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 2 of 3 — showing verses 201–400 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.
Psalms 64 verses
- Psalms 94:15 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט n c ms For judgment will return to righteousness. All the upright in heart shall follow it.
- Psalms 97:2 וּ֝/מִשְׁפָּ֗ט conj + n c ms Clouds and darkness are around him. Righteousness and justice are the foundation of his throne.
- Psalms 97:8 מִשְׁפָּטֶ֣י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Zion heard and was glad. The daughters of Judah rejoiced, Because of your judgments, Yahweh.
- Psalms 99:4 מִשְׁפָּ֪ט מִשְׁפָּ֥ט n c ms n c ms The King's strength also loves justice. You do establish equity. You execute justice and righteousness in Jacob.
- Psalms 101:1 וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֥ט conj + n c ms I will sing of loving kindness and justice. To you, Yahweh, I will sing praises.
- Psalms 103:6 וּ֝/מִשְׁפָּטִ֗ים conj + n c mp Yahweh executes righteous acts, And justice for all who are oppressed.
- Psalms 105:5 וּ/מִשְׁפְּטֵי conj + n c mp cs Remember his marvelous works that he has done; His wonders, and the judgments of his mouth,
- Psalms 105:7 מִשְׁפָּטָֽי/ו n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms He is Yahweh, our God. His judgments are in all the earth.
- Psalms 106:3 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט n c ms Blessed are those who keep justice. Blessed is one who does what is right at all times.
- Psalms 111:7 וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֑ט conj + n c ms The works of his hands are truth and justice. All his precepts are sure.
- Psalms 112:5 בְּ/מִשְׁפָּֽט prep + n c ms It is well with the man who deals graciously and lends. He will maintain his cause in judgment.
- Psalms 119:7 מִשְׁפְּטֵ֥י n c mp cs I will give thanks to you with uprightness of heart, When I learn your righteous judgments.
- Psalms 119:13 מִשְׁפְּטֵי n c mp cs With my lips, I have declared all the ordinances of your mouth.
- Psalms 119:20 מִשְׁפָּטֶ֥י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms My soul is consumed with longing for your ordinances at all times.
- Psalms 119:30 מִשְׁפָּטֶ֥י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms I have chosen the way of truth. I have set my heart on your law.
- Psalms 119:39 מִשְׁפָּטֶ֣י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Take away my disgrace that I dread, For your ordinances are good.
- Psalms 119:43 לְ/מִשְׁפָּטֶ֣/ךָ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Don't snatch the word of truth out of my mouth, For I put my hope in your ordinances.
- Psalms 119:52 מִשְׁפָּטֶ֖י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms I remember your ordinances of old, Yahweh, And have comforted myself.
- Psalms 119:62 מִשְׁפְּטֵ֥י n c mp cs At midnight I will rise to give thanks to you, Because of your righteous ordinances.
- Psalms 119:75 מִשְׁפָּטֶ֑י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Yahweh, I know that your judgments are righteous, That in faithfulness you have afflicted me.
- Psalms 119:84 מִשְׁפָּֽט n c ms How many are the days of your servant? When will you execute judgment on those who persecute me?
- Psalms 119:91 לְֽ֭/מִשְׁפָּטֶי/ךָ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Your laws remain to this day, For all things serve you.
- Psalms 119:102 מִ/מִּשְׁפָּטֶ֥י/ךָ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms I have not turned aside from your ordinances, For you have taught me.
- Psalms 119:106 מִשְׁפְּטֵ֥י n c mp cs I have sworn, and have confirmed it, That I will obey your righteous ordinances.
- Psalms 119:108 וּֽ/מִשְׁפָּטֶ֥י/ךָ conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Accept, I beg you, the willing offerings of my mouth. Yahweh, teach me your ordinances.
- Psalms 119:120 וּֽ/מִ/מִּשְׁפָּטֶ֥י/ךָ conj + prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms My flesh trembles for fear of you. I am afraid of your judgments.
- Psalms 119:121 מִשְׁפָּ֣ט n c ms I have done what is just and righteous. Don't leave me to my oppressors.
- Psalms 119:132 כְּ֝/מִשְׁפָּ֗ט prep + n c ms Turn to me, and have mercy on me, As you always do to those who love your name.
- Psalms 119:137 מִשְׁפָּטֶֽי/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms You are righteous, Yahweh. Your judgments are upright.
- Psalms 119:149 כְּֽ/מִשְׁפָּטֶ֥/ךָ prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Hear my voice according to your loving kindness. Revive me, Yahweh, according to your ordinances.
