Strong's Concordance
Original word: פִּתְגָם
Transliteration: pithgam
Definition (short): answer
Definition (full): a word, answer, letter, decree
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: (Aramaic) corresponding to pithgam
Definition: a command, word, affair
NASB Translation: answer (1), answer...matter (1), answered* (1), edict (1), report (1), sentence (1).
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References
KJV:
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 Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
NASB:
Then the king sent an answer to Rehum the commander, to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their colleagues who live in Samaria and in the rest of the provinces beyond the River: "Peace. And now
KJV:
They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.
NASB:
They sent a report to him in which it was written thus: "To Darius the king, all peace.
KJV:
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 hanged thereon; and let his house be made a dunghill for this.
NASB:
"And I issued a decree that any man who violates this edict, a timber shall be drawn from his house and he shall be impaled on it and his house shall be made a refuse heap on account of this.