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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 · 401–422 of 422 · BSB

  1. Amos 5:7מִשְׁפָּ֑טjustice

    There are those who turn justice into wormwood and cast righteousness to the ground.

  2. Amos 5:15מִשְׁפָּ֑טjustice

    Hate evil and love good; establish justice in the gate. Perhaps the LORD, the God of Hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph.”

  3. Amos 5:24מִשְׁפָּ֑טjustice

    But let justice roll on like a river, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream.

  4. Amos 6:12מִשְׁפָּ֔טjustice

    “Do horses gallop on the cliffs? Does one plow the sea with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison and the fruit of righteousness into wormwood—

  5. Micah 3:1הַמִּשְׁפָּֽט<the> justice

    Then I said: “Hear now, O leaders of Jacob, you rulers of the house of Israel. Should you not know justice?

  6. Micah 3:8וּמִשְׁפָּ֖טand justice

    As for me, however, I am filled with power by the Spirit of the LORD, with justice and courage, to declare to Jacob his transgression and to Israel his sin.

  7. Micah 3:9מִשְׁפָּ֔טjustice

    Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,

  8. Micah 6:8מִשְׁפָּט֙justice

    He has shown you, O man, what is good. And what does the LORD require of you but to act justly, to love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?

  9. Micah 7:9מִשְׁפָּטִ֔יjustice my

    Because I have sinned against Him, I must endure the rage of the LORD, until He argues my case and executes justice for me. He will bring me into the light; I will see His righteousness.

  10. Habakkuk 1:4מִשְׁפָּ֑טjustice

    Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

  11. Habakkuk 1:4מִשְׁפָּ֖טjustice

    Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth. For the wicked hem in the righteous, so that justice is perverted.

  12. Habakkuk 1:7מִשְׁפָּט֥וֹjustice its

    They are dreaded and feared; from themselves they derive justice and sovereignty.

  13. Habakkuk 1:12לְמִשְׁפָּ֣טto judgment

    Are You not from everlasting, O LORD, my God, my Holy One? We will not die. O LORD, You have appointed them to execute judgment; O Rock, You have established them for correction.

  14. Zephaniah 2:3מִשְׁפָּט֖וֹjudgment his

    Seek the LORD, all you humble of the earth who carry out His justice. Seek righteousness; seek humility. Perhaps you will be sheltered on the day of the LORD’s anger.

  15. Zephaniah 3:5מִשְׁפָּט֨וֹjudgment his

    The LORD within her is righteous; He does no wrong. He applies His justice morning by morning; He does not fail at dawn, yet the unjust know no shame.

  16. Zephaniah 3:8מִשְׁפָּטִי֩judgment my

    Therefore wait for Me,” declares the LORD, “until the day I rise to testify. For My decision is to gather nations, to assemble kingdoms, to pour out upon them My indignation— all My burning anger. For all the earth will be consumed by the fire of My jealousy.

  17. Zephaniah 3:15מִשְׁפָּטַ֔יִךְjudgments your

    The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm.

  18. Zechariah 7:9מִשְׁפַּ֤טjustice of

    “This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.

  19. Zechariah 8:16וּמִשְׁפַּ֣טand justice of

    These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,

  20. Malachi 2:17הַמִּשְׁפָּֽט<the> justice

    You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”

  21. Malachi 3:5לַמִּשְׁפָּט֒for <the> judgment

    “Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.

  22. Malachi 4:4וּמִשְׁפָּטִֽיםand judgments

    “Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.

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