פִּתְגָּםpithgâm

command, word, affair, thing, affair (Ezra 6:11; Daniel 3:16; Ezra 4:17; Ezra 5:7; Ezra 5:11)

Pronunciation: pith-gawm' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6600

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 6 times in the Bible.

  • Ezra 4:17 Then King Artaxerxes sent this reply: “To Rehum the governor, Shimshai the court secretary, and their colleagues living in Samaria and throughout the province west of the Euphrates River. Greetings.
  • Ezra 5:7 “To King Darius. Greetings.
  • Ezra 5:11 “This was their answer: ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and we are rebuilding the Temple that was built here many years ago by a great king of Israel.
  • Ezra 6:11 “Those who violate this decree in any way will have a beam pulled from their house. Then they will be lifted up and impaled on it, and their house will be reduced to a pile of rubble.
  • Daniel 3:16 Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego replied, “O Nebuchadnezzar, we do not need to defend ourselves before you.
  • Daniel 4:17 For this has been decreed by the messengers; it is commanded by the holy ones, so that everyone may know that the Most High rules over the kingdoms of the world. He gives them to anyone he chooses— even to the lowliest of people.”

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).