6599. pithgam
Strong's Concordance
pithgam: an edict, decree
Original Word: פִּתְגָם
Part of Speech: Noun Masculine
Transliteration: pithgam
Phonetic Spelling: (pith-gawm')
Short Definition: edict
Brown-Driver-Briggs
מִּתְגָּם noun masculine edict, decree (Persian loan-word, Old Persian patigâma (patigam, come to, arrive), New Persian paigâm, message; see GildemZKM iv. 214 MeyEntstehung 23; Aramaic מִּתְגָּמָא, word, command, Biblical Aramaic = Biblical Hebrew); — construct הַטֶּלֶךְ ׳פ Esther 1:20; with Genitive object מַעֲשֵׂה הָרָעָה ׳פ Ecclesiastes 8:11 (apparently f., compare De; but Hi AlbrZAW xvi (1896), 115 read נַעֲשֶׂה for נַעֲשָׂה).

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
decree, sentence

Of Persian origin; a (judicial) sentence -- decree, sentence.

Forms and Transliterations
פִּתְגָ֨ם פִתְגָ֔ם פתגם fitGam piṯ·ḡām p̄iṯ·ḡām pitGam piṯḡām p̄iṯḡām
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Strong's Hebrew 6599
2 Occurrences


p̄iṯ·ḡām — 1 Occ.
piṯ·ḡām — 1 Occ.

Esther 1:20
HEB: וְנִשְׁמַע֩ פִּתְגָ֨ם הַמֶּ֤לֶךְ אֲשֶֽׁר־
NAS: When the king's edict which
KJV: And when the king's decree which he shall make
INT: is heard edict the king's which

Ecclesiastes 8:11
HEB: אֵין־ נַעֲשָׂ֣ה פִתְגָ֔ם מַעֲשֵׂ֥ה הָרָעָ֖ה
NAS: Because the sentence against an evil
KJV: Because sentence against an evil work
INT: is not executed the sentence deed an evil

2 Occurrences

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