Strong's #6600: pithgam (pronounced pith-gawm')
(Aramaic) corresponding to 6599; a word, answer, letter or decree:--answer, letter, matter, word.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
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pithgâm
1) command, work, affair, decree
1a) word, report
1b) decree
Part of Speech: noun masculine
Relation: corresponding to H6599
Usage:
This word is used 6 times:
Ezra 4:17: "Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai"
Ezra 5:7: "They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king,"
Ezra 5:11: "And thus they returned us answer, saying, We are the servants of the God"
Ezra 6:11: "whosoever shall alter this word, let timber be pulled down"
Daniel 3:16: "to answer thee in this matter."
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"