Word Study · Strong's H6600 · Hebrew
פִּתְגָּם
pithgam
pith-gawm'
Strong's 1890 spelling: pithgâm
“a word, answer, letter or decree”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
a word, answer, letter or decree
Rendered in the KJV as
answer, letter, matter, word.
- 6occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 6inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 6 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 6
- פִּתְגָ֖ם1
- פִתְגָמָ֖א1
- פִּתְגָמָ֔א1
- פִּתְגָמָ֞א1
- פִּתְגָמָ֖א1
- פִּתְגָמָ֣א1
How it is rendered · 3
- word the3
- command the2
- affair1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 2
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)5
- noun · masculine or feminine singular1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- ANcbsd/Ta · 5
- ANcbsa · 1
All 6, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
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Ezra4 occurrences
- Ezra 4:17פִּתְגָמָ֞אpitgama'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)Then the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings.here: word the
- Ezra 5:7פִּתְגָמָ֖אpitgama'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)The report they sent him read as follows: To King Darius: All peace.here: word the
- Ezra 5:11פִתְגָמָ֖אfitgama'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)And this is the answer they returned: “We are servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and completed.here: word the
- Ezra 6:11פִּתְגָמָ֣אpitgama'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)I also decree that if any man interferes with this directive, a beam is to be torn from his house and raised up, and he is to be impaled on it. And his own house shall be made a pile of rubble for this offense.here: command the
Daniel2 occurrences
- Daniel 3:16פִּתְגָ֖םpitgamnoun · masculine or feminine singularShadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.here: affair
- Daniel 4:17פִּתְגָמָ֔אpitgama'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)This decision is the decree of the watchers, the verdict declared by the holy ones, so that the living will know that the Most High rules over the kingdom of mankind and gives it to whom He wishes, setting over it the lowliest of men.’here: command the
Same headword in Strong's