Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #5406 - נִשְׁתְּוָן nishtevan (a letter)

Original Word:	נִשְׁתְּוָן
Transliteration:	nishtevan
Definition:	a letter
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(nish-tev-awn')
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

letter

Probably of Persian origin; an epistle -- letter.

Englishman's Concordance

1) letter
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: probably of Persian origin
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1439

Brown-Driver-Briggs

נִשְׁתְּוָןnoun [masculine]letter (usually derived from Persian

i.e. writing, Hoffm^{ZA ii (1887), 52} yet compare Meyer^{Judenthum 22}); — absolute ׳נEzra 4:7; Ezra 7:11.

נתב (√ of following; Arabic swell forth, become prominent, protuberant, Lane²⁷⁶⁰).

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5406. nishtevan — 2 Occurrences

Ezra 4:7
HEB:פָּרָ֑ס וּכְתָב֙ הַֽנִּשְׁתְּוָ֔ן כָּת֥וּב אֲרָמִ֖ית
NAS: and the text of the letter was written
KJV: and the writing of the letter [was] written
INT: of Persia and the text of the letter was written Aramaic

Ezra 7:11
HEB:וְזֶ֣ה ׀ פַּרְשֶׁ֣גֶן הַֽנִּשְׁתְּוָ֗ן אֲשֶׁ֤ר נָתַן֙
NAS: is the copy of the decree which
KJV: Now this [is] the copy of the letter that the king
INT: now this is the copy of the decree which gave

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