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mish.pat H4941

מִשְׁפָּט (mish.pat) means “justice: judgement” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

מִשְׁפָּט Hebrew · H4941 422 tagged occurrences in 406 verses

Pronunciation guide: mish-pawt' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H4941G

מִשְׁפָּט · mish.pat · justice: judgement

: judgement/punishment 1) judgment, justice, ordinance 1a) judgment 1a1) act of deciding a case 1a2) place, court, seat of judgment 1a3) process, procedure, litigation (before judges) 1a4) case, cause (presented for judgment) 1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment) 1a6) execution (of judgment) 1a7) time (of judgment) 1b) justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man) 1c) ordinance 1d) decision (in law) 1e) right, privilege, due (legal) 1f) proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan

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TBESH · H4941H

מִשְׁפָּט · mish.pat · justice

: justice/right/righteousness 1) judgment, justice, ordinance 1a) judgment 1a1) act of deciding a case 1a2) place, court, seat of judgment 1a3) process, procedure, litigation (before judges) 1a4) case, cause (presented for judgment) 1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment) 1a6) execution (of judgment) 1a7) time (of judgment) 1b) justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man) 1c) ordinance 1d) decision (in law) 1e) right, privilege, due (legal) 1f) proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan

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TBESH · H4941I

מִשְׁפָּט · mish.pat · justice: rule

: rule/prescription 1) judgment, justice, ordinance 1a) judgment 1a1) act of deciding a case 1a2) place, court, seat of judgment 1a3) process, procedure, litigation (before judges) 1a4) case, cause (presented for judgment) 1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment) 1a6) execution (of judgment) 1a7) time (of judgment) 1b) justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man) 1c) ordinance 1d) decision (in law) 1e) right, privilege, due (legal) 1f) proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan

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TBESH · H4941J

מִשְׁפָּט · mish.pat · justice: custom

: custom/manner 1) judgment, justice, ordinance 1a) judgment 1a1) act of deciding a case 1a2) place, court, seat of judgment 1a3) process, procedure, litigation (before judges) 1a4) case, cause (presented for judgment) 1a5) sentence, decision (of judgment) 1a6) execution (of judgment) 1a7) time (of judgment) 1b) justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man) 1c) ordinance 1d) decision (in law) 1e) right, privilege, due (legal) 1f) proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan

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TBESH · H4941K

מִשְׁפָּט · mish.pat · (Hall of) Judgment

Combined with u.lam (אוּלָם "Hall" H0197H) This name means judgment, sentence

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

from H8199 (שָׁפַט); properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style

KJV glosses: [phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, [idiom] worthy, [phrase] wrong.

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How translators render H4941

Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.

