H5406 - נִשְׁתְּוָן (nishtᵉvân)

H5406 נִשְׁתְּוָן (nishtᵉvân) nish-tev-awn'

Hebrew

Noun (Masculine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

letter

Strong's Definition

an epistle

Derivation: probably of Persian origin;

KJV Usage: letter.

TWOT Reference: 1439

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) letter

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1297

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

letter Aramaic equivalent: nish.te.van (נִשְׁתְּוָן "document" H5407)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

נִשְׁתְּוָן nishtevân BDB Definition: 1) letter Part of Speech: noun masculine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: probably of Persian origin Same Word by TWOT Number: 1439 Total KJV Occurrences: 2

Bible Occurrences (2)

4:7 7:11

Ezra 4:7

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 7:11

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: