מִשְׁפָּט
judgment
also: justice, ordinance fuller range ↓
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Absolute 204 times (48%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Singular, Construct 101 times (24%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Construct 84 times (20%)
- Noun, Common, Masculine, Plural, Absolute 35 times (8%)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 424 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
Page 1 of 3 — showing verses 1–200 of 406 distinct verses where H4941 appears, across 31 books. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Genesis 3 verses
- Genesis 18:19 וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֑ט conj + n c ms For I have known him, to the end that he may command his children and his household after him, that they may keep the way of Yahweh, to do righteousness and justice; to the end that Yahweh may bring on Abraham that which he has spoken of him."
- Genesis 18:25 מִשְׁפָּֽט n c ms Be it far from you to do things like that, to kill the righteous with the wicked, that so the righteous should be as the wicked. May that be far from you. Shouldn't the Judge of all the earth do right?"
- Genesis 40:13 כַּ/מִּשְׁפָּט֙ prep det + n c ms Within three more days, Pharaoh will lift up your head, and restore you to your office. You will give Pharaoh's cup into his hand, the way you did when you were his cupbearer.
Exodus 10 verses
- Exodus 15:25 וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֖ט conj + n c ms Then he cried to Yahweh. Yahweh shown him a tree, and he threw it into the waters, and the waters were made sweet. There he made a statute and an ordinance for them, and there he tested them;
- Exodus 21:1 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp "Now these are the ordinances which you shall set before them.
- Exodus 21:9 כְּ/מִשְׁפַּ֥ט prep + n c ms cs If he marries her to his son, he shall deal with her after the manner of daughters.
- Exodus 21:31 כַּ/מִּשְׁפָּ֥ט prep det + n c ms Whether it has gored a son or has gored a daughter, according to this judgment it shall be done to him.
- Exodus 23:6 מִשְׁפַּ֥ט n c ms cs "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
- Exodus 24:3 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Moses came and told the people all the words of Yahweh, and all the ordinances; and all the people answered with one voice, and said, "All the words which Yahweh has spoken will we do."
- Exodus 26:30 כְּ/מִ֨שְׁפָּט֔/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms You shall set up the tent according to the way that it was shown to you on the mountain.
- Exodus 28:15 מִשְׁפָּט֙ n c ms "You shall make a breastplate of judgment, the work of the skillful workman; like the work of the ephod you shall make it; of gold, of blue, and purple, and scarlet, and fine twined linen, shall you make it.
- Exodus 28:29 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּ֛ט ptcl def.art + n c ms Aaron shall bear the names of the children of Israel in the breastplate of judgment on his heart, when he goes in to the holy place, for a memorial before Yahweh continually.
- Exodus 28:30 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּ֗ט מִשְׁפַּ֨ט ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms cs You shall put in the breastplate of judgment the Urim and the Thummim; and they shall be on Aaron's heart, when he goes in before Yahweh: and Aaron shall bear the judgment of the children of Israel on his heart before Yahweh continually.
Leviticus 14 verses
- Leviticus 5:10 כַּ/מִּשְׁפָּ֑ט prep det + n c ms He shall offer the second for a burnt offering, according to the ordinance; and the priest shall make atonement for him concerning his sin which he has sinned, and he shall be forgiven.
- Leviticus 9:16 כַּ/מִּשְׁפָּֽט prep det + n c ms He presented the burnt offering, and offered it according to the ordinance.
- Leviticus 18:4 מִשְׁפָּטַ֧/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs You shall do my ordinances, and you shall keep my statutes, and walk in them: I am Yahweh your God.
- Leviticus 18:5 מִשְׁפָּטַ֔/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs You shall therefore keep my statutes and my ordinances; which if a man does, he shall live in them: I am Yahweh.
- Leviticus 18:26 מִשְׁפָּטַ֔/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs You therefore shall keep my statutes and my ordinances, and shall not do any of these abominations; neither the native-born, nor the stranger who lives as a foreigner among you;
- Leviticus 19:15 בַּ/מִּשְׁפָּ֔ט prep det + n c ms "'You shall do no injustice in judgment: you shall not be partial to the poor, nor show favoritism to the great; but in righteousness shall you judge your neighbor.
- Leviticus 19:35 בַּ/מִּשְׁפָּ֑ט prep det + n c ms "'You shall do no unrighteousness in judgment, in measures of length, of weight, or of quantity.
- Leviticus 19:37 מִשְׁפָּטַ֔/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs You shall observe all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them. I am Yahweh.'"
- Leviticus 20:22 מִשְׁפָּטַ֔/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs "'You shall therefore keep all my statutes, and all my ordinances, and do them; that the land, where I am bringing you to dwell, may not vomit you out.
- Leviticus 24:22 מִשְׁפַּ֤ט n c ms cs You shall have one kind of law, for the foreigner as well as the native-born: for I am Yahweh your God.'"
- Leviticus 25:18 מִשְׁפָּטַ֥/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs "'Therefore you shall do my statutes, and keep my ordinances and do them; and you shall dwell in the land in safety.
- Leviticus 26:15 מִשְׁפָּטַ֖/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs and if you shall reject my statutes, and if your soul abhors my ordinances, so that you will not do all my commandments, but break my covenant;
- Leviticus 26:43 בְּ/מִשְׁפָּטַ֣/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs The land also will be left by them, and will enjoy its sabbaths while it lies desolate without them: and they will accept the punishment of their iniquity; because, even because they rejected my ordinances, and their soul abhorred my statutes.
- Leviticus 26:46 וְ/הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִים֮ conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp These are the statutes, ordinances and laws, which Yahweh made between him and the children of Israel in Mount Sinai by Moses.
Numbers 19 verses
- Numbers 9:3 מִשְׁפָּטָ֖י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms On the fourteenth day of this month, at evening, you shall keep it in its appointed season-- according to all its statutes, and according to all its ordinances, you shall keep it."
- Numbers 9:14 וּ/כְ/מִשְׁפָּט֖/וֹ conj + prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms If a foreigner lives among you, and desires to keep the Passover to Yahweh; according to the statute of the Passover, and according to its ordinance, so shall he do. You shall have one statute, both for the foreigner, and for him who is born in the land.'"
- Numbers 15:16 וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֥ט conj + n c ms One law and one ordinance shall be for you, and for the stranger who lives as a foreigner with you.