BSB rendering counts
Rendering	Count
justice	61
and ordinances	28
my ordinances	18
and justice	12
ordinances	11
judgments	10
what is just	10
judgment	9
of justice	9
prescribed	9
with justice	8
your judgments	8
of judgment	6
for judgment	5
justly	5
into judgment	4
my judgments	4
the judgment	4
their cause	4
according to the ordinance	3
and judgments	3
for justice	3
in judgment	3
ordinance	3
the justice	3
the requirements	3
the right	3
to judge	3
your ordinances	3
according to the regulation	2
and ordinance	2
and procedure	2
and the judgments	2
are just	2
by justice	2
customs	2
deserve	2
his judgments carry	2
his justice	2
his ordinances are	2
is just	2
my case	2
of your judgments	2
the cause	2
the judgments	2
the manner	2
the rights	2
to the ordinances	2
trial	2
what is right	2
worthy	2
about the proper order	1
according to my ordinances	1
according to the custom	1
according to the customs	1
according to the pattern	1
according to the regulations	1
according to the regulations given them	1
according to their own standards	1
according to their specifications	1
according to your justice	1
according to your ordinances	1
against my ordinances	1
an ordinance	1
and	1
and an ordinance	1
and defends the cause	1
and dimensions	1
and his ordinances	1
and its ordinances	1
and judgment	1
and just	1
and my claim	1
and my judgments	1
and my justice will become	1
and the verdict	1
are the ordinances	1
are your judgments	1
as prescribed	1
as was their custom	1
as with	1
as you do	1
be righteous	1
but let justice	1
by his justice	1
by the judgment	1
by the justice	1
by their own standards	1
court	1
decision	1
for a decision	1
from your ordinances	1
her judgment	1
his judgments	1
his ordinances	1
honest	1
in his justice	1
in judging	1
in justice	1
in keeping with the ordinances	1
in my judgments	1
in the judgment	1
in what is right	1
in your judgments	1
is a just	1
is worthy	1
it is a matter of justice	1
its rightful place	1
justice every morning	1
justice for me	1
like	1
manner	1
may my vindication	1
may your judgments	1
measures	1
my cause	1
my decision	1
my just	1
my vindication	1
of crimes	1
of the judgment	1
or dispute	1
or for the custom	1
or ordinances	1
properly	1
receives justice	1
rule	1
rule of life	1
shall your judgment be	1
share	1
she once was full of justice	1
so judgment	1
so justice	1
sort	1
specification	1
standard of law	1
the right of judgment	1
their case	1
their ordinances	1
their prescribed	1
their quotas	1
then justice	1
this charge	1
this judgment	1
to court	1
to execute judgment	1
to judgment	1
to my defense	1
to the punishment	1
to the punishment of	1
unjustly	1
was davids custom	1
when you render judgment	1
with their prescribed	1
with your justice	1
your judgments are	1
your justice	1
your ordinances before me	1
your punishment	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
judgment	52
of judgment	20
my judgments	18
and judgment	16
and judgments	13
in judgment	13
after the manner	11
the judgment	11
and his judgments	9
judgments	9
and the judgments	8
thy judgments	8
for judgment	7
that which is lawful	7
and my judgments	6
my judgment	5
right	5
their cause	5
the right	4
and an ordinance	3
into judgment	3
manner	3
no judgment	3
to judgment	3
with judgment	3
according to the manner	2
according to the order	2
and all my judgments	2
and in judgment	2
and the ordinances	2
because of thy judgments	2
cause	2
for all his judgments	2
for the judgment	2
for the right	2
his judgment	2
his judgments	2
not the manner	2
not worthy	2
of thy judgments	2
the cause	2
the judgments	2
thee in measure	2
them the manner	2
ye judgment	2
a just	1
a law	1
according to his charge	1
according to the custom	1
according to the fashion	1
according to the judgments	1
according to the ordinance	1
according to their form	1
according to their manner	1
according to their order	1
according to these judgments	1
according to thine ordinances	1
according to this judgment	1
according unto the manner	1
according unto their manner	1
after the manners	1
after the same manner	1
after their manner	1
against my right	1
against thee in judgment	1
against thy judgments	1
all the judgments	1
and according to the manner	1
and according to their deserts	1
and after the manner	1
and all the judgments	1
and from judgment	1
and from thy judgments	1
and if of judgment	1
and justice	1
and my judgment	1
and not by right	1
and of judgment	1
and the cause	1
and the right	1
and thy judgment	1
and thy judgments	1
and unto the judgments	1
are judged	1
as the manner	1
behold they whose judgment	1
both according to their fashions	1
but judgment	1
but let judgment	1
but the whole disposing	1
by judgment	1
by wrong	1
crimes	1
custom	1
due	1
for her judgment	1
for him after the judgment	1
for my determination	1
for thee in judgment	1
for thy judgments	1
for when thy judgments	1
from me and i will make my judgment	1
from thy judgments	1
him not after the due order	1
him to discretion	1
his manner	1
how shall we order	1
in my judgments	1
in the judgment	1
in thy judgments	1
it according to my judgments	1
it according to the manner	1
it with judgment	1
justly	1
let my sentence	1
manner of law	1
manners	1
me according to thy judgment	1
me according to thy judgments	1
me but with judgment	1
me into judgment	1
me my judgment	1
me thy judgments	1
mine adversary	1
mine ordinances	1
my right	1
nor the judgments	1
not in judgment	1
not in my judgments	1
not into judgment	1
not judgment	1
not the judgment	1
not the ordinance	1
of it and according to all the ceremonies	1
of me the ordinances	1
of the judgment	1
on judgment	1
or after their ordinances	1
or cause	1
perverting of judgment	1
sentence	1
that thy judgments	1
the manner	1
thee according to their judgments	1
thee and according to the judgment	1
thee and let thy judgments	1
thee into judgment	1
their judgment	1
their judgments	1
them after the manner	1
them for judgment	1
them my judgments	1
them with judgment	1
themselves after their manner	1
then judgment	1
therefore is judgment	1
thereof and according to all the fashion	1
this will be the manner	1
thou my cause	1
thou this to be right	1
thus judgment	1
thy judgment	1
to her for judgment	1
to my judgment	1
to these judgments	1
to us judgment	1
to you to judgment	1
unto judgment	1
unto me as thou usest	1
unto them what manner	1
unto thy judgments	1
upon them the judgment	1
whose right	1
with discretion	1
with her after the manner	1
with thee into judgment	1
with you in the judgment	1
without right	1
worthy	1
worthy of	1
wrongfully	1

