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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #6599 - פִּתְגָם

Transliteration

pithgâm

Phonetics

pith-gawm'

Origin

of Persian origin

Parts of Speech

masculine noun

TWOT

1852

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

edict, decree

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (2)

Esther 1

Ecclesiastes 1

BSB (2)

Esther 1

Ecclesiastes 1

CSB (2)

Esther 1

Ecclesiastes 1

ESV (2)

Esther 1

Ecclesiastes 1

KJV (2)

Esther 1

Ecclesiastes 1

LEB (2)

Esther 1

Ecclesiastes 1

LSB (2)

Esther 1

Ecclesiastes 1

N95 (2)

Esther 1

Ecclesiastes 1

NAS (2)

Esther 1

Ecclesiastes 1

NLT (0)

The
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (2)

Esther 1

Ecclesiastes 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

4018) m c t p (פתגמ PTGM) - Decree: (origin: Persian) KJV (8): decree, sentence, answer, matter, word, letter - Strongs: H6599 (פִּתְגָם), H6600 (פִּתְגָם)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

מִּתְגָּם noun masculine edict, decree (Persian loan-word, Old Persian patigâma ( patigam, come to, arrive), New Persian paigâm, message; see Gildem^{ZKM iv. 214} Mey^{Entstehung 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 Albr^{ZAW xvi (1896), 115} read נַעֲשֶׂה for נַעֲשָׂה).

List of Word Forms

פִּתְגָ֨ם פִתְגָ֔ם פתגם fitGam piṯ·ḡām p̄iṯ·ḡām pitGam piṯḡām p̄iṯḡām