Feast
מִשְׁתֶּהStrong’s H4960mishteh (mish-teh)
Appears in 43 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Mishteh is the Hebrew word usually translated “feast”, “feast of” and “at feast of”. It appears in 43 verses of the Old Testament.
“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.”
Meaning
- Feast, drink, banquetfeast, banquet · drink
How it's translated
- a feast 17
- the feast 9
- a feast of 3
- feast 3
- feast of 2
- at feast of 2
- feast their 2
- drink his 2
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Esther 19
- Genesis 5
- Daniel 4
- Judges 3
- Job 2
- Isaiah 2
13 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 1:8In contextBut 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 1:10In contextAnd 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 1:16In contextThus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.
- Genesis 19:3And 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 21:8And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned.
- Genesis 26:30And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink.
All 43 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
מִשְׁתֶּה mishteh · feast
1) feast, drink, banquet 1a) feast, banquet 1b) drink Aramaic equivalent: mish.teh (מִשְׁתֶּה "feast" H4961)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “feast” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FEAST, noun
[Latin festum.]
- A sumptuous repast or entertainment, of which a number of guests partake; particularly, a rich or splendid public entertainment.“On Pharaoh's birth day, he made a feast to all his servants” Genesis 40:20
- A rich or delicious repast or meal; something delicious to the palate.
- A ceremony of feasting; joy and thanksgiving on stated days, in commemoration of some great event, or in honor of some distinguished personage; an anniversary, periodical or stated celebration of some event; a festival; as on occasion of the games in Greece, and the feast of the passover, the feast of Pentecost, and the feast of tabernacles among the Jews.
- Something delicious and entertaining to the mind or soul; as the dispensation of the gospel is called a feast of fat things. Isaiah 25:6
All definitions and other forms of “feast”
- That which delights and entertains.“He that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast” Proverbs 15:15
FEAST, verb intransitive
- To eat sumptuously; to dine or sup on rich provisions; particularly in large companies, and on public festivals.“And his sons went and feasted in their houses” Job 1:4
- To be highly gratified or delighted.
FEAST, verb transitive
- To entertain with sumptuous provisions; to treat at the table magnificently; as, he was feasted by the king.
- To delight; to pamper; to gratify luxuriously; as, to feast the soul.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.