Verses containing H4941

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Genesis 18:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For I have chosen him, so that he will command his children and his household after him to keep the way of the LORD by doing what is right and just, in order that the LORD may bring upon Abraham what He has promised.”
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Genesis 18:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?”
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Genesis 40:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.
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Exodus 15:25 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Moses cried out to the LORD, and the LORD showed him a log. And when he cast it into the waters, they were sweetened. There the LORD made for them a statute and an ordinance, and there He tested them,
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Exodus 21:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“These are the ordinances that you are to set before them:
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Exodus 21:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And if he chooses her for his son, he must deal with her as with a daughter.
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Exodus 21:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If the ox gores a son or a daughter, it shall be done to him according to the same rule.
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Exodus 23:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You shall not deny justice to the poor in their lawsuits.
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Exodus 24:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Moses came and told the people all the words and ordinances of the LORD, they all responded with one voice: “All the words that the LORD has spoken, we will do.”
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Exodus 26:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So you are to set up the tabernacle according to the pattern shown you on the mountain.
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Exodus 28:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are also to make a breastpiece of judgment with the same workmanship as the ephod. Construct it with gold, with blue, purple, and scarlet yarn, and with finely spun linen.
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Exodus 28:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whenever Aaron enters the Holy Place, he shall bear the names of the sons of Israel over his heart on the breastpiece of judgment, as a continual reminder before the LORD.
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Exodus 28:30 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And place the Urim and Thummim in the breastpiece of judgment, so that they will also be over Aaron’s heart whenever he comes before the LORD. Aaron will continually carry the judgment of the sons of Israel over his heart before the LORD.
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Leviticus 5:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And the priest must prepare the second bird as a burnt offering according to the ordinance. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.
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Leviticus 9:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He presented the burnt offering and offered it according to the ordinance.
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Leviticus 18:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to practice My judgments and keep My statutes by walking in them. I am the LORD your God.
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Leviticus 18:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Keep My statutes and My judgments, for the man who does these things will live by them. I am the LORD.
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Leviticus 18:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But you are to keep My statutes and ordinances, and you must not commit any of these abominations—neither your native-born nor the foreigner who lives among you.
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Leviticus 19:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not pervert justice; you must not show partiality to the poor or favoritism to the rich; you are to judge your neighbor fairly.
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Leviticus 19:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must not use dishonest measures of length, weight, or volume.
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Leviticus 19:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You must keep all My statutes and all My ordinances and follow them. I am the LORD.”
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Leviticus 20:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are therefore to keep all My statutes and ordinances, so that the land where I am bringing you to live will not vomit you out.
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Leviticus 24:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to have the same standard of law for the foreign resident and the native; for I am the LORD your God.’”
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Leviticus 25:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to keep My statutes and carefully observe My judgments, so that you may dwell securely in the land.
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Leviticus 26:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and if you reject My statutes, despise My ordinances, and neglect to carry out all My commandments, and so break My covenant,
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Leviticus 26:43 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the land will be abandoned by them, and it will enjoy its Sabbaths by lying desolate without them. And they will pay the penalty for their iniquity, because they rejected My ordinances and abhorred My statutes.
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Leviticus 26:46 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the statutes, ordinances, and laws that the LORD established between Himself and the Israelites through Moses on Mount Sinai.
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Numbers 9:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to observe it at the appointed time, at twilight on the fourteenth day of this month, in accordance with its statutes and ordinances.”
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Numbers 9:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If a foreigner dwelling among you wants to observe the Passover to the LORD, he is to do so according to the Passover statute and its ordinances. You are to apply the same statute to both the foreigner and the native of the land.’”
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Numbers 15:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The same law and the same ordinance will apply both to you and to the foreigner residing with you.”
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Numbers 15:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
and if it was done unintentionally without the knowledge of the congregation, then the whole congregation is to prepare one young bull as a burnt offering, a pleasing aroma to the LORD, with its grain offering and drink offering according to the regulation, and one male goat as a sin offering.
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Numbers 27:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Moses brought their case before the LORD,
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Numbers 27:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And if his father has no brothers, give his inheritance to the next of kin from his clan, that he may take possession of it. This is to be a statutory ordinance for the Israelites, as the LORD has commanded Moses.’”
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Numbers 27:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He shall stand before Eleazar the priest, who will seek counsel for him before the LORD by the judgment of the Urim. At his command, he and all the Israelites with him—the entire congregation—will go out and come in.”
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Numbers 29:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are in addition to the monthly and daily burnt offerings with their prescribed grain offerings and drink offerings. They are a pleasing aroma, a food offering to the LORD.
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Numbers 29:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.
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Numbers 29:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.
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Numbers 29:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.
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Numbers 29:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.
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Numbers 29:30 · BSB · 1 occurrence
along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.
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Numbers 29:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.
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Numbers 29:37 · BSB · 1 occurrence
along with the grain and drink offerings for the bulls, rams, and lambs, according to the number prescribed.
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Numbers 35:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to have these cities as a refuge from the avenger, so that the manslayer will not die until he stands trial before the assembly.
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Numbers 35:24 · BSB · 1 occurrence
then the congregation must judge between the slayer and the avenger of blood according to these ordinances.
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Numbers 35:29 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This will be a statutory ordinance for you for the generations to come, wherever you live.
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Numbers 36:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the commandments and ordinances that the LORD gave the Israelites through Moses on the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho.
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Deuteronomy 1:17 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Show no partiality in judging; hear both small and great alike. Do not be intimidated by anyone, for judgment belongs to God. And bring to me any case too difficult for you, and I will hear it.”
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Deuteronomy 4:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Hear now, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances I am teaching you to follow, so that you may live and may enter and take possession of the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, is giving you.
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Deuteronomy 4:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
See, I have taught you statutes and ordinances just as the LORD my God has commanded me, so that you may follow them in the land that you are about to enter and possess.
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Deuteronomy 4:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
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