- Psalms 119:156 כְּֽ/מִשְׁפָּטֶ֥י/ךָ prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Great are your tender mercies, Yahweh. Revive me according to your ordinances.
- Psalms 119:160 מִשְׁפַּ֥ט n c ms cs All of your words are truth. Every one of your righteous ordinances endures forever.
- Psalms 119:164 מִשְׁפְּטֵ֥י n c mp cs Seven times a day, I praise you, Because of your righteous ordinances.
- Psalms 119:175 וּֽ/מִשְׁפָּטֶ֥/ךָ conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 2ms Let my soul live, that I may praise you. Let your ordinances help me.
- Psalms 122:5 לְ/מִשְׁפָּ֑ט prep + n c ms For there are set thrones for judgment, The thrones of David's house.
- Psalms 140:12 מִ֝שְׁפַּ֗ט n c ms cs I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.
- Psalms 143:2 בְ֭/מִשְׁפָּט prep + n c ms Don't enter into judgment with your servant, For in your sight no man living is righteous.
- Psalms 146:7 מִשְׁפָּ֨ט n c ms Who executes justice for the oppressed; Who gives food to the hungry. Yahweh frees the prisoners.
- Psalms 147:19 וּ֝/מִשְׁפָּטָ֗י/ו conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms He shows his word to Jacob; His statutes and his ordinances to Israel.
- Psalms 147:20 וּ/מִשְׁפָּטִ֥ים conj + n c mp He has not done this for just any nation. They don't know his ordinances. Praise Yah!
- Psalms 149:9 מִשְׁפָּ֬ט n c ms To execute on them the written judgment. All his saints have this honor. Praise Yah!
Proverbs 20 verses
- Proverbs 1:3 וּ֝/מִשְׁפָּ֗ט conj + n c ms To receive instruction in wise dealing, In righteousness, justice, and equity;
- Proverbs 2:8 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט n c ms That he may guard the paths of justice, And preserve the way of his saints.
- Proverbs 2:9 וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֑ט conj + n c ms Then you will understand righteousness and justice, Equity and every good path.
- Proverbs 8:20 מִשְׁפָּֽט n c ms I walk in the way of righteousness, In the midst of the paths of justice;
- Proverbs 12:5 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט n c ms The thoughts of the righteous are just, But the advice of the wicked is deceitful.
- Proverbs 13:23 מִשְׁפָּֽט n c ms An abundance of food is in poor people's fields, But injustice sweeps it away.
- Proverbs 16:8 מִשְׁפָּֽט n c ms Better is a little with righteousness, Than great revenues with injustice.
- Proverbs 16:10 בְּ֝/מִשְׁפָּ֗ט prep + n c ms Inspired judgments are on the lips of the king. He shall not betray his mouth.
- Proverbs 16:11 מִ֭שְׁפָּט n c ms Honest balances and scales are Yahweh's; All the weights in the bag are his work.
- Proverbs 16:33 מִשְׁפָּטֽ/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms The lot is cast into the lap, But its every decision is from Yahweh.
- Proverbs 17:23 מִשְׁפָּֽט n c ms A wicked man receives a bribe in secret, To pervert the ways of justice.
- Proverbs 18:5 בַּ/מִּשְׁפָּֽט prep det + n c ms To be partial to the faces of the wicked is not good, Nor to deprive the innocent of justice.
- Proverbs 19:28 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט n c ms A corrupt witness mocks justice, And the mouth of the wicked gulps down iniquity.
- Proverbs 21:3 וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֑ט conj + n c ms To do righteousness and justice Is more acceptable to Yahweh than sacrifice.
- Proverbs 21:7 מִשְׁפָּֽט n c ms The violence of the wicked will drive them away, Because they refuse to do what is right.
- Proverbs 21:15 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט n c ms It is joy to the righteous to do justice; But it is a destruction to the workers of iniquity.
- Proverbs 24:23 בְּ/מִשְׁפָּ֣ט prep + n c ms These also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.
- Proverbs 28:5 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט n c ms Evil men don't understand justice; But those who seek Yahweh understand it fully.
- Proverbs 29:4 בְּ֭/מִשְׁפָּט prep + n c ms The king by justice makes the land stable, But he who takes bribes tears it down.
- Proverbs 29:26 מִשְׁפַּט n c ms cs Many seek the ruler's favor, But a man's justice comes from Yahweh.
Ecclesiastes 6 verses
- Ecclesiastes 3:16 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּט֙ ptcl def.art + n c ms Moreover I saw under the sun, in the place of justice, that wickedness was there; and in the place of righteousness, that wickedness was there.
- Ecclesiastes 5:8 מִשְׁפָּ֤ט n c ms If you see the oppression of the poor, and the violent taking away of justice and righteousness in a district, don't marvel at the matter: for one official is eyed by a higher one; and there are officials over them.
- Ecclesiastes 8:5 וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֔ט conj + n c ms Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.
- Ecclesiastes 8:6 וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֑ט conj + n c ms For there is a time and procedure for every purpose, although the misery of man is heavy on him.
- Ecclesiastes 11:9 בַּ/מִּשְׁפָּֽט prep det + n c ms Rejoice, young man, in your youth, And let your heart cheer you in the days of your youth, And walk in the ways of your heart, And in the sight of your eyes; But know that for all these things God will bring you into judgment.
- Ecclesiastes 12:14 בְ/מִשְׁפָּ֖ט prep + n c ms For God will bring every work into judgment, with every hidden thing, whether it is good, or whether it is evil.
Isaiah 40 verses
- Isaiah 1:17 מִשְׁפָּ֖ט n c ms Learn to do well. Seek justice, Relieve the oppressed, Judge the fatherless, Plead for the widow."
- Isaiah 1:21 מִשְׁפָּ֗ט n c ms How the faithful city has become a prostitute! She was full of justice; righteousness lodged in her, But now murderers.
- Isaiah 1:27 בְּ/מִשְׁפָּ֣ט prep + n c ms Zion shall be redeemed with justice, And her converts with righteousness.
- Isaiah 3:14 בְּ/מִשְׁפָּ֣ט prep + n c ms Yahweh will enter into judgment with the elders of his people, And their leaders: "It is you who have eaten up the vineyard. The spoil of the poor is in your houses.
- Isaiah 4:4 מִשְׁפָּ֖ט n c ms when the Lord shall have washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion, and shall have purged the blood of Jerusalem from its midst, by the spirit of justice, and by the spirit of burning.
- Isaiah 5:7 לְ/מִשְׁפָּט֙ prep + n c ms For the vineyard of Yahweh of Hosts is the house of Israel, And the men of Judah his pleasant plant: And he looked for justice, but, behold, oppression; For righteousness, but, behold, a cry of distress.
- Isaiah 5:16 בַּ/מִּשְׁפָּ֑ט prep det + n c ms But Yahweh of Hosts is exalted in justice, And God the Holy One is sanctified in righteousness.
- Isaiah 9:7 בְּ/מִשְׁפָּ֖ט prep + n c ms Of the increase of his government and of peace there shall be no end, on the throne of David, and on his kingdom, to establish it, and to uphold it with justice and with righteousness from henceforth even forever. The zeal of Yahweh of Hosts will perform this.
- Isaiah 10:2 מִשְׁפַּ֖ט n c ms cs to turn aside the needy from justice, and to rob the poor of my people of their right, that widows may be their spoil, and that they may make the fatherless their prey!
- Isaiah 16:5 מִשְׁפָּ֖ט n c ms A throne shall be established in loving kindness; and one shall sit thereon in truth, in the tent of David, judging, and seeking justice, and swift to do righteousness.
- Isaiah 26:8 מִשְׁפָּטֶ֛י/ךָ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Yes, in the way of your judgments, Yahweh, have we waited for you; to your name, even to your memorial [name], is the desire of our soul.
- Isaiah 26:9 מִשְׁפָּטֶ֨י/ךָ֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms With my soul have I desired you in the night; yes, with my spirit within me will I seek you earnestly: for when your judgments are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world learn righteousness.
- Isaiah 28:6 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט הַ/מִּשְׁפָּ֔ט n c ms ptcl def.art + n c ms and a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and strength to those who turn back the battle at the gate.
- Isaiah 28:17 מִשְׁפָּט֙ n c ms I will make justice the line, and righteousness the plummet; and the hail shall sweep away the refuge of lies, and the waters shall overflow the hiding-place.
- Isaiah 28:26 לַ/מִּשְׁפָּ֖ט prep det + n c ms For his God does instruct him aright, [and] does teach him.
- Isaiah 30:18 מִשְׁפָּט֙ n c ms Therefore will Yahweh wait, that he may be gracious to you; and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy on you: for Yahweh is a God of justice; blessed are all those who wait for him.
- Isaiah 32:1 לְ/מִשְׁפָּ֥ט prep + n c ms Behold, a king shall reign in righteousness, and princes shall rule in justice.
- Isaiah 32:7 מִשְׁפָּֽט n c ms The instruments of the churl are evil: he devises wicked devices to destroy the humble with lying words, even when the needy speaks right.
- Isaiah 32:16 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט n c ms Then justice shall dwell in the wilderness; and righteousness shall abide in the fruitful field.
- Isaiah 33:5 מִשְׁפָּ֖ט n c ms Yahweh is exalted; for he dwells on high: he has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
- Isaiah 34:5 לְ/מִשְׁפָּֽט prep + n c ms For my sword has drunk its fill in the sky: behold, it shall come down on Edom, and on the people of my curse, to judgment.
- Isaiah 40:14 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט n c ms With whom took he counsel, and who instructed him, and taught him in the path of justice, and taught him knowledge, and shown to him the way of understanding?
- Isaiah 40:27 מִשְׁפָּטִ֥/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Why say you, Jacob, and speak, Israel, My way is hid from Yahweh, and the justice [due] to me is passed away from my God?
- Isaiah 41:1 לַ/מִּשְׁפָּ֥ט prep det + n c ms Keep silence before me, islands; and let the peoples renew their strength: let them come near; then let them speak; let us come near together to judgment.
- Isaiah 42:1 מִשְׁפָּ֖ט n c ms Behold, my servant, whom I uphold; my chosen, in whom my soul delights: I have put my Spirit on him; he will bring forth justice to the Gentiles.
- Isaiah 42:3 מִשְׁפָּֽט n c ms A bruised reed will he not break, and a dimly burning wick will he not quench: he will bring forth justice in truth.
- Isaiah 42:4 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט n c ms He will not fail nor be discouraged, until he have set justice in the earth; and the isles shall wait for his law.
- Isaiah 49:4 מִשְׁפָּטִ֣/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs But I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely the justice [due] to me is with Yahweh, and my recompense with my God.
- Isaiah 50:8 מִשְׁפָּטִ֖/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs He is near who justifies me; who will bring charges against me? Let us stand up together: who is my adversary? Let him come near to me.
- Isaiah 51:4 וּ/מִשְׁפָּטִ֔/י conj + n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Attend to me, my people; and give ear to me, my nation: for a law shall go forth from me, and I will establish my justice for a light of the peoples.
- Isaiah 53:8 וּ/מִ/מִּשְׁפָּט֙ conj + prep + n c ms By oppression and judgment he was taken away; and as for his generation, who [among them] considered that he was cut off out of the land of the living for the disobedience of my people to whom the stroke [was due]?
- Isaiah 54:17 לַ/מִּשְׁפָּ֖ט prep det + n c ms No weapon that is formed against you shall prosper; and every tongue that shall rise against you in judgment you shall condemn. This is the heritage of the servants of Yahweh, and their righteousness which is of me, says Yahweh.
- Isaiah 56:1 מִשְׁפָּ֖ט n c ms Thus says Yahweh, Keep you justice, and do righteousness; for my salvation is near to come, and my righteousness to be revealed.
- Isaiah 58:2 וּ/מִשְׁפַּ֤ט מִשְׁפְּטֵי conj + n c ms cs n c mp cs Yet they seek me daily, and delight to know my ways: as a nation that did righteousness, and didn't forsake the ordinance of their God, they ask of me righteous judgments; they delight to draw near to God.
- Isaiah 59:8 מִשְׁפָּ֖ט n c ms The way of peace they don't know; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whoever goes therein does not know peace.
- Isaiah 59:9 מִשְׁפָּט֙ n c ms Therefore is justice far from us, neither does righteousness overtake us: we look for light, but, behold, darkness; for brightness, but we walk in obscurity.
- Isaiah 59:11 לַ/מִּשְׁפָּט֙ prep det + n c ms We roar all like bears, and moan sore like doves: we look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us.
- Isaiah 59:14 מִשְׁפָּ֔ט n c ms Justice is turned away backward, and righteousness stands afar off; for truth is fallen in the street, and uprightness can't enter.
- Isaiah 59:15 מִשְׁפָּֽט n c ms Yes, truth is lacking; and he who departs from evil makes himself a prey. Yahweh saw it, and it displeased him who there was no justice.
- Isaiah 61:8 מִשְׁפָּ֔ט n c ms For I, Yahweh, love justice, I hate robbery with iniquity; and I will give them their recompense in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.
Jeremiah 32 verses
- Jeremiah 1:16 מִשְׁפָּטַ/י֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I will utter my judgments against them touching all their wickedness, in that they have forsaken me, and have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.
- Jeremiah 4:2 בְּ/מִשְׁפָּ֣ט prep + n c ms and you shall swear, As Yahweh lives, in truth, in justice, and in righteousness; and the nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory.
- Jeremiah 4:12 מִשְׁפָּטִ֖ים n c mp a full wind from these shall come for me: now will I also utter judgments against them.
- Jeremiah 5:1 מִשְׁפָּ֖ט n c ms Run you back and forth through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places of it, if you can find a man, if there are any who does justly, who seeks truth; and I will pardon her.
- Jeremiah 5:4 מִשְׁפַּ֖ט n c ms cs Then I said, Surely these are poor; they are foolish; for they don't know the way of Yahweh, nor the law of their God:
- Jeremiah 5:5 מִשְׁפַּ֖ט n c ms cs I will get me to the great men, and will speak to them; for they know the way of Yahweh, and the law of their God. But these with one accord have broken the yoke, and burst the bonds.
- Jeremiah 5:28 וּ/מִשְׁפַּ֥ט conj + n c ms cs They are grew fat, they shine: yes, they overpass in deeds of wickedness; they don't plead the cause, the cause of the fatherless, that they may prosper; and the right of the needy they don't judge.
- Jeremiah 7:5 מִשְׁפָּ֔ט n c ms For if you thoroughly amend your ways and your doings; if you thoroughly execute justice between a man and his neighbor;
- Jeremiah 8:7 מִשְׁפַּ֥ט n c ms cs Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtle-dove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don't know Yahweh's law.
- Jeremiah 9:24 מִשְׁפָּ֥ט n c ms but let him who glories glory in this, that he has understanding, and knows me, that I am Yahweh who exercises loving kindness, justice, and righteousness, in the earth: for in these things I delight, says Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 10:24 בְּ/מִשְׁפָּ֑ט prep + n c ms Yahweh, correct me, but in measure: not in your anger, lest you bring me to nothing.
- Jeremiah 12:1 מִשְׁפָּטִים֙ n c mp Righteous are you, Yahweh, when I contend with you; yet would I reason the cause with you: why does the way of the wicked prosper? why are all they at ease who deal very treacherously?
- Jeremiah 17:11 בְ/מִשְׁפָּ֑ט prep + n c ms As the partridge that sits on [eggs] which she has not laid, so is he who gets riches, and not by right; in the midst of his days they shall leave him, and at his end he shall be a fool.
- Jeremiah 21:12 מִשְׁפָּ֔ט n c ms House of David, thus says Yahweh, Execute justice in the morning, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn so that none can quench it, because of the evil of your doings.
- Jeremiah 22:3 מִשְׁפָּט֙ n c ms Thus says Yahweh: Execute you justice and righteousness, and deliver him who is robbed out of the hand of the oppressor: and do no wrong, do no violence, to the foreigner, the fatherless, nor the widow; neither shed innocent blood in this place.
- Jeremiah 22:13 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט n c ms Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his chambers by injustice; who uses his neighbor's service without wages, and doesn't give him his hire;
- Jeremiah 22:15 מִשְׁפָּט֙ n c ms Shall you reign, because you strive to excel in cedar? Didn't your father eat and drink, and do justice and righteousness? then it was well with him.
- Jeremiah 23:5 מִשְׁפָּ֥ט n c ms Behold, the days come, says Yahweh, that I will raise to David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
- Jeremiah 26:11 מִשְׁפַּט n c ms cs Then spoke the priests and the prophets to the princes and to all the people, saying, This man is worthy of death; for he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your ears.
- Jeremiah 26:16 מִשְׁפַּט n c ms cs Then said the princes and all the people to the priests and to the prophets: This man is not worthy of death; for he has spoken to us in the name of Yahweh our God.
- Jeremiah 30:11 לַ/מִּשְׁפָּ֔ט prep det + n c ms For I am with you, says Yahweh, to save you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have scattered you, but I will not make a full end of you; but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.
- Jeremiah 30:18 מִשְׁפָּט֥/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Thus says Yahweh: Behold, I will turn again the captivity of Jacob's tents, and have compassion on his dwelling-places; and the city shall be built on its own hill, and the palace shall be inhabited after its own manner.
- Jeremiah 32:7 מִשְׁפַּ֥ט n c ms cs Behold, Hanamel the son of Shallum your uncle shall come to you, saying, Buy you my field that is in Anathoth; for the right of redemption is yours to buy it.
- Jeremiah 32:8 מִשְׁפַּ֧ט n c ms cs So Hanamel my uncle's son came to me in the court of the guard according to the word of Yahweh, and said to me, Please buy my field that is in Anathoth, which is in the land of Benjamin; for the right of inheritance is yours, and the redemption is yours; buy it for yourself. Then I knew that this was the word of Yahweh.
- Jeremiah 33:15 מִשְׁפָּ֥ט n c ms In those days, and at that time, will I cause a Branch of righteousness to grow up to David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
- Jeremiah 39:5 מִשְׁפָּטִֽים n c mp But the army of the Chaldeans pursued after them, and overtook Zedekiah in the plains of Jericho: and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment on him.
- Jeremiah 46:28 לַ/מִּשְׁפָּ֔ט prep det + n c ms Don't be afraid you, O Jacob my servant, says Yahweh; for I am with you: for I will make a full end of all the nations where I have driven you; but I will not make a full end of you, but I will correct you in measure, and will in no way leave you unpunished.
- Jeremiah 48:21 וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֥ט conj + n c ms Judgment is come on the plain country, on Holon, and on Jahzah, and on Mephaath,
- Jeremiah 48:47 מִשְׁפַּ֥ט n c ms cs Yet will I bring back the captivity of Moab in the latter days, says Yahweh. Thus far is the judgment of Moab.
- Jeremiah 49:12 מִשְׁפָּטָ֜/ם n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp For thus says Yahweh: Behold, they to whom it didn't pertain to drink of the cup shall assuredly drink; and are you he who shall altogether go unpunished? you shall not go unpunished, but you shall surely drink.
- Jeremiah 51:9 מִשְׁפָּטָ֔/הּ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fs We would have healed Babylon, but she is not healed: forsake her, and let us go everyone into his own country; for her judgment reaches to heaven, and is lifted up even to the skies.
- Jeremiah 52:9 מִשְׁפָּטִֽים n c mp Then they took the king, and carried him up to the king of Babylon to Riblah in the land of Hamath; and he gave judgment on him.
Lamentations 2 verses
Ezekiel 37 verses
- Ezekiel 5:6 מִשְׁפָּטַ֤/י בְ/מִשְׁפָּטַ/י֙ n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs She has rebelled against my ordinances in doing wickedness more than the nations, and against my statutes more than the countries that are round about her; for they have rejected my ordinances, and as for my statutes, they have not walked in them.
- Ezekiel 5:7 מִשְׁפָּטַ֖/י וּֽ/כְ/מִשְׁפְּטֵ֧י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs conj + prep + n c mp cs Therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Because you are turbulent more than the nations that are round about you, and have not walked in my statutes, neither have kept my ordinances, neither have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you;
- Ezekiel 5:8 מִשְׁפָּטִ֖ים n c mp therefore thus says the Lord Yahweh: Behold, I, even I, am against you; and I will execute judgments in the midst of you in the sight of the nations.
- Ezekiel 7:23 מִשְׁפַּ֣ט n c ms cs Make the chain; for the land is full of bloody crimes, and the city is full of violence.
- Ezekiel 7:27 וּ/בְ/מִשְׁפְּטֵי/הֶ֣ם conj + prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do to them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge them; and they shall know that I am Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 11:12 וּ/מִשְׁפָּטַ֖/י וּֽ/כְ/מִשְׁפְּטֵ֧י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs conj + prep + n c mp cs and you shall know that I am Yahweh: for you have not walked in my statutes, neither have you executed my ordinances, but have done after the ordinances of the nations that are round about you.
- Ezekiel 11:20 מִשְׁפָּטַ֥/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs that they may walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them: and they shall be my people, and I will be their God.
- Ezekiel 16:38 מִשְׁפְּטֵ֣י n c mp cs I will judge you, as women who break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will bring on you the blood of wrath and jealousy.
- Ezekiel 18:5 מִשְׁפָּ֖ט n c ms But if a man is just, and does that which is lawful and right,
- Ezekiel 18:8 מִשְׁפַּ֤ט n c ms cs he who has not given forth on interest, neither has taken any increase, who has withdrawn his hand from iniquity, has executed true justice between man and man,
- Ezekiel 18:9 וּ/מִשְׁפָּטַ֥/י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs has walked in my statutes, and has kept my ordinances, to deal truly; he is just, he shall surely live, says the Lord Yahweh.
- Ezekiel 18:17 מִשְׁפָּטַ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs who has withdrawn his hand from the poor, who has not received interest nor increase, has executed my ordinances, has walked in my statutes; he shall not die for the iniquity of his father, he shall surely live.
- Ezekiel 18:19 מִשְׁפָּ֧ט n c ms Yet say you, Why does not the son bear the iniquity of the father? when the son has done that which is lawful and right, and has kept all my statutes, and has done them, he shall surely live.
- Ezekiel 18:21 מִשְׁפָּ֖ט n c ms But if the wicked turn from all his sins that he has committed, and keep all my statutes, and do that which is lawful and right, he shall surely live, he shall not die.
- Ezekiel 18:27 מִשְׁפָּ֖ט n c ms Again, when the wicked man turns away from his wickedness that he has committed, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall save his soul alive.
- Ezekiel 20:11 מִשְׁפָּטַ֖/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I gave them my statutes, and shown them my ordinances, which if a man do, he shall live in them.