- Numbers 15:24 כַּ/מִּשְׁפָּ֑ט prep det + n c ms then it shall be, if it be done unwittingly, without the knowledge of the congregation, that all the congregation shall offer one young bull for a burnt offering, for a sweet savor to Yahweh, with the meal-offering of it, and the drink-offering of it, according to the ordinance, and one male goat for a sin-offering.
- Numbers 27:5 מִשְׁפָּטָ֖/ן n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fp Moses brought their cause before Yahweh.
- Numbers 27:11 מִשְׁפָּ֔ט n c ms If his father have no brothers, then you shall give his inheritance to his kinsman who is next to him of his family, and he shall possess it: and it shall be to the children of Israel a statute [and] ordinance, as Yahweh commanded Moses.
- Numbers 27:21 בְּ/מִשְׁפַּ֥ט prep + n c ms cs He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who shall inquire for him by the judgment of the Urim before Yahweh: at his word shall they go out, and at his word they shall come in, both he, and all the children of Israel with him, even all the congregation.
- Numbers 29:6 כְּ/מִשְׁפָּטָ֑/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp besides the burnt offering of the new moon, and the meal-offering of it, and the continual burnt offering and the meal-offering of it, and their drink-offerings, according to their ordinance, for a sweet savor, an offering made by fire to Yahweh.
- Numbers 29:18 כַּ/מִּשְׁפָּֽט prep det + n c ms and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
- Numbers 29:21 כַּ/מִּשְׁפָּֽט prep det + n c ms and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
- Numbers 29:24 כַּ/מִּשְׁפָּֽט prep det + n c ms their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
- Numbers 29:27 כַּ/מִּשְׁפָּֽט prep det + n c ms and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
- Numbers 29:30 כַּ/מִּשְׁפָּֽט prep det + n c ms and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
- Numbers 29:33 כְּ/מִשְׁפָּטָֽ/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp and their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bulls, for the rams, and for the lambs, according to their number, after the ordinance;
- Numbers 29:37 כַּ/מִּשְׁפָּֽט prep det + n c ms their meal-offering and their drink-offerings for the bull, for the ram, and for the lambs, shall be according to their number, after the ordinance:
- Numbers 35:12 לַ/מִּשְׁפָּֽט prep det + n c ms The cities shall be to you for refuge from the avenger, that the manslayer not die, until he stands before the congregation for judgment.
- Numbers 35:24 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִ֖ים ptcl def.art + n c mp then the congregation shall judge between the striker and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances;
- Numbers 35:29 מִשְׁפָּ֖ט n c ms These things shall be for a statute [and] ordinance to you throughout your generations in all your dwellings.
- Numbers 36:13 וְ/הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִ֗ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp These are the commandments and the ordinances which Yahweh commanded by Moses to the children of Israel in the plains of Moab by the Jordan at Jericho.
Deuteronomy 36 verses
- Deuteronomy 1:17 בַּ/מִּשְׁפָּ֗ט הַ/מִּשְׁפָּ֖ט prep det + n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms You shall not show partiality in judgment; you shall hear the small and the great alike; you shall not be afraid of the face of man; for the judgment is God's: and the cause that is too hard for you, you shall bring to me, and I will hear it.
- Deuteronomy 4:1 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Now, Israel, listen to the statutes and to the ordinances, which I teach you, to do them; that you may live, and go in and possess the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, gives you.
- Deuteronomy 4:5 וּ/מִשְׁפָּטִ֔ים conj + n c mp Behold, I have taught you statutes and ordinances, even as Yahweh my God commanded me, that you should do so in the midst of the land where you go in to possess it.
- Deuteronomy 4:8 וּ/מִשְׁפָּטִ֖ים conj + n c mp What great nation is there, that has statutes and ordinances so righteous as all this law, which I set before you this day?
- Deuteronomy 4:14 וּ/מִשְׁפָּטִ֑ים conj + n c mp Yahweh commanded me at that time to teach you statutes and ordinances, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it.
- Deuteronomy 4:45 וְ/הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִ֑ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp these are the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Moses spoke to the children of Israel, when they came forth out of Egypt,
- Deuteronomy 5:1 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Moses called to all Israel, and said to them, Hear, Israel, the statutes and the ordinances which I speak in your ears this day, that you may learn them, and observe to do them.
- Deuteronomy 5:31 וְ/הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִ֖ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp But as for you, stand you here by me, and I will speak to you all the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which you shall teach them, that they may do them in the land which I give them to possess it.
- Deuteronomy 6:1 וְ/הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp Now this is the commandment, the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh your God commanded to teach you, that you might do them in the land where you go over to possess it;
- Deuteronomy 6:20 וְ/הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp When your son asks you in time to come, saying, What mean the testimonies, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which Yahweh our God has commanded you?
- Deuteronomy 7:11 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִ֗ים ptcl def.art + n c mp You shall therefore keep the commandment, and the statutes, and the ordinances, which I command you this day, to do them.
- Deuteronomy 7:12 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִים֙ ptcl def.art + n c mp It shall happen, because you listen to these ordinances, and keep and do them, that Yahweh your God will keep with you the covenant and the loving kindness which he swore to your fathers:
- Deuteronomy 8:11 וּ/מִשְׁפָּטָ֣י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Beware lest you forget Yahweh your God, in not keeping his commandments, and his ordinances, and his statutes, which I command you this day:
- Deuteronomy 10:18 מִשְׁפַּ֥ט n c ms cs He does execute justice for the fatherless and widow, and loves the foreigner, in giving him food and clothing.
- Deuteronomy 11:1 וּ/מִשְׁפָּטָ֛י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms Therefore you shall love Yahweh your God, and keep his charge, and his statutes, and his ordinances, and his commandments, always.
- Deuteronomy 11:32 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp You shall observe to do all the statutes and the ordinances which I set before you this day.
- Deuteronomy 12:1 וְ/הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִים֮ conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp These are the statutes and the ordinances which you shall observe to do in the land which Yahweh, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess it, all the days that you live on the earth.
- Deuteronomy 16:18 מִשְׁפַּט n c ms cs Judges and officers shall you make you in all your gates, which Yahweh your God gives you, according to your tribes; and they shall judge the people with righteous judgment.
- Deuteronomy 16:19 מִשְׁפָּ֔ט n c ms You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
- Deuteronomy 17:8 לַ/מִּשְׁפָּ֗ט prep det + n c ms If there arise a matter too hard for you in judgment, between blood and blood, between plea and plea, and between stroke and stroke, being matters of controversy within your gates; then shall you arise, and go up to the place which Yahweh your God shall choose;
- Deuteronomy 17:9 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּֽט ptcl def.art + n c ms and you shall come to the priests the Levites, and to the judge who shall be in those days: and you shall inquire; and they shall show you the sentence of judgment.
