rested, and made it a day of feasting and gladness.
Esther 9:19 Old Testament, KJV
Therefore the Jews of the villages, that dwelt in the unwalled towns, made the fourteenth day of the month Adar a day of gladness and feasting, and a good day, and of sending portions one to another.
Esther 9:22 Old Testament, KJV
As the days wherein the Jews rested from their enemies, and the month which was turned unto them from sorrow to joy, and from mourning into a good day: that they should make them days of feasting and joy, and of sending portions one to another, and gifts to the poor.
Job 1:4 Old Testament, KJV
And his sons went and feasted in their houses, every one his day; and sent and called for their three sisters to eat and to drink with them.
Job 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
And it was so, when the days of their feasting were gone about, that Job sent and sanctified them, and rose up early in the morning, and offered burnt offerings according to the number of them all: for Job said, It may be that my sons have sinned, and cursed God in their hearts. Thus did Job continually.
Proverbs 15:15 Old Testament, KJV
All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast.
Ecclesiastes 7:2 Old Testament, KJV
It is better to go to the house of mourning, than to go to the house of feasting: for that is the end of all men; and the living will lay it to his heart.
Isaiah 5:12 Old Testament, KJV
And the harp, and the viol, the tabret, and pipe, and wine, are in their feasts: but they regard not the work of the LORD, neither consider the operation of his hands.
Isaiah 25:6 Old Testament, KJV
And in this mountain shall the LORD of hosts make unto all people a feast of fat things, a feast of wines on the lees, of fat things full of marrow, of wines on the lees well refined.
Jeremiah 16:8 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink.
Jeremiah 51:39 Old Testament, KJV
In their heat I will make their feasts, and I will make them drunken, that they may rejoice, and sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake, saith the LORD.
Daniel 1:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the king appointed them a daily provision of the king's meat, and of the wine which he drank: so nourishing them three years, that at the end thereof they might stand before the king.
Daniel 1:8 Old Testament, KJV
But Daniel purposed in his heart that he would not defile himself with the portion of the king's meat, nor with the wine which he drank: therefore he requested of the prince of the eunuchs that he might not defile himself.
Daniel 1:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the prince of the eunuchs said unto Daniel, I fear my lord the king, who hath appointed your meat and your drink: for why should he see your faces worse liking than the children which are of your sort? then shall ye make me endanger my head to the king.
Daniel 1:16 Old Testament, KJV
Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H4960, grouped by book.

Genesis 5 usages, Old Testament
Judges 3 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Kings 1 usage, Old Testament
Ezra 1 usage, Old Testament
Esther 19 usages, Old Testament
Job 2 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 1 usage, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 2 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 4 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H4960 FAQ

What does mishteh (מִשְׁתֶּה) mean?

Mishteh (Strong's H4960) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "banquet". mishteh (mish-teh') n-m. 1. a drink 2. (by implication) drinking (the act)

How many times is mishteh (מִשְׁתֶּה) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 43 linked usages for Strong's H4960 across 13 books.

Where can I study mishteh (מִשְׁתֶּה) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H4960 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate mishteh (מִשְׁתֶּה)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as feast, banquet, feasting, drink, feasts, and drank. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.