Word

פִּתְגָּם

pithgâm · H6600 · Aramaic · 6 occurrences

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Meanings

statement, decree, report, sentence

An official statement that obliges people to behave according to its rules or directives

Examples
Ezra 4:17 Then the king sent a response to Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and in the rest of the provinces beyond the Euphrates River: “Peace. And now,
Ezra 5:7 They sent the report to him in which it was written as follows: “To Darius the king, all peace.
Ezra 5:11 “So they answered us as follows, saying, ‘We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and are rebuilding the temple that was built many years ago, which a great king of Israel built and finished.

How it’s used In 4 roles

Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.

the word studied the word it goes with

Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles

1 occurrences in 1 groups

דֵּןthis 1

What is done to itIt is the object

3 occurrences in 2 groups

שְׁלַחput 2
שְׁנָאalter 1

Second object ofSecond object

2 occurrences in 1 groups

תּוּבto return, to answer 2

What it is said to bePredicate

1 occurrences in 1 groups

גְּזֵרָהdecree 1

When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.

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Near synonyms 3 words

דָּבָר dâbâr · H1697 · words, message, word: דָּבָר is the standard Hebrew word for 'word' or 'matter' and overlaps semantically with פִּתְגָּם, though פִּתְגָּם appears primarily in later/Aramaic-influenced contexts
מִלָּה millâh · H4405 · word, words, message: מִלָּה denotes a word or utterance and serves as a near synonym to פִּתְגָּם in contexts of speech or communication
אִגֶּרֶת ʼiggereth · H107 · letter: אִגֶּרֶת specifically denotes an official letter or document, paralleling the 'letter' sense of פִּתְגָּם

In the other Testament 4 words

λόγος lógos · G3056 · word, saying, message: λόγος is the standard Greek equivalent for פִּתְגָּם in its sense of 'word' or 'matter,' widely used in LXX and NT for communication and statements
ῥῆμα rhēma · G4487 · word, saying, message: ῥῆμα serves as a natural Greek equivalent for פִּתְגָּם in contexts denoting a spoken word or statement
ἀπόκρισις apókrisis · G612 · answer, reply: ἀπόκρισις corresponds specifically to the 'answer' sense of פִּתְגָּם
ἐπιστολή epistolḗ · G1992 · letter (normally written on papyrus), letter: ἐπιστολή corresponds to the 'letter' sense of פִּתְגָּם in official correspondence contexts

Semantic domains 1 entry

Laws002003003016: Daniel 4:17 recounts that “this sentence is by the decree of the angelic watchers, and the decision is a command of the holy ones.”

Word family 2 words

Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.

פִּתְגָּם pithgâm · H6599 · statement, decree, report · 2×פִּתְגָּםpithgâm · H6600

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H6600. pithgam מִּתְגָם noun masculineEzr 6:11 command, word, affair (Persian: see…

H6600. pithgam
מִּתְגָם noun masculineEzr 6:11 command, word, affair (Persian: see Biblical Hebrew); — absolute ׳פ Dan 3:16; emphatic מָא- Ezr 4:17 +; — command Ezr 6:11, word, by missive Ezr 5:7, from king Ezr 4:17 (both with שְׁלַת), in answer Ezr 5:11 (with התיב); weakened, thing, affair Dan 3:16; Dan 4:14.

Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain

Sources

eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0