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 · 151–200 of 422 · BSB
They stood at their prescribed posts, according to the Law of Moses the man of God. The priests sprinkled the blood, which they received from the hand of the Levites.
I will never again cause the feet of the Israelites to leave the land that I assigned to your fathers, if only they are careful to do all that I have commanded them through Moses—all the laws, statutes, and judgments.”
They roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the regulation, and they boiled the other holy offerings in pots, kettles, and bowls and quickly brought them to all the people.
They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day.
For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.
Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly, according to the ordinance.
You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They stubbornly shrugged their shoulders; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to carefully obey all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
Behold, now that I have prepared my case, I know that I will be vindicated.
Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
“As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice— the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.
Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.
For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.
Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,
For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
“Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.
But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
Would you really annul My justice? Would you condemn Me to justify yourself?
Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.
For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous.
He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.
The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.
Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.
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