- Deuteronomy 17:11 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּ֛ט ptcl def.art + n c ms according to the tenor of the law which they shall teach you, and according to the judgment which they shall tell you, you shall do; you shall not turn aside from the sentence which they shall show you, to the right hand, nor to the left.
- Deuteronomy 18:3 מִשְׁפַּ֨ט n c ms cs This shall be the priests' due from the people, from those who offer a sacrifice, whether it be ox or sheep, that they shall give to the priest the shoulder, and the two cheeks, and the maw.
- Deuteronomy 19:6 מִשְׁפַּט n c ms cs lest the avenger of blood pursue the manslayer, while his heart is hot, and overtake him, because the way is long, and strike him mortally; whereas he was not worthy of death, inasmuch as he didn't hate him in time past.
- Deuteronomy 21:17 מִשְׁפַּ֥ט n c ms cs but he shall acknowledge the firstborn, the son of the hated, by giving him a double portion of all that he has; for he is the beginning of his strength; the right of the firstborn is his.
- Deuteronomy 21:22 מִשְׁפַּט n c ms cs If a man have committed a sin worthy of death, and he be put to death, and you hang him on a tree;
- Deuteronomy 24:17 מִשְׁפַּ֖ט n c ms cs You shall not wrest the justice [due] to the foreigner, [or] to the fatherless, nor take the widow's clothing to pledge;
- Deuteronomy 25:1 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּ֖ט ptcl def.art + n c ms If there be a controversy between men, and they come to judgment, and [the judges] judge them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked;
- Deuteronomy 26:16 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִ֑ים ptcl def.art + n c mp This day Yahweh your God commands you to do these statutes and ordinances: you shall therefore keep and do them with all your heart, and with all your soul.
- Deuteronomy 26:17 וּ/מִשְׁפָּטָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms You have declared Yahweh this day to be your God, and that you would walk in his ways, and keep his statutes, and his commandments, and his ordinances, and listen to his voice:
- Deuteronomy 27:19 מִשְׁפַּ֥ט n c ms cs Cursed be he who wrests the justice [due] to the foreigner, fatherless, and widow. All the people shall say, Amen.
- Deuteronomy 30:16 וּ/מִשְׁפָּטָ֑י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms in that I command you this day to love Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, and to keep his commandments and his statutes and his ordinances, that you may live and multiply, and that Yahweh your God may bless you in the land where you go in to possess it.
- Deuteronomy 32:4 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט n c ms The Rock, his work is perfect; For all his ways are justice: A God of faithfulness and without iniquity, Just and right is he.
- Deuteronomy 32:41 בְּ/מִשְׁפָּ֖ט prep + n c ms If I whet my glittering sword, My hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to my adversaries, Will recompense those who hate me.
- Deuteronomy 33:10 מִשְׁפָּטֶ֨י/ךָ֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms They shall teach Jacob your ordinances, Israel your law: They shall put incense before you, Whole burnt offering on your altar.
- Deuteronomy 33:21 וּ/מִשְׁפָּטָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms He provided the first part for himself, For there was the lawgiver's portion reserved; He came [with] the heads of the people; He executed the righteousness of Yahweh, His ordinances with Israel.
Joshua 3 verses
- Joshua 6:15 כַּ/מִּשְׁפָּ֥ט prep det + n c ms It happened on the seventh day, that they rose early at the dawning of the day, and compassed the city after the same manner seven times: only on the day they compassed the city seven times.
- Joshua 20:6 לַ/מִּשְׁפָּ֔ט prep det + n c ms He shall dwell in that city, until he stand before the congregation for judgment, until the death of the high priest that shall be in those days: then shall the manslayer return, and come to his own city, and to his own house, to the city from whence he fled.
- Joshua 24:25 וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֖ט conj + n c ms So Joshua made a covenant with the people that day, and set them a statute and an ordinance in Shechem.
Judges 3 verses
- Judges 4:5 לַ/מִּשְׁפָּֽט prep det + n c ms She lived under the palm tree of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill-country of Ephraim: and the children of Israel came up to her for judgment.
- Judges 13:12 מִשְׁפַּט n c ms cs Manoah said, Now let your words happen: what shall be the ordering of the child, and [how] shall we do to him?
- Judges 18:7 כְּ/מִשְׁפַּ֨ט prep + n c ms cs Then the five men departed, and came to Laish, and saw the people who were therein, how they lived in security, after the manner of the Sidonians, quiet and secure; for there was none in the land, possessing authority, that might put [them] to shame in anything, and they were far from the Sidonians, and had no dealings with any man.
1 Samuel 7 verses
- 1 Samuel 2:13 וּ/מִשְׁפַּ֥ט conj + n c ms cs The custom of the priests with the people was that when any man offered sacrifice, the priest's servant came, while the flesh was boiling, with a flesh-hook of three teeth in his hand;
- 1 Samuel 8:3 מִשְׁפָּֽט n c ms His sons didn't walk in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted justice.
- 1 Samuel 8:9 מִשְׁפַּ֣ט n c ms cs Now therefore listen to their voice: however you shall protest solemnly to them, and shall show them the manner of the king who shall reign over them.
- 1 Samuel 8:11 מִשְׁפַּ֣ט n c ms cs He said, This will be the manner of the king who shall reign over you: he will take your sons, and appoint them to him, for his chariots, and to be his horsemen; and they shall run before his chariots;
- 1 Samuel 10:25 מִשְׁפַּ֣ט n c ms cs Then Samuel told the people the manner of the kingdom, and wrote it in a book, and laid it up before Yahweh. Samuel sent all the people away, every man to his house.
- 1 Samuel 27:11 מִשְׁפָּט֔/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms David saved neither man nor woman alive, to bring them to Gath, saying, Lest they should tell of us, saying, So did David, and so has been his manner all the while he has lived in the country of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 30:25 וּ/לְ/מִשְׁפָּט֙ conj + prep + n c ms It was so from that day forward, that he made it a statute and an ordinance for Israel to this day.
2 Samuel 5 verses
- 2 Samuel 8:15 מִשְׁפָּ֥ט n c ms David reigned over all Israel; and David executed justice and righteousness to all his people.
