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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #5407 - נִשְׁתְּוָן

Transliteration

nishtᵉvân

Phonetics

nish-tev-awn'

Origin

corresponding to (H5406)

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

2878

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

letter

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (3)

Ezra 3

BSB (3)

Ezra 3

CSB (3)

Ezra 3

ESV (4)

Deuteronomy 1

Ezra 3

KJV (3)

Ezra 3

LEB (3)

Ezra 3

LSB (3)

Ezra 3

N95 (4)

Ezra 4

NAS (3)

Ezra 4

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (3)

Ezra 3

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

4013) n f t s n (נסהתונ NShTWN) - Letter: (origin: Persian) KJV (5): letter - Strongs: H5406 (נִשְׁתְּוָן), H5407 (נִשְׁתְּוָן)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

[נִשְׁתְּרָן] noun masculine^{Ezra 4:18} letter (probably Persian; see Biblical Hebrew); — emphatic נִשְׁתְוָנָא Ezra 4:18,23; Ezra 5:5.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

נִשְׁתְּוָן m. Hebr. and Chald. a letter, Ezra 4:7, 18 Ezra 4:18, 23 Ezra 4:23, 5:5 7:11. The derivation appears to be from the Pers. نبشتن nobishten, نوشتن, نوستن i.e. to write; a sibilant letter being transposed.

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List of Word Forms

נִשְׁתְּוָנָ֕א נִשְׁתְּוָנָ֖א נִשְׁתְּוָנָא֙ נשתונא niš·tə·wā·nā nishtevaNa ništəwānā