Lexicon :: Strong's H6599 - piṯgām

פִּתְגָּם
Transliteration
piṯgām
Pronunciation
pith-gawm'
Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
Of Persian origin
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1852

Strong’s Definitions

פִּתְגָּם pithgâm, pith-gawm'; of Persian origin; a (judicial) sentence:—decree, sentence.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x

The KJV translates Strong's H6599 in the following manner: decree (1x), sentence (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 2x
The KJV translates Strong's H6599 in the following manner: decree (1x), sentence (1x).

  1. edict, decree

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
פִּתְגָּם pithgâm, pith-gawm'; of Persian origin; a (judicial) sentence:—decree, sentence.
STRONGS H6599: Abbreviations
† פִּתְגָּם 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 פִּתְגָּמָא, word, command, Biblical Aramaic = Biblical Hebrew); — construct הַמֶּלֶךְ 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).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H6600.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Esther

1:20

Ecclesiastes

8:11