Word Study · Strong's H6599 · Hebrew

פִּתְגָּם

pithgam

pith-gawm'

Strong's 1890 spelling: pithgâm

“a (judicial) sentence”

Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain

a (judicial) sentence

Rendered in the KJV as

decree, sentence.

2
occurrencesin the Old Testament
2 of 39
Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
2
inflected formsdistinct spellings

Across 2 occurrences

The word itself

Inflected forms · 2

פִתְגָ֔ם1
פִּתְגָ֨ם1

How it is rendered · 2

[the] decree of1
[the] sentence of1

The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.

How it parses · 1

noun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)2

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HNcmsc · 2

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The ledger of occurrences

Where this word lives

Esther1 of 2 · 50%
Ecclesiastes1 of 2 · 50%

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Esther1 occurrence

Esther 1:20פִּתְגָ֨םpitgamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)The edict the king issues will be heard throughout his vast kingdom—and so all women, from the least to the greatest, will honor their husbands.”here: [the] decree of

Ecclesiastes1 occurrence

Ecclesiastes 8:11פִתְגָ֔םfitgamnoun · masculine singular · in construct (“…of”)When the sentence for a crime is not speedily executed, the hearts of men become fully set on doing evil.here: [the] sentence of

Same headword in Strong's

Hebrew words spelled פִּתְגָּם

H6600 · 6×

פִּתְגָּם

pithgam

“a word, answer, letter or decree”

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