- Ezekiel 20:13 מִשְׁפָּטַ֣/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs But the house of Israel rebelled against me in the wilderness: they didn't walk in my statutes, and they rejected my ordinances, which if a man keep, he shall live in them; and my Sabbaths they greatly profaned. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them in the wilderness, to consume them.
- Ezekiel 20:16 בְּ/מִשְׁפָּטַ֣/י prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs because they rejected my ordinances, and didn't walk in my statutes, and profaned my Sabbaths: for their heart went after their idols.
- Ezekiel 20:18 מִשְׁפְּטֵי/הֶ֖ם n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp I said to their children in the wilderness, Don't you walk in the statutes of your fathers, neither observe their ordinances, nor defile yourselves with their idols.
- Ezekiel 20:19 מִשְׁפָּטַ֥/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I am Yahweh your God: walk in my statutes, and keep my ordinances, and do them;
- Ezekiel 20:21 מִשְׁפָּטַ֨/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs But the children rebelled against me; they didn't walk in my statutes, neither kept my ordinances to do them, which if a man do, he shall live in them; they profaned my Sabbaths. Then I said I would pour out my wrath on them, to accomplish my anger against them in the wilderness.
- Ezekiel 20:24 מִשְׁפָּטַ֤/י n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs because they had not executed my ordinances, but had rejected my statutes, and had profaned my Sabbaths, and their eyes were after their fathers' idols.
- Ezekiel 20:25 וּ/מִ֨שְׁפָּטִ֔ים conj + n c mp Moreover also I gave them statutes that were not good, and ordinances in which they should not live;
- Ezekiel 21:27 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּ֖ט ptcl def.art + n c ms I will overturn, overturn, overturn it: this also shall be no more, until he come whose right it is; and I will give it [him].
- Ezekiel 22:29 מִשְׁפָּֽט n c ms The people of the land have used oppression, and exercised robbery; yes, they have vexed the poor and needy, and have oppressed the foreigner wrongfully.
- Ezekiel 23:24 מִשְׁפָּ֔ט בְּ/מִשְׁפְּטֵי/הֶֽם n c ms prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3mp They shall come against you with weapons, chariots, and wagons, and with a company of peoples; they shall set themselves against you with buckler and shield and helmet round about; and I will commit the judgment to them, and they shall judge you according to their judgments.
- Ezekiel 23:45 מִשְׁפַּט֙ וּ/מִשְׁפַּ֖ט n c ms cs conj + n c ms cs Righteous men, they shall judge them with the judgment of adulteresses, and with the judgment of women who shed blood; because they are adulteresses, and blood is in their hands.
- Ezekiel 33:14 מִשְׁפָּ֖ט n c ms Again, when I say to the wicked, You shall surely die; if he turn from his sin, and do that which is lawful and right;
- Ezekiel 33:16 מִשְׁפָּ֧ט n c ms None of his sins that he has committed shall be remembered against him: he has done that which is lawful and right; he shall surely live.
- Ezekiel 33:19 מִשְׁפָּ֖ט n c ms When the wicked turns from his wickedness, and does that which is lawful and right, he shall live thereby.
- Ezekiel 34:16 בְ/מִשְׁפָּֽט prep + n c ms I will seek that which was lost, and will bring back that which was driven away, and will bind up that which was broken, and will strengthen that which was sick: but the fat and the strong I will destroy; I will feed them in justice.
- Ezekiel 36:27 וּ/מִשְׁפָּטַ֥/י conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs I will put my Spirit within you, and cause you to walk in my statutes, and you shall keep my ordinances, and do them.
- Ezekiel 37:24 וּ/בְ/מִשְׁפָּטַ֣/י conj + prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs My servant David shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my ordinances, and observe my statutes, and do them.
- Ezekiel 39:21 מִשְׁפָּטִ/י֙ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I will set my glory among the nations; and all the nations shall see my judgment that I have executed, and my hand that I have laid on them.
- Ezekiel 42:11 וּ/כְ/מִשְׁפְּטֵי/הֶ֖ן conj + prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3fp The way before them was like the appearance of [the way of] the chambers which were toward the north; according to their length so was their breadth: and all their exits were both according to their fashions, and according to their doors.
- Ezekiel 44:24 לְ/מִשְׁפָּ֔ט בְּ/מִשְׁפָּטַ֖/י prep + n c ms prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 1cs In a controversy they shall stand to judge; according to my ordinances shall they judge it: and they shall keep my laws and my statutes in all my appointed feasts; and they shall make my Sabbaths holy.
