# מִשְׁתֶּה (mishteh) Israeli respelling: mish-teh. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H4960. 43 Old Testament occurrences. drink, by implication, drinking (the act); also (by implication) a banquet or (generally) feast King James renderings: banquet, drank, drink, feast((-ed), -ing). Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/mishteh-h4960 ## Occurrences - [Genesis 19:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/19/3) — 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 unleavene… - [Genesis 21:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/21/8) — And the child grew, and was weaned: and Abraham made a great feast the same day that Isaac was weaned. - [Genesis 26:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/26/30) — And he made them a feast, and they did eat and drink. - [Genesis 29:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/29/22) — And Laban gathered together all the men of the place, and made a feast. - [Genesis 40:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/genesis/40/20) — 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 t… - [Judges 14:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/14/10) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/14/12) — 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, an… - [Judges 14:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/judges/14/17) — 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… - [1 Samuel 25:36](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/25/36) — 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… - [2 Samuel 3:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/3/20) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/3/15) — 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… - [Ezra 3:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/3/7) — 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 brin… - [Esther 1:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/1/3) — 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 prince… - [Esther 1:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/1/5) — 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 sm… - [Esther 1:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/1/9) — Also Vashti the queen made a feast for the women in the royal house which belonged to king Ahasuerus. - [Esther 2:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/2/18) — 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 ga… - [Esther 5:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/5/4) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/5/5) — 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 ha… - [Esther 5:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/5/6) — 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… - [Esther 5:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/5/8) — 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 an… - [Esther 5:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/5/12) — 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 m… - [Esther 5:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/5/14) — 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… - [Esther 6:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/6/14) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/7/2) — 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 t… - [Esther 7:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/7/7) — 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 7:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/7/8) — 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… - [Esther 8:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/8/17) — 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… - [Esther 9:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/9/17) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/9/18) — But the Jews that were at Shushan assembled together on the thirteenth day thereof, and on the fourteenth thereof; and on the fifteenth day… - [Esther 9:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/9/19) — 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 feast… - [Esther 9:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/9/22) — 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… - [Job 1:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/1/4) — 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](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/1/5) — 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 of… - [Proverbs 15:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/15/15) — All the days of the afflicted are evil: but he that is of a merry heart hath a continual feast. - [Ecclesiastes 7:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/7/2) — 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 i… - [Isaiah 5:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/5/12) — 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… - [Isaiah 25:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/25/6) — 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 o… - [Jeremiah 16:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/16/8) — Thou shalt not also go into the house of feasting, to sit with them to eat and to drink. - [Jeremiah 51:39](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/51/39) — 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, sai… - [Daniel 1:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/1/5) — 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 t… - [Daniel 1:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/1/8) — 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: th… - [Daniel 1:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/1/10) — 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… - [Daniel 1:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/1/16) — Thus Melzar took away the portion of their meat, and the wine that they should drink; and gave them pulse.