קְיָם qᵉyâm
Meaning
an edict (as arising in law)
In the King James Version: decree, statute.
Derivation: (Aramaic) from H6966 (קוּם);
Where it is used
- Daniel 6:7 All the royal administrators, prefects, satraps, advisers, and governors have agreed that the king should establish an ordinance and enforce a decree that for thirty days anyone who petitions any god or man except you, O king, will be thrown into the den of lions.
- Daniel 6:15 Then the men approached the king together and said to him, “Remember, O king, that by the law of the Medes and Persians no decree or ordinance established by the king can be changed.”