H5406: נִשְׁתְּוָן
nishtᵉvân · pronounced nish-tev-awn' · “letter”
Definition
an epistle
KJV translates it as: letter.
Word origin: probably of Persian origin;
Extended definition
letter
Aramaic equivalent: nish.te.van (נִשְׁתְּוָן "document" H5407)
Aramaic equivalent: nish.te.van (נִשְׁתְּוָן "document" H5407)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H5406 is translated
- letter ×2
Bible verses with H5406 (nishtᵉvân)
Nishtᵉvân appears in 2 verses.
- Ezra 4:7
And 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.
- Ezra 7:11
Now 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.