- Ezekiel 45:9 וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֥ט conj + n c ms Thus says the Lord Yahweh: Let it suffice you, princes of Israel: remove violence and spoil, and execute justice and righteousness; dispossessing my people, says the Lord Yahweh.
Daniel 1 verse
Hosea 6 verses
- Hosea 2:19 וּ/בְ/מִשְׁפָּ֔ט conj + prep + n c ms I will betroth you to me forever. Yes, I will betroth you to me in righteousness, in justice, in loving kindness, and in compassion.
- Hosea 5:1 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּ֑ט ptcl def.art + n c ms "Listen to this, you priests! Listen, house of Israel, And give ear, house of the king! For the judgment is against you; For you have been a snare at Mizpah, And a net spread on Tabor.
- Hosea 5:11 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט n c ms Ephraim is oppressed, He is crushed in judgment; Because he is intent in his pursuit of idols.
- Hosea 6:5 וּ/מִשְׁפָּטֶ֖י/ךָ conj + n c mp cs + sfx pers 2ms Therefore I have cut them to pieces with the prophets; I killed them with the words of my mouth. Your judgments are like a flash of lightning.
- Hosea 10:4 מִשְׁפָּ֔ט n c ms They make promises, swearing falsely in making covenants. Therefore judgment springs up like poisonous weeds in the furrows of the field.
- Hosea 12:6 וּ/מִשְׁפָּט֙ conj + n c ms Therefore turn to your God. Keep kindness and justice, And wait for your God continually.
Amos 4 verses
- Amos 5:7 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט n c ms You who turn justice to wormwood, And cast down righteousness to the earth:
- Amos 5:15 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט n c ms Hate evil, love good, And establish justice in the courts. It may be that Yahweh, the God of hosts, will be gracious to the remnant of Joseph."
- Amos 5:24 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט n c ms But let justice roll on like rivers, And righteousness like a mighty stream.
- Amos 6:12 מִשְׁפָּ֔ט n c ms Do horses run on the rocky crags? Does one plow there with oxen? But you have turned justice into poison, And the fruit of righteousness into bitterness;
Micah 5 verses
- Micah 3:1 הַ/מִּשְׁפָּֽט ptcl def.art + n c ms I said, "Please listen, you heads of Jacob, And rulers of the house of Israel: Isn't it for you to know justice?
- Micah 3:8 וּ/מִשְׁפָּ֖ט conj + n c ms But as for me, I am full of power by the Spirit of Yahweh, And of judgment, and of might, To declare to Jacob his disobedience, And to Israel his sin.
- Micah 3:9 מִשְׁפָּ֔ט n c ms Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, And rulers of the house of Israel, Who abhor justice, And pervert all equity.
- Micah 6:8 מִשְׁפָּט֙ n c ms He has shown you, O man, what is good. What does Yahweh require of you, but to act justly, To love mercy, and to walk humbly with your God?
- Micah 7:9 מִשְׁפָּטִ֔/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs I will bear the indignation of Yahweh, Because I have sinned against him, Until he pleads my case, and executes judgment for me. He will bring me forth to the light. I will see his righteousness.
Habakkuk 3 verses
- Habakkuk 1:4 מִשְׁפָּ֑ט מִשְׁפָּ֖ט n c ms n c ms Therefore the law is paralyzed, and justice never goes forth; for the wicked surround the righteous; therefore justice goes forth perverted.
- Habakkuk 1:7 מִשְׁפָּט֥/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms They are feared and dreaded. Their judgment and their dignity proceed from themselves.
- Habakkuk 1:12 לְ/מִשְׁפָּ֣ט prep + n c ms Aren't you from everlasting, Yahweh my God, my Holy One? We will not die. Yahweh, you have appointed him for judgment. You, Rock, have established him to punish.
Zephaniah 4 verses
- Zephaniah 2:3 מִשְׁפָּט֖/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Seek Yahweh, all you humble of the land, who have kept his ordinances. Seek righteousness. Seek humility. It may be that you will be hidden in the day of Yahweh's anger.
- Zephaniah 3:5 מִשְׁפָּט֨/וֹ n c ms cs + sfx pers 3ms Yahweh, in the midst of her, is righteous. He will do no wrong. Every morning he brings his justice to light. He doesn't fail, but the unjust know no shame.
- Zephaniah 3:8 מִשְׁפָּטִ/י֩ n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs "Therefore wait for me," says Yahweh, "until the day that I rise up to the prey, for my determination is to gather the nations, that I may assemble the kingdoms, to pour on them my indignation, even all my fierce anger, for all the earth will be devoured with the fire of my jealousy.
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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.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
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).
View all 406 occurrences in the concordance →
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
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- 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.
