Lexical Definition

‎מִשְׁתֶּה‎ mishteh (mish-teh') feast ^H:N-M
from ‎שָׁתָה‎

banquet, drank, drink, feast((-ed), -ing).

• drink, by implication, drinking (the act)
• also (by implication) a banquet or (generally) feast

1) feast, drink, banquet
1a) feast, banquet
1b) drink

See Greek: γάμος · δοχή · εὐφροσύνη · πόμα · πόσις · πότος · συμπόσιον

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: mish.teh (‎מ‎ִ‎ש‎ְׁ‎ת‎ֶּ‎ה‎ "feast" מִשְׁתֶּה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: מִשְׁתֶּה
‎מִשְׁתֶּה‎₄₅ noun masculine^{Gen 21:8}

1. feast;

2. drink; — absolute ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Gen 19:3 +; construct ‎מִשְׁתֵּה‎ 1Sam 25:36 +; suffix ‎מִשְׁתָּיו‎ Dan 1:5 + (Ges^{«GKC:93ss»§§ 93 ss}), etc.; —

1. feast, banquet (occasion for drinking, drinking-bout), 1Sam 25:36 (twice in verse); Isa 5:12; Jer 51:39 (figurative), Job 1:5; Esth 2:18; Esth 5:14; Esth 8:17; Esth 9:19 lasting seven days Judg 14:12; Judg 14:17 (wedding-feast, compare Gen 29:27, and see Benz^{Archaeology 143}; Ency. Bib. 2949 Now^{Archaeology i. 163}); ‎עָשָׂה‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ give or make a feast (sometimes + ‎ל‎ person) Gen 19:3; Gen 26:30 (both J), Gen 21:8; Gen 40:20 (both E), Judg 14:10; 2Sam 3:20; 1Kgs 3:15; Esth 1:3 + 8 t. Esther; Job 1:4 + 2Sam 13:27 (twice in verse) ᵐ5 Th We Dr and modern; ‎מִשְׁתֵּה הַיַּיִן‎ Esth 5:6; Esth 7:2; Esth 7:7, ‎בֵּית‎ ‎מִשְׁתֶּה‎ Jer 16:8; Eccl 7:2, ‎בֵּית מִשְׁתֵּה הַיַּיִן‎ Esth 7:8 ‎׳‎‎יוֺם מ‎ ‎וְשִׂמְחָה‎ Esth 9:17; Esth 9:18, compare vEsth 9:22 of ‎׳‎‎י‎'s banquet for all peoples Isa 25:6 (figurative of Messianic blessings); figurative also in ‎תָּמִיד‎ ‎׳‎‎טוֺבלֵֿב מ‎ Prov 15:15.

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

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