Word study · Hebrew
מִשְׁפָּט
mish.patH4941justice: 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.
- צֶ֫דֶקtsedeq righteousnessrighteousness, what is rightH6664
- צְדָקָהtsedaqah righteousnessrighteousness as a lived quality or a giftH6666
- מִשְׁפָּטmishpat justice: judgementjustice, judgment, the right orderH4941
- δικαιοσύνηdikaiosunē righteousnessrighteousness, the standing and the conductG1343
- δίκαιοςdikaios justrighteous, justG1342
- δικαιόωdikaioō to justifyto declare righteous, to justifyG1344
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 · 101–150 of 422 · BSB
Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
And keep the charge of the LORD your God to walk in His ways and to keep His statutes, commandments, ordinances, and decrees, as is written in the Law of Moses, so that you may prosper in all you do and wherever you turn,
So God said to him, “Since you have asked for this instead of requesting long life or wealth for yourself or death for your enemies—but you have asked for discernment to administer justice—
When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
Each one also brought to the required place their quotas of barley and straw for the chariot horses and other horses.
“As for this temple you are building, if you walk in My statutes, carry out My ordinances, and keep all My commandments by walking in them, I will fulfill through you the promise I made to your father David.
In his eleventh year and eighth month, the month of Bul, the temple was finished in every detail and according to every specification. So he built the temple in seven years.
In addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.
then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause.
May He incline our hearts to Himself, to walk in all His ways and to keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances He commanded our fathers.
And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,
And may these words with which I have made my petition before the LORD be near to the LORD our God day and night, so that He may uphold the cause of His servant and of His people Israel as each day requires,
And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, with a heart of integrity and uprightness, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on the throne of Israel. Because of the LORD’s eternal love for Israel, He has made you king to carry out justice and righteousness.”
For they have forsaken Me to worship Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of the Moabites, and Milcom the god of the Ammonites. They have not walked in My ways, nor done what is right in My eyes, nor kept My statutes and judgments, as Solomon’s father David did.
So they shouted louder and cut themselves with knives and lances, as was their custom, until the blood gushed over them.
But while your servant was busy here and there, the man disappeared.” And the king of Israel said to him, “So shall your judgment be; you have pronounced it on yourself.”
The king asked them, “What sort of man came up to meet you and spoke these words to you?”
And she looked out and saw the king standing by the pillar, according to the custom. The officers and trumpeters were beside the king, and all the people of the land were rejoicing and blowing trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes and screamed, “Treason! Treason!”
So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”
So they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, “The peoples that you have removed and placed in the cities of Samaria do not know the requirements of the God of the land. Because of this, He has sent lions among them, which are indeed killing them off.”
Then the king of Assyria commanded: “Send back one of the priests you carried off from Samaria, and have him go back to live there and teach the requirements of the God of the land.”
They worshiped the LORD, but they also served their own gods according to the customs of the nations from which they had been carried away.
To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
To this day they are still practicing their former customs. None of them worship the LORD or observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments that the LORD gave the descendants of Jacob, whom He named Israel.
And you must always be careful to observe the statutes, ordinances, laws, and commandments He wrote for you. Do not worship other gods.
But they would not listen, and they persisted in their former customs.
The Chaldeans seized the king and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah, where they pronounced judgment on him.
They ministered with song before the tabernacle, the Tent of Meeting, until Solomon built the house of the LORD in Jerusalem. And they performed their duties according to the regulations given them.
It was because you Levites were not with us the first time that the LORD our God burst forth in anger against us. For we did not consult Him about the proper order.”
Remember the wonders He has done, His marvels, and the judgments He has pronounced,
He is the LORD our God; His judgments carry throughout the earth.
Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
Then you will succeed, if you carefully follow the statutes and ordinances that the LORD commanded Moses for Israel. Be strong and courageous. Do not be afraid or discouraged.
Whenever burnt offerings were presented to the LORD on the Sabbaths, New Moons, and appointed feasts, they were to serve regularly before the LORD in the numbers prescribed for them.
This was their appointed order for service when they entered the house of the LORD, according to the regulations prescribed for them by their forefather Aaron, as the LORD, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
I will establish his kingdom forever, if he resolutely carries out My commandments and ordinances, as is being done this day.’
He made ten gold lampstands according to their specifications and placed them in the temple, five on the south side and five on the north.
the lampstands of pure gold and their lamps, to burn in front of the inner sanctuary as prescribed;
then may You hear from heaven their prayer and their plea, and may You uphold their cause.
then may You hear from heaven, Your dwelling place, their prayer and petition, and may You uphold their cause. May You forgive Your people who sinned against You.
And as for you, if you walk before Me as your father David walked, doing all I have commanded you, and if you keep My statutes and ordinances,
In keeping with the ordinances of his father David, Solomon appointed the divisions of the priests over their service, and the Levites for their duties to offer praise and to minister before the priests according to the daily requirement. He also appointed gatekeepers by their divisions at each gate, for this had been the command of David, the man of God.
Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delighted in you to set you on His throne to be king for the LORD your God. Because your God loved Israel enough to establish them forever, He has made you king over them to carry out justice and righteousness.”
Then he said to the judges, “Consider carefully what you do, for you are not judging for man, but for the LORD, who is with you when you render judgment.
Moreover, Jehoshaphat appointed in Jerusalem some of the Levites, priests, and heads of the Israelite families to judge on behalf of the LORD and to settle disputes. And they lived in Jerusalem.
For every dispute that comes before you from your brothers who dwell in their cities—whether it regards bloodshed or some other violation of law, commandments, statutes, or ordinances—you are to warn them, so that they will not incur guilt before the LORD and wrath will not come upon you and your brothers. Do this, and you will not incur guilt.
Text, tags and lexicon: STEPBible.org (Tyndale House), CC BY 4.0.