Nishtevan נִשְׁתְּוָן
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| נִשְׁתְּוָן | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | nishtevan |
| Strong's number | H5406 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | masculine noun |
| Gloss | letter |
| Occurrences | 2 in 2 verses |
Nishtevan (Hebrew נִשְׁתְּוָן, Strong's H5406) is a Hebrew masculine noun meaning “letter”. It occurs 2 times in 2 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
letter
Aramaic equivalent: nish.te.van (נִשְׁתְּוָן "document" H5407)
Aramaic equivalent: nish.te.van (נִשְׁתְּוָן "document" H5407)
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | letter (2) |
|---|---|
| BSB | letter (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Nishtevan, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Ezra
- Ezra 4:7And in the days of Artaxerxes wrote Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of their companions, unto Artaxerxes king of Persia; and the writing of the letter was written in the Syrian tongue, and interpreted in the Syrian tongue.And in the days of Artaxerxes king of Persia, Bishlam, Mithredath, Tabeel, and the rest of his associates wrote a letter to Artaxerxes. It was written in Aramaic and then translated.
- Ezra 7:11Now this is the copy of the letter that the king Artaxerxes gave unto Ezra the priest, the scribe, even a scribe of the words of the commandments of the Lord, and of his statutes to Israel.This is the text of the letter King Artaxerxes had given to Ezra the priest and scribe, an expert in the commandments and statutes of the LORD to Israel:
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).