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מִשְׁפָּט

mish.patH4941

justice: judgement

Used 422 times in the tagged text.

H4941G · מִשְׁפָּט · justice: judgement

What it means

  • judgment, justice, ordinance
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : judgement/punishment
  • 1) judgment, justice, ordinance
  • 1a) judgment
  • 1a1) act of deciding a case
  • 1a2) place, court, seat of judgment
  • 1a3) process, procedure, litigation (before judges)
  • 1a4) case, cause (presented for judgment)
  • 1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment)
  • 1a6) execution (of judgment)
  • 1a7) time (of judgment)
  • 1b) justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man)
  • 1c) ordinance
  • 1d) decision (in law)
  • 1e) right, privilege, due (legal)
  • 1f) proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan

H4941H · מִשְׁפָּט · justice

What it means

  • judgment, justice, ordinance
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : justice/right/righteousness
  • 1) judgment, justice, ordinance
  • 1a) judgment
  • 1a1) act of deciding a case
  • 1a2) place, court, seat of judgment
  • 1a3) process, procedure, litigation (before judges)
  • 1a4) case, cause (presented for judgment)
  • 1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment)
  • 1a6) execution (of judgment)
  • 1a7) time (of judgment)
  • 1b) justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man)
  • 1c) ordinance
  • 1d) decision (in law)
  • 1e) right, privilege, due (legal)
  • 1f) proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan

H4941I · מִשְׁפָּט · justice: rule

What it means

  • judgment, justice, ordinance
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : rule/prescription
  • 1) judgment, justice, ordinance
  • 1a) judgment
  • 1a1) act of deciding a case
  • 1a2) place, court, seat of judgment
  • 1a3) process, procedure, litigation (before judges)
  • 1a4) case, cause (presented for judgment)
  • 1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment)
  • 1a6) execution (of judgment)
  • 1a7) time (of judgment)
  • 1b) justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man)
  • 1c) ordinance
  • 1d) decision (in law)
  • 1e) right, privilege, due (legal)
  • 1f) proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan

H4941J · מִשְׁפָּט · justice: custom

What it means

  • judgment, justice, ordinance
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : custom/manner
  • 1) judgment, justice, ordinance
  • 1a) judgment
  • 1a1) act of deciding a case
  • 1a2) place, court, seat of judgment
  • 1a3) process, procedure, litigation (before judges)
  • 1a4) case, cause (presented for judgment)
  • 1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment)
  • 1a6) execution (of judgment)
  • 1a7) time (of judgment)
  • 1b) justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man)
  • 1c) ordinance
  • 1d) decision (in law)
  • 1e) right, privilege, due (legal)
  • 1f) proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan

H4941K · מִשְׁפָּט · (Hall of) Judgment

Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • Combined with u.lam (אוּלָם "Hall" H0197H)
  • This name means judgment, sentence

Same idea, other words · Righteousness and justice

The same word family carries both 'righteous' and 'just'. English splits them; the Bible often does not.

Where it appears

  • Genesis3
  • Exodus11
  • Leviticus14
  • Numbers19
  • Deuteronomy37
  • Joshua3
  • Judges3
  • 1 Samuel7
  • 2 Samuel5
  • 1 Kings18
  • 2 Kings11
  • 1 Chronicles9
  • 2 Chronicles13
  • Ezra2
  • Nehemiah5
  • Job23
  • Psalms65
  • Proverbs20
  • Ecclesiastes6
  • Isaiah42
  • Jeremiah32
  • Lamentations2
  • Ezekiel43
  • Daniel1
  • Hosea6
  • Amos4
  • Micah5
  • Habakkuk4
  • Zephaniah4
  • Zechariah2
  • Malachi3

Every use · 51–100 of 422 · BSB

  1. Deuteronomy 4:5וּמִשְׁפָּטִ֔יםand judgments

    See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.

  2. Deuteronomy 4:8וּמִשְׁפָּטִ֖יםand judgments

    And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?

  3. Deuteronomy 4:14וּמִשְׁפָּטִ֑יםand judgments

    At that time the LORD commanded me to teach you the statutes and ordinances you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.

  4. Deuteronomy 4:45וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑יםand the judgments

    These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,

  5. Deuteronomy 5:1הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔יםthe judgments

    Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.

  6. Deuteronomy 5:31וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֖יםand the judgments

    But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”

  7. Deuteronomy 6:1וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔יםand the judgments

    These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,

  8. Deuteronomy 6:20וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔יםand the judgments

    In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”

  9. Deuteronomy 7:11הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֗יםthe judgments

    So keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances that I am giving you to follow this day.

