מִשְׁפָּט
judgment
also: justice, ordinance fuller range ↓
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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).
176 distinct verses where H4941 appears in the Construct state, across 26 books. Filtered view — show all forms. 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.
Exodus 4 verses
- 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 23:6 מִשְׁפַּ֥ט n c ms cs "You shall not deny justice to your poor people in their lawsuits.
- 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 28:30 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 9 verses
- 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 19:37 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.
Numbers 6 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 27:5 מִשְׁפָּטָ֖/ן n c ms cs + sfx pers 3fp Moses brought their cause before Yahweh.
- 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 29:33 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;
Deuteronomy 14 verses
- 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 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 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 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 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.
Judges 2 verses
- 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 5 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 8:9 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.
2 Samuel 1 verse
1 Kings 12 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 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 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 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 6 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 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 17:40 כְּ/מִשְׁפָּטָ֥/ם prep + n c ms cs + sfx pers 3mp However they did not listen, but they did after their former manner.
1 Chronicles 5 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 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 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 7 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 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 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 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.
Ezra 1 verse
Nehemiah 2 verses
- 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 7 verses
- 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 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 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 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 36 verses
- 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 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 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 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 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;
- 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 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 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 119:91 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 119:137 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 140:12 מִ֝שְׁפַּ֗ט n c ms cs I know that Yahweh will maintain the cause of the afflicted, And justice for the needy.
- 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.
Proverbs 2 verses
Isaiah 8 verses
- 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 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 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 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 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.
Jeremiah 13 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 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 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 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 30:18 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 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.
Lamentations 2 verses
Ezekiel 24 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 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 18:8 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 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 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 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.
Daniel 1 verse
Hosea 1 verse
Micah 1 verse
Habakkuk 1 verse
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.
- Zephaniah 3:15 מִשְׁפָּטַ֔יִ/ךְ n c mp cs + sfx pers 2fs Yahweh has taken away your judgments. He has thrown out your enemy. The King of Israel, Yahweh, is in the midst of you. You will not be afraid of evil any more.
Zechariah 2 verses
- Zechariah 7:9 מִשְׁפַּ֤ט n c ms cs "Thus has Yahweh of Hosts spoken, saying, 'Execute true judgment, and show kindness and compassion every man to his brother.
- Zechariah 8:16 וּ/מִשְׁפַּ֣ט conj + n c ms cs These are the things that you shall do: speak every man the truth with his neighbor. Execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates,
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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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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.