- 2 Samuel 15:2 לַ/מִּשְׁפָּ֗ט prep det + n c ms Absalom rose up early, and stood beside the way of the gate: and it was so, that when any man had a suit which should come to the king for judgment, then Absalom called to him, and said, Of what city are you? He said, Your servant is of one of the tribes of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 15:4 וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֖ט conj + n c ms Absalom said moreover, Oh that I were made judge in the land, that every man who has any suit or cause might come to me, and I would do him justice!
- 2 Samuel 15:6 לַ/מִּשְׁפָּ֖ט prep det + n c ms In this manner Absalom did to all Israel who came to the king for judgment: so Absalom stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 22:23 משפט/ו מִשְׁפָּטָ֖י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms For all his ordinances were before me; As for his statutes, I did not depart from them.
1 Kings 16 verses
- 1 Kings 2:3 וּ/מִשְׁפָּטָ֣י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms and keep the charge of Yahweh your God, to walk in his ways, to keep his statutes, [and] his commandments, and his ordinances, and his testimonies, according to that which is written in the law of Moses, that you may prosper in all that you do, and wherever you turn yourself.
- 1 Kings 3:11 מִשְׁפָּֽט n c ms God said to him, Because you have asked this thing, and have not asked for yourself long life, neither have asked riches for yourself, nor have asked the life of your enemies, but have asked for yourself understanding to discern justice;
- 1 Kings 3:28 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּט֙ מִשְׁפָּֽט ptcl def.art + n c ms n c ms All Israel heard of the judgment which the king had judged; and they feared the king: for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him, to do justice.
- 1 Kings 4:28 כְּ/מִשְׁפָּטֽ/וֹ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Barley also and straw for the horses and swift steeds brought they to the place where [the officers] were, every man according to his charge.
- 1 Kings 6:12 מִשְׁפָּטַ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs Concerning this house which you are building, if you will walk in my statutes, and execute my ordinances, and keep all my commandments to walk in them; then will I establish my word with you, which I spoke to David your father.
- 1 Kings 6:38 משפט/ו מִשְׁפָּטָ֑י/ו n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms In the eleventh year, in the month Bul, which is the eighth month, was the house finished throughout all the parts of it, and according to all the fashion of it. So was he seven years in building it.
- 1 Kings 7:7 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּ֖ט ptcl def.art + n c ms He made the porch of the throne where he was to judge, even the porch of judgment: and it was covered with cedar from floor to floor.
- 1 Kings 8:45 מִשְׁפָּטָֽ/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp then hear in heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
- 1 Kings 8:49 מִשְׁפָּטָֽ/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp then hear you their prayer and their supplication in heaven, your dwelling-place, and maintain their cause;
- 1 Kings 8:58 וּ/מִשְׁפָּטָ֔י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms that he may incline our hearts to him, to walk in all his ways, and to keep his commandments, and his statutes, and his ordinances, which he commanded our fathers.
- 1 Kings 8:59 מִשְׁפַּ֣ט וּ/מִשְׁפַּ֛ט n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs Let these my words, with which I have made supplication before Yahweh, be near to Yahweh our God day and night, that he maintain the cause of his servant, and the cause of his people Israel, as every day shall require;
- 1 Kings 9:4 וּ/מִשְׁפָּטַ֖/י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs As for you, if you will walk before me, as David your father walked, in integrity of heart, and in uprightness, to do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;
- 1 Kings 10:9 מִשְׁפָּ֖ט n c ms Blessed be Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on the throne of Israel: because Yahweh loved Israel forever, therefore made he you king, to do justice and righteousness.
- 1 Kings 11:33 וּ/מִשְׁפָּטַ֖/י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs because that they have forsaken me, and have worshiped Ashtoreth the goddess of the Sidonians, Chemosh the god of Moab, and Milcom the god of the children of Ammon; and they have not walked in my ways, to do that which is right in my eyes, and [to keep] my statutes and my ordinances, as did David his father.
- 1 Kings 18:28 כְּ/מִשְׁפָּטָ֔/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp They cried aloud, and cut themselves after their manner with knives and lances, until the blood gushed out on them.
- 1 Kings 20:40 מִשְׁפָּטֶ֖/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms As your servant was busy here and there, he was gone. The king of Israel said to him, So shall your judgment be; yourself have decided it.
2 Kings 9 verses
- 2 Kings 1:7 מִשְׁפַּ֣ט n c ms cs He said to them, What manner of man was he who came up to meet you, and told you these words?
- 2 Kings 11:14 כַּ/מִּשְׁפָּ֗ט prep det + n c ms and she looked, and, behold, the king stood by the pillar, as the manner was, and the captains and the trumpets by the king; and all the people of the land rejoiced, and blew trumpets. Then Athaliah tore her clothes, and cried, Treason! treason!
- 2 Kings 17:26 מִשְׁפַּ֖ט מִשְׁפַּ֖ט n c ms cs n c ms cs Therefore they spoke to the king of Assyria, saying, The nations which you have carried away, and placed in the cities of Samaria, don't know the law of the god of the land: therefore he has sent lions among them, and, behold, they kill them, because they don't know the law of the god of the land.
- 2 Kings 17:27 מִשְׁפַּ֖ט n c ms cs Then the king of Assyria commanded, saying, Carry there one of the priests whom you brought from there; and let them go and dwell there, and let him teach them the law of the god of the land.
- 2 Kings 17:33 כְּ/מִשְׁפַּט֙ prep + n c ms cs They feared Yahweh, and served their own gods, after the manner of the nations from among whom they had been carried away.
- 2 Kings 17:34 כַּ/מִּשְׁפָּטִ֖ים וּ/כְ/מִשְׁפָּטָ֔/ם prep det + n c mp conj + prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp To this day they do after the former manner: they don't fear Yahweh, neither do they after their statutes, or after their ordinances, or after the law or after the commandment which Yahweh commanded the children of Jacob, whom he named Israel;
- 2 Kings 17:37 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִ֜ים ptcl def.art + n c mp and the statutes and the ordinances, and the law and the commandment, which he wrote for you, you shall observe to do forevermore; and you shall not fear other gods:
- 2 Kings 17:40 כְּ/מִשְׁפָּטָ֥/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp However they did not listen, but they did after their former manner.
- 2 Kings 25:6 מִשְׁפָּֽט n c ms Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah; and they gave judgment on him.
1 Chronicles 9 verses
- 1 Chronicles 6:32 כְ/מִשְׁפָּטָ֖/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp They ministered with song before the tent of the tent of meeting, until Solomon had built the house of Yahweh in Jerusalem: and they waited on their office according to their order.