  10. Deuteronomy 7:12הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים֙the judgments

    If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.

  11. Deuteronomy 8:11וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֣יוand judgments his

    Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.

  12. Deuteronomy 10:18מִשְׁפַּ֥טjudgment of

    He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.

  13. Deuteronomy 11:1וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֛יוand judgments his

    You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.

  14. Deuteronomy 11:32הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑יםthe judgments

    be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.

  15. Deuteronomy 12:1וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים֮and the judgments

    These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess.

  16. Deuteronomy 16:18מִשְׁפַּט־judgment of

    You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.

  17. Deuteronomy 16:19מִשְׁפָּ֔טjustice

    Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

  18. Deuteronomy 17:8לַמִּשְׁפָּ֗טfor <the> judgment

    If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.

  19. Deuteronomy 17:9הַמִּשְׁפָּֽטthe verdict

    You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.

  20. Deuteronomy 17:11הַמִּשְׁפָּ֛טthe verdict

    according to the terms of law they give and the verdict they proclaim. Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from the decision they declare to you.

  21. Deuteronomy 18:3מִשְׁפַּ֨ט[the] right of

    This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.

  22. Deuteronomy 19:6מִשְׁפַּט־a sentence of

    Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.

  23. Deuteronomy 21:17מִשְׁפַּ֥ט[the] claim of

    Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.

  24. Deuteronomy 21:22מִשְׁפַּט־a sentence of

    If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,

  25. Deuteronomy 24:17מִשְׁפַּ֖ט[the] justice of

    Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.

  26. Deuteronomy 25:1הַמִּשְׁפָּ֖טthe place of judgment

    If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.

  27. Deuteronomy 26:16הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑יםthe judgments

    The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and with all your soul.

  28. Deuteronomy 26:17וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֖יוand judgments his

    Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.

  29. Deuteronomy 27:19מִשְׁפַּ֥ט[the] justice of

    ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’

  30. Deuteronomy 30:16וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֑יוand judgments his

    For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.

  31. Deuteronomy 32:4מִשְׁפָּ֑ט[are] justice

    He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.

  32. Deuteronomy 32:41בְּמִשְׁפָּ֖טon judgment

    when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.

  33. Deuteronomy 33:10מִשְׁפָּטֶ֙יךָ֙judgments your

    He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.

  34. Deuteronomy 33:21וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֖יוand judgments his

    He chose the best land for himself, because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there. He came with the leaders of the people; he administered the LORD’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.”

  35. Joshua 6:15כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֥טaccording to the custom

    Then on the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. That was the only day they circled the city seven times.

  36. Joshua 20:6לַמִּשְׁפָּ֔טfor <the> judgment

    He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”

  37. Joshua 24:25וּמִשְׁפָּ֖טand a judgment

    On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.

  38. Judges 4:5לַמִּשְׁפָּֽטfor <the> judgment

    And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.

  39. Judges 13:12מִשְׁפַּט־[the] manner of

    Then Manoah asked, “When your words come to pass, what will be the boy’s rule of life and mission?”

  40. Judges 18:7כְּמִשְׁפַּ֨טaccording to [the] custom of

    So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, tranquil and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.

  41. 1 Samuel 2:13וּמִשְׁפַּ֥טand [the] custom of

    or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling

  42. 1 Samuel 8:3מִשְׁפָּֽט פjustice

    But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.

  43. 1 Samuel 8:9מִשְׁפַּ֣ט[the] right[s] of

    Now listen to them, but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”

  44. 1 Samuel 8:11מִשְׁפַּ֣ט[the] right[s] of

    He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to his own chariots and horses, to run in front of his chariots.

  45. 1 Samuel 10:25מִשְׁפַּ֣ט[the] right[s] of

    Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.

  46. 1 Samuel 27:11מִשְׁפָּט֔וֹpractice his

    David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.

  47. 1 Samuel 30:25וּלְמִשְׁפָּט֙and into a judgment

    And so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute as an ordinance for Israel to this very day.

  48. 2 Samuel 8:15מִשְׁפָּ֥טjustice

    Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:

  49. 2 Samuel 15:2לַמִּשְׁפָּ֗טfor <the> judgment

    He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”

  50. 2 Samuel 15:4וּמִשְׁפָּ֖טand a judgment

    And he would add, “If only someone would appoint me judge in the land, then everyone with a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would give him justice.”

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