H5406 נִשְׁתְּוָן

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 2 KJV occurrences

נִשְׁתְּוָן

nishtᵉvân · nish-tev-awn'

Definition

an epistle

KJV Renderings

letter.

Derivation / Etymology

probably of Persian origin;

KJV Verses (2)

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.