- 1 Chronicles 15:13 כַּ/מִּשְׁפָּֽט prep det + n c ms For because you didn't carry it at the first, Yahweh our God made a breach on us, because we didn't seek him according to the ordinance.
- 1 Chronicles 16:12 וּ/מִשְׁפְּטֵי conj + n c mp cs Remember his marvelous works that he has done, His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
- 1 Chronicles 16:14 מִשְׁפָּטָֽי/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms He is Yahweh our God; His judgments are in all the earth.
- 1 Chronicles 18:14 מִשְׁפָּ֥ט n c ms David reigned over all Israel; and he executed justice and righteousness to all his people.
- 1 Chronicles 22:13 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp Then shall you prosper, if you observe to do the statutes and the ordinances which Yahweh gave Moses concerning Israel. Be strong, and of good courage. Don't be afraid, neither be dismayed.
- 1 Chronicles 23:31 כְּ/מִשְׁפָּ֧ט prep + n c ms and to offer all burnt offerings to Yahweh, on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before Yahweh;
- 1 Chronicles 24:19 כְּ/מִשְׁפָּטָ֔/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp This was the ordering of them in their service, to come into the house of Yahweh according to the ordinance [given] to them by Aaron their father, as Yahweh, the God of Israel, had commanded him.
- 1 Chronicles 28:7 וּ/מִשְׁפָּטַ֖/י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I will establish his kingdom forever, if he be constant to do my commandments and my ordinances, as at this day.
2 Chronicles 13 verses
- 2 Chronicles 4:7 כְּ/מִשְׁפָּטָ֑/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp He made the ten lampstands of gold according to the ordinance concerning them; and he set them in the temple, five on the right hand, and five on the left.
- 2 Chronicles 4:20 כַּ/מִּשְׁפָּ֛ט prep det + n c ms and the lampstands with their lamps, to burn according to the ordinance before the oracle, of pure gold;
- 2 Chronicles 6:35 מִשְׁפָּטָֽ/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp then hear from heaven their prayer and their supplication, and maintain their cause.
- 2 Chronicles 6:39 מִשְׁפָּטָ֑/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp then hear from heaven, even from your dwelling-place, their prayer and their petitions, and maintain their cause, and forgive your people who have sinned against you.
- 2 Chronicles 7:17 וּ/מִשְׁפָּטַ֖/י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs As for you, if you will walk before me as David your father walked, and do according to all that I have commanded you, and will keep my statutes and my ordinances;
- 2 Chronicles 8:14 כְּ/מִשְׁפַּ֣ט prep + n c ms cs He appointed, according to the ordinance of David his father, the divisions of the priests to their service, and the Levites to their offices, to praise, and to minister before the priests, as the duty of every day required; the doorkeepers also by their divisions at every gate: for so had David the man of God commanded.
- 2 Chronicles 9:8 מִשְׁפָּ֥ט n c ms Blessed be Yahweh your God, who delighted in you, to set you on his throne, to be king for Yahweh your God: because your God loved Israel, to establish them forever, therefore made he you king over them, to do justice and righteousness.
- 2 Chronicles 19:6 מִשְׁפָּֽט n c ms and said to the judges, Consider what you do: for you don't judge for man, but for Yahweh; and [he is] with you in the judgment.
- 2 Chronicles 19:8 לְ/מִשְׁפַּ֥ט prep + n c ms cs Moreover in Jerusalem did Jehoshaphat set of the Levites and the priests, and of the heads of the fathers' [houses] of Israel, for the judgment of Yahweh, and for controversies. They returned to Jerusalem.
- 2 Chronicles 19:10 וּ/לְ/מִשְׁפָּטִים֒ conj + prep + n c mp Whenever any controversy shall come to you from your brothers who dwell in their cities, between blood and blood, between law and commandment, statutes and ordinances, you shall warn them, that they not be guilty towards Yahweh, and so wrath come on you and on your brothers: this do, and you shall not be guilty.
- 2 Chronicles 30:16 כְּ/מִשְׁפָּטָ֔/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp They stood in their place after their order, according to the law of Moses the man of God: the priests sprinkled the blood [which they received] of the hand of the Levites.
- 2 Chronicles 33:8 וְ/הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִ֖ים conj + ptcl def.art + n c mp neither will I any more remove the foot of Israel from off the land which I have appointed for your fathers, if only they will observe to do all that I have commanded them, even all the law and the statutes and the ordinances [given] by Moses.
- 2 Chronicles 35:13 כַּ/מִּשְׁפָּ֑ט prep det + n c ms They roasted the Passover with fire according to the ordinance: and the holy offerings boiled they in pots, and in caldrons, and in pans, and carried them quickly to all the children of the people.
Ezra 2 verses
- Ezra 3:4 כְּ/מִשְׁפַּ֖ט prep + n c ms cs They kept the feast of tents, as it is written, and [offered] the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required;
- Ezra 7:10 וּ/מִשְׁפָּֽט conj + n c ms For Ezra had set his heart to seek the law of Yahweh, and to do it, and to teach in Israel statutes and ordinances.
Nehemiah 5 verses
- Nehemiah 1:7 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים ptcl def.art + n c mp we have dealt very corruptly against you, and have not kept the commandments, nor the statutes, nor the ordinances, which you commanded your servant Moses.
- Nehemiah 8:18 כַּ/מִּשְׁפָּֽט prep det + n c ms Also day by day, from the first day to the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. They kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.
- Nehemiah 9:13 מִשְׁפָּטִ֤ים n c mp You came down also on Mount Sinai, and spoke with them from heaven, and gave them right ordinances and true laws, good statutes and commandments,
- Nehemiah 9:29 וּ/בְ/מִשְׁפָּטֶ֣י/ךָ conj + prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms and testified against them, that you might bring them again to your law. Yet they dealt proudly, and didn't listen to your commandments, but sinned against your ordinances, (which if a man do, he shall live in them), and withdrew the shoulder, and hardened their neck, and would not hear.
- Nehemiah 10:29 וּ/מִשְׁפָּטָ֖י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms They joined with their brothers, their nobles, and entered into a curse, and into an oath, to walk in God's law, which was given by Moses the servant of God, and to observe and do all the commandments of Yahweh our Lord, and his ordinances and his statutes;
Job 23 verses
- Job 8:3 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט n c ms Does God pervert justice? Or does the Almighty pervert righteousness?
