# פִּתְגָּם (pitgam)

Israeli respelling: pit-gam. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6599. 2 Old Testament occurrences.

a (judicial) sentence

King James renderings: decree, sentence.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/pitgam-h6599

## Occurrences

- [Esther 1:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/1/20) — And when the king’s decree which he shall make shall be published throughout all his empire, (for it is great,) all the wives shall give to…
- [Ecclesiastes 8:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/8/11) — Because sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil.