Lexical Definition

‎פִּתְגָּם‎ pithgâm (pith-gawm') edict ^A:N-M
(Aramaic) corresponding to ‎פִּתְגָּם‎

answer, letter, matter, word.

• a word, answer, letter or decree

1) command, work, affair, decree
1a) word, report
1b) decree

See Greek: ἐπιταγή · λόγος · νόμος · ῥῆμα

Extended Information

Aramaic of: פִּתְגָּם

Brown-Driver-Briggs

Hebrew form: פִּתְגָּם
‎פִּתְגָם‎ noun masculine^{Ezra 6:11} command, word, affair (Persian: see Biblical Hebrew); — absolute ‎׳‎‎פ‎ Dan 3:16 emphatic ‎מָא‎- Ezra 4:17 +; — command Ezra 6:11, word, by missive Ezra 5:7, from king Ezra 4:17 (both with ‎שְׁלַת‎), in answer Ezra 5:11 (with ‎התיב‎); weakened, thing, affair Dan 3:16; Dan 4:14*.

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