- Job 9:19 לְ֝/מִשְׁפָּ֗ט prep + n c ms If it is a matter of strength, behold, he is mighty! If of justice, 'Who,' says he, 'will summon me?'
- Job 9:32 בַּ/מִּשְׁפָּֽט prep det + n c ms For he is not a man, as I am, that I should answer him, That we should come together in judgment.
- Job 13:18 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט n c ms See now, I have set my cause in order. I know that I am righteous.
- Job 14:3 בְ/מִשְׁפָּ֣ט prep + n c ms Do you open your eyes on such a one, And bring me into judgment with you?
- Job 19:7 מִשְׁפָּֽט n c ms "Behold, I cry out of wrong, but I am not heard: I cry for help, but there is no justice.
- Job 22:4 בַּ/מִּשְׁפָּֽט prep det + n c ms Is it for your piety that he reproves you, That he enters with you into judgment?
- Job 23:4 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט n c ms I would set my cause in order before him, And fill my mouth with arguments.
- Job 27:2 מִשְׁפָּטִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs "As God lives, who has taken away my right, The Almighty, who has made my soul bitter.
- Job 29:14 מִשְׁפָּטִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I put on righteousness, and it clothed me. My justice was as a robe and a diadem.
- Job 31:13 מִשְׁפַּ֣ט n c ms cs "If I have despised the cause of my man-servant Or of my maid-servant, When they contended with me;
- Job 32:9 מִשְׁפָּֽט n c ms It is not the great who are wise, Nor the aged who understand justice.
- Job 34:4 מִשְׁפָּ֥ט n c ms Let us choose for us that which is right. Let us know among ourselves what is good.
- Job 34:5 מִשְׁפָּטִֽ/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs For Job has said, 'I am righteous, God has taken away my right:
- Job 34:6 מִשְׁפָּטִ֥/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Notwithstanding my right I am considered a liar; My wound is incurable, though I am without disobedience.'
- Job 34:12 מִשְׁפָּֽט n c ms Yes surely, God will not do wickedly, Neither will the Almighty pervert justice.
- Job 34:17 מִשְׁפָּ֣ט n c ms Shall even one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn him who is righteous and mighty?--
- Job 34:23 בַּ/מִּשְׁפָּֽט prep det + n c ms For he doesn't need to consider a man further, That he should go before God in judgment.
- Job 35:2 לְ/מִשְׁפָּ֑ט prep + n c ms "Do you think this to be your right, Or do you say, 'My righteousness is more than God's,'
- Job 36:6 וּ/מִשְׁפַּ֖ט conj + n c ms cs He doesn't preserve the life of the wicked, But gives to the afflicted their right.
- Job 36:17 וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֣ט conj + n c ms "But you are full of the judgment of the wicked. Judgment and justice take hold of you.
- Job 37:23 וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֥ט conj + n c ms We can't reach the Almighty, He is exalted in power; In justice and great righteousness he will not oppress.
- Job 40:8 מִשְׁפָּטִ֑/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Will you even annul my judgment? Will you condemn me, that you may be justified?
Psalms 64 verses
- Psalms 1:5 בַּ/מִּשְׁפָּ֑ט prep det + n c ms Therefore the wicked shall not stand in the judgment, Nor sinners in the congregation of the righteous.
- Psalms 7:6 מִשְׁפָּ֥ט n c ms Arise, Yahweh, in your anger. Lift up yourself against the rage of my adversaries. Awake for me. You have commanded judgment.
- Psalms 9:4 מִשְׁפָּטִ֣/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs For you have maintained my just cause. You sit on the throne judging righteously.
- Psalms 9:7 לַ/מִּשְׁפָּ֣ט prep det + n c ms But Yahweh reigns forever. He has prepared his throne for judgment.
- Psalms 9:16 מִשְׁפָּ֪ט n c ms Yahweh has made himself known. He has executed judgment. The wicked is snared by the work of his own hands. Meditation. Selah.
- Psalms 10:5 מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms His ways are prosperous at all times; He is haughty, and your laws are far from his sight: As for all his adversaries, he sneers at them.
- Psalms 17:2 מִשְׁפָּטִ֣/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Let my sentence come forth from your presence; Let your eyes look on equity.
- Psalms 18:22 מִשְׁפָּטָ֣י/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms For all his ordinances were before me. I didn't put away his statutes from me.
- Psalms 19:9 מִֽשְׁפְּטֵי n c mp cs The fear of Yahweh is clean, enduring forever. Yahweh's ordinances are true, and righteous altogether.
- Psalms 25:9 בַּ/מִּשְׁפָּ֑ט prep det + n c ms He will guide the humble in justice. He will teach the humble his way.
- Psalms 33:5 וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֑ט conj + n c ms He loves righteousness and justice. The earth is full of the loving kindness of Yahweh.
- Psalms 35:23 לְ/מִשְׁפָּטִ֑/י prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Wake up! Rise up to defend me, my God! My Lord, contend for me!
- Psalms 36:6 מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶ/ךָ n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Your righteousness is like the mountains of God. Your judgments are like a great deep. Yahweh, you preserve man and animal.
- Psalms 37:6 וּ֝/מִשְׁפָּטֶ֗/ךָ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms He will make your righteousness go forth as the light, And your justice as the noon day sun.
- Psalms 37:28 מִשְׁפָּ֗ט n c ms For Yahweh loves justice, And doesn't forsake his saints. They are preserved forever, But the children of the wicked shall be cut off.
- Psalms 37:30 מִשְׁפָּֽט n c ms The mouth of the righteous talks of wisdom. His tongue speaks justice.
- Psalms 48:11 מִשְׁפָּטֶֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Let Mount Zion be glad! Let the daughters of Judah rejoice, Because of your judgments.
- Psalms 72:1 מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms God, give the king your justice; Your righteousness to the royal son.
- Psalms 72:2 בְ/מִשְׁפָּֽט prep + n c ms He will judge your people with righteousness, And your poor with justice.
- Psalms 76:9 לַ/מִּשְׁפָּ֥ט prep det + n c ms When God arose to judgment, To save all the afflicted ones of the earth. Selah.
- Psalms 81:4 מִ֝שְׁפָּ֗ט n c ms For it is a statute for Israel, An ordinance of the God of Jacob.
- Psalms 89:14 וּ֭/מִשְׁפָּט conj + n c ms Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne. Loving kindness and truth go before your face.
