# פִּתְגָּם (pitgam)

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

Strong’s H6600. 6 Old Testament occurrences.

a word, answer, letter or decree

King James renderings: answer, letter, matter, word.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/pitgam-h6600

## Occurrences

- [Ezra 4:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/4/17) — Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samar…
- [Ezra 5:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/5/7) — They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.
- [Ezra 5:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/5/11) — And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God of heaven and earth, and build the house that was builded these ma…
- [Ezra 6:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ezra/6/11) — Also I have made a decree, that whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down from his house, and being set up, let him be han…
- [Daniel 3:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/3/16) — Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, answered and said to the king, O Nebuchadnezzar, we are not careful to answer thee in this matter.
- [Daniel 4:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/4/17) — This matter is by the decree of the watchers, and the demand by the word of the holy ones: to the intent that the living may know that the…