פִּתְגָם
pit.gam
“edict”
Definition
a word, answer, letter or decree
(Aramaic) corresponding to H6599 (פִּתְגָּם);
- command, work, affair, decree 1a) word, report 1b) decree
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logos (G3056)
word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
A:N-M
A:N-M
Occurrences
פִּתְגָם appears 5 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied to the king, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we have no need to answer you in this matter.
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.
The report they sent him read as follows:To King Darius:All peace.
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.
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.
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