- Psalms 89:30 וּ֝/בְ/מִשְׁפָּטַ֗/י conj + prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs If his children forsake my law, And don't walk in my ordinances;
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“judgment” is the headline sense of the Hebrew noun משפט (mishpâṭ). Older and newer Bibles part ways — “judgment” in the King James Version, “justice” (Berean Standard Bible) in modern versions. See the renderings breakdown. It appears 406 verses across 31 books of the Hebrew Bible, among its common vocabulary. Scripture first uses it in Genesis 18:19. Not a single-sense word: its full sense range also takes in “justice” and “ordinance”. See the sense tree, 406-verse concordance, and the renderings breakdown below.
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About this word
Strong's H4941 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 406
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 406 distinct verses.
- 31 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 31 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #115
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 115 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 406 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 179 verses · 44%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 145 verses · 36%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 82 verses · 20%
How translations render this word
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- King James Version: Judgment 166×, Judgments 91×, After the manner 14×
- American Standard Version: Justice 77×, Ordinances 72×, Judgment 56×
- Berean Standard Bible: Justice 109×, Ordinances 69×, Judgment 40×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Justice 125×, Judgment 67×, Judgments 54×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H4941 across 419 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 77 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 2 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H4941 across 413 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 101 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H4941 across 406 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 59 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 4 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H4941 across 435 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 53 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
18 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 18 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. judgment:
- a. act of deciding a case: מ׳ belongeth to God Dt 1:17, is from him Pr 16:33; 29:26; אֱלֹהֵי הַמּ׳ Mal 2:17; חשֶׁן מ׳ Ex 28:15 the pouch of judgment, so v 29, 30 (P); worn on heart of Aaron v 30 (P); מ׳ צֶדֶק Dt 16:18; הֵבִין מ׳ Jb 32:9; שׁפט מ׳ 1 K 3:28; עשׂה מ׳ 1 K 3:28; דְּבַר (ה)מ׳ Dt 17:9; 2 Ch 19:6; רוח מ׳ Is 28:6; במשׁפט Lv 19:15, 35 (H) Dt 1:17; Pr 16:10; 24:23; במ׳ האורים Nu 27:21 (P); למשׁפט 35:12 Jos 20:6 (P) Dt 17:8; Ju 4:5; 2 S 15:2, 6; 2 Ch 19:8; Is 34:5; 41:1; 54:17; 59:11; Hb 1:12; Mal 3:5 ψ 9:8; 35:23; 76:10; 122:5; Jb 9:19 (Ez 44:24 v. supr.). e.g. Deuteronomy 1:17
- b. place, court, seat of judgment Dt 25:1; 1 K 7:7; Is 28:6; Ec 3:16. e.g. Deuteronomy 25:1
- c. process, procedure, litigation before judges: הֵבִיא במ׳ Jb 14:3; Ec 11:9; 12:14; בא במ׳, c. עם Is 3:14; Jb 22:4, c. את ψ 143:2, c. יחדו Jb 9:32, הלך במ׳ Jb 34:23, cf. Ez 34:16 ψ 112:5; pl. דבּר משׁפטים, c. את litigate with Je 1:16; 4:12; 12:1; 39:5 = 52:9, sg. מִשְׁפָּט in ‖ 2 K 25:6, by error. e.g. Job 14:3
- d. case or cause presented for judgment: בעל מ׳ Is 50:8; ערךְ מ׳ Jb 13:18; 23:4; שׁמע מ׳ 1 K 3:11; שׁפט מ׳ La 3:59, cf. Nu 27:5 (P) 2 S 15:4. e.g. Isaiah 50:8
- e. sentence, decision of judgment: כן משׁפטךָ 1 K 20:40 thus is thy sentence; עת ומ׳ Ec 8:5, 6 time and sentence; על מ׳ Dt 17:11 according to the sentence; מ׳ מָוֶת 19:6; 21:22; Je 26:11, 16; מ׳ דמים Ez 7:23, cf. Hb 1:4(×2) ψ 7:7; 17:2; Ez 23:45; pl. only Ez 16:38 משׁפטֵי נאפות; Ho 6:5 read sg. מִשְׁפָּטִי כָאוֹר for מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ אוֹר after 𝔊 𝔖 𝔗 Ew Hi Che; cf. Hos 5:1. e.g. 1 Kings 20:40
- f. execution of judgment, in gen., עשׂה מ׳, c. בֵּין Je 7:5; Ez 18:8, cf. Dt 32:41; Zp 3:8; c. בְּ against ψ 119:84; 149:9; ב om. 9:17; Ez 39:21, מ׳ בא אל Je 48:21, ברוח מ׳ Is 4:4, מ׳ מואב Je 48:47, cf. Is 53:8; Je 51:9; Ho 5:1, 11; 10:4; Jb 36:17; pl. Is 26:8, 9; Ez 5:8; Zp 3:15 ψ 10:5; in favour of, עשׂה משׁפטִי Mi 7:9 ψ 9:5; מ׳ לעשׁוקים 146:7; דין מ׳ והציל Je 21:12, cf. Zc 7:9; 8:16; pl. ψ 48:12 = 97:8; 103:6; 105:5, 7 = 1 Ch 16:12, 14. e.g. Jeremiah 7:5
- g. time of judgment, לא יקומו במ׳ ψ 1:5 (late; prob. judgment of the resurrection). e.g. Psalms 1:5
- 2. attribute of the שֹׁפֵט, justice, right, rectitude:
- a. of God, אלהי מ׳ Is 30:18; הֲשֹׁפֵט כָּל־הָאָרֶץ לֹא יַעֲשֶׂה מ׳ Gn 18:25 (J), cf. Jb 40:8; Dt 32:4 ψ 111:7; he loves it 33:5; 37:28; 99:4; צדק ומ׳ Ho 2:21 ψ 89:15 = 97:2; will not pervert it Jb 8:3; 34:12, cf. 37:23; כמשׁפטךָ ψ 119:149 (‖חסדךָ); מִשְׁפָּֽטְךָ תְּהוֹם רַבָּה 36:7 (read sg.). e.g. Isaiah 30:18
