Lexical Definition

‎נִשְׁתְּוָן‎ nishtᵉvân (nish-tev-awn') letter ^H:N-M
probably of Persian origin

letter.

• an epistle

1) letter

See Greek: διάταγμα

Extended Information

• Aramaic equivalent: nish.te.van (‎נ‎ִ‎ש‎ְׁ‎ת‎ְּ‎ו‎ָ‎ן‎ "document" נִשְׁתְּוָן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs

‎נִשְׁתְּוָן‎ noun [masculine] letter (usually derived from Persian , i.e. writing, Hoffm^{ZA ii (1887), 52} yet compare Meyer^{Judenthum 22}); — absolute ‎׳‎‎נ‎ Ezra 4:7; Ezra 7:11.

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