- b. of man: אַשְׁרֵי שֹׁמְרֵי מ׳ ψ 106:3 (‖צדקה); the tongue of the wise speaketh מ׳ 37:30; so of thoughts מ׳ Pr 12:5; put on מ׳ as robe Jb 29:14, chosen 34:4; עשׂה מ׳: God requires that man should do it Mi 6:8; Is 1:17; 56:1, cf. 61:8; it is the joy of the righteous Pr 21:15; rulers should know it Mi 3:1, cf. Pr 29:4; wicked ruler שׂוֹנֵא מ׳ Jb 34:17; abhors it Mi 3:9, cf. Pr 19:28; 21:7; 28:5. e.g. Psalms 106:3
- 3. ordinance promulgated by שֹׁפֵט: 1 S 8:9, 11; 10:25 (law of king); Levit. ordinances Lv 5:10; 9:16 + 13 times P, 1 Ch 15:13; 24:19 2 Ch 4:7, 20; 8:14; 35:13; Ne 8:18; חק ומ׳ Ex 15:25; Jos 24:25 (E) 1 S 30:25, cf. ψ 81:5; חקת מ׳ Nu 27:11; 35:29 (P); divine law in gen. מ׳ יהוה Je 8:7; מ׳ אלהים Is 58:2; Je 5:4, 5 (‖ דֶּרֶךְ), cf. ψ 25:9; ‖ תורה Is 42:4; 51:4; Ezr 7:10; cf. Zp 2:3 ψ 119:43, 160; pl. of particular ordinances Dt 33:10, 21 (poem), Is 58:2; Ez 44:24 ψ 19:10; 119:7 + 16 times, 147:20. e.g. 1 Samuel 8:9
- 4. decision of the שֹׁפֵט in a case of law (v. BrHex. 252 sq.): sg. of particular decision of a case Ex 21:31 (E); pl. of series of decisions 21:1; 24:3 (JE) Dt 7:12 (D2); in covt. code and D, collection of pentades in conditional or temp. cl., c. כּי or אם in D, and subj. in combination, חקים ומשׁפטים 4:1, 5, 8, 14, 45 +; in code of H and after, in combin. חקות ומשׁפטים, Lv 18:4, 5, 26; 19:37 +; (the specific type of these laws in H is אִישׁ כִּי, over against נפשׁ כי or אדם כי in code of P, v. BrHex. 254 f.); other combin., redactional and later, Lv 26:16; Nu 36:13; Dt 30:16; 2 K 17:37; 2 Ch 33:8; Ne 9:13 ψ 18:23; 89:31; 147:19. e.g. Exodus 21:31
- 5. one’s (legal) right, privilege, due: מ׳ הַכֹּהֲנִים Dt 18:3 due of the priests, מ׳ הַבְּכֹרָה 21:17; מ׳ הַגְּאֻלָּה Je 32:7 right of redemption; מ׳ הַיְרֻשָּׁה v 8; הִטָּה מ׳ Ex 23:6 (E) wrest right, so Dt 16:19; 23:6; 24:17; 27:19; 1 S 8:3; La 3:35, cf. Pr 18:5; מ׳ יְתוֹם Dt 10:18; מ׳ אביון Ex 23:6 (E) Je 5:28 ψ 140:13; מ׳ עניים Is 10:2; Jb 36:6; הסיר מ׳ 27:2; 34:5, cf. Is 40:27; 49:4. e.g. Deuteronomy 18:3
- 6.
- a. proper, fitting, measure 1 K 5:8; fitness Is 28:26; 40:14 (of fitness in the order of nature; cf. Di). e.g. 1 Kings 5:8
- b. custom, manner: מ׳ הכהנים 1 S 2:13 custom of the priests (rightful due, according to Th We Dr and most); מִשְׁפָּטוֹ 27:11 his (David’s) custom; מ׳ הגוים 2 K 17:33 manner of the nations, cf. 2 K 17:26, 27 (RSSem. 1, 24, 2nd ed. 23); כמ׳ after the manner, custom, fashion (of) Gn 40:13; Ex 21:9 (E) Ju 18:7; 1 K 18:28; 2 K 11:14; 17:34; 1 Ch 6:17; Ez 42:11 ψ 119:132. e.g. 1 Samuel 2:13
- c. מה משׁפט Ju 13:12 what manner of a boy, cf. 2 K 1:7. e.g. Judges 13:12
- d. . plan … of the tabernacle Ex 26:30 (P); temple 1 K 6:38; palace Je 30:18. e.g. Exodus 26:30
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m. Gn 40:13 judgment;—abs. מִשְׁפָּט Ex 21:31 + 203 times, + לְ ִ֯שְׁפָּט Ez 44:24 (but read Kt לִשְׁפֹּט with 𝔊 𝔗 𝔖 Co al.); cstr. מִשְׁפַּט Ex 23:6 + 50 times; sf. מִשְׁפָּטִי Is 40:27 +; מִשְׁפָּטָם Je 49:12 +; מִשְׁפָּטָן Nu 27:5; pl. מִשְׁפָּטִים Je 4:12 + 34 times; sf. מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ Dt 33:10 +, etc.;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from שפט (shâphaṭ) (H8199) — to judge.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
מִשְׁפָּט
- sentence, judgment; justice, law. Meg. 21ᵃ top; Snh. 11ᵇ מה מ׳ ביום וכ׳ as sentence can be passed in day-time only &c. Eduy. II, 10 מִשְׁפַּט רשעים וכ׳ the judgment (punishment) of the wicked in Gehenna lasts twelve months. Tanḥ. Mishp. 1 בעל זרוע אינו רוצה לעשות דבריו במ׳ אלא מעביר על המ׳ a man of might does not care to act according to law, but ignores the law; a. fr.—Pl. מִשְׁפָּטִים. Ex. R. s. 30 על ידי המ׳ שנתת להם וכ׳ through the laws which thou hast given to them, they, having a dispute with one another, go to law and make peace. Ib. בבקר ניתנה התורה … נתנו המ׳ in the morning the Law (religious principles) was given, and in the evening the civil law (Ex. XXI, sq.). Midr. Till. to Ps. XXXVI אין קצבה למ׳ וכ׳ there is no limit to the judgments for the wicked; a. fr.—Mishpatim, name of a Scriptural lesson of a week (Ex. XXI, 1 to XXIV, 18). e.g. Exodus 21:1
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 205 distinct written forms H4941 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 145 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H4941, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- שפוט shᵉphôwṭ H8196 judgment
- שפט shᵉphaṭ H8200 to judge
- שפט shepheṭ H8201 judgment
- תפתי tiphtay H8614 magistrate
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 9 — not the complete family. 3 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 360 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 406 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 18:19
- Exodus 15:25
- Leviticus 5:10
- Numbers 9:3
- Deuteronomy 1:17
- Joshua 6:15
- Judges 4:5
- 1 Samuel 2:13
- 2 Samuel 8:15
- 1 Kings 2:3
- 2 Kings 1:7
- 1 Chronicles 6:32
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
