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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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Proverbs 16:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The lot is cast into the lap, but its every decision is from the LORD.
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Proverbs 17:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.
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Proverbs 18:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Showing partiality to the wicked is not good, nor is depriving the innocent of justice.
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Proverbs 19:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A corrupt witness mocks justice, and a wicked mouth swallows iniquity.
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Proverbs 21:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
To do righteousness and justice is more desirable to the LORD than sacrifice.
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Proverbs 21:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The violence of the wicked will sweep them away because they refuse to do what is just.
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Proverbs 21:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Justice executed is a joy to the righteous, but a terror to the workers of iniquity.
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Proverbs 24:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These also are sayings of the wise: To show partiality in judgment is not good.
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Proverbs 28:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Evil men do not understand justice, but those who seek the LORD comprehend fully.
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Proverbs 29:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By justice a king brings stability to the land, but a man who exacts tribute demolishes it.
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Proverbs 29:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Many seek the ruler’s favor, but a man receives justice from the LORD.
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Ecclesiastes 3:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Furthermore, I saw under the sun that in the place of judgment there is wickedness, and in the place of righteousness there is wickedness.
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Ecclesiastes 5:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If you see the oppression of the poor and the denial of justice and righteousness in the province, do not be astonished at the matter; for one official is watched by a superior, and others higher still are over them.
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Source alternate reference: 5.7
Ecclesiastes 8:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whoever keeps his command will come to no harm, and a wise heart knows the right time and procedure.
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Ecclesiastes 8:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For there is a right time and procedure to every purpose, though a man’s misery weighs heavily upon him.
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Ecclesiastes 11:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Rejoice, O young man, while you are young, and let your heart be glad in the days of your youth. 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 to judgment.
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Ecclesiastes 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For God will bring every deed into judgment, along with every hidden thing, whether good or evil.
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Isaiah 1:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Learn to do right; seek justice and correct the oppressor. Defend the fatherless and plead the case of the widow.”
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Isaiah 1:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
See how the faithful city has become a harlot! She once was full of justice; righteousness resided within her, but now only murderers!
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Isaiah 1:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Zion will be redeemed with justice, her repentant ones with righteousness.
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Isaiah 3:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD brings this charge against the elders and leaders of His people: “You have devoured the vineyard; the plunder of the poor is in your houses.
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Isaiah 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
when the Lord has washed away the filth of the daughters of Zion and cleansed the bloodstains from the heart of Jerusalem by a spirit of judgment and a spirit of fire.
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Isaiah 5:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the vineyard of the LORD of Hosts is the house of Israel, and the men of Judah are the plant of His delight. He looked for justice, but saw bloodshed; for righteousness, but heard a cry of distress.
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Isaiah 5:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the LORD of Hosts will be exalted by His justice, and the holy God will show Himself holy in righteousness.
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Isaiah 9:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Of the increase of His government and peace there will be no end. He will reign on the throne of David and over his kingdom, to establish and sustain it with justice and righteousness from that time and forevermore. The zeal of the LORD of Hosts will accomplish this.
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Source alternate reference: 9.6
Isaiah 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
to deprive the poor of fair treatment and withhold justice from the oppressed of My people, to make widows their prey and orphans their plunder.
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Isaiah 16:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
in loving devotion a throne will be established in the tent of David. A judge seeking justice and hastening righteousness will sit on it in faithfulness.
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Isaiah 26:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Yes, we wait for You, O LORD; we walk in the path of Your judgments. Your name and renown are the desire of our souls.
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Isaiah 26:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My soul longs for You in the night; indeed, my spirit seeks You at dawn. For when Your judgments come upon the earth, the people of the world learn righteousness.
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Isaiah 28:6 · BSB · 2 occurrences
a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.
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Isaiah 28:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will make justice the measuring line and righteousness the level. Hail will sweep away your refuge of lies, and water will flood your hiding place.
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Isaiah 28:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For his God instructs and teaches him properly.
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Isaiah 30:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Therefore the LORD longs to be gracious to you; therefore He rises to show you compassion, for the LORD is a just God. Blessed are all who wait for Him.
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Isaiah 32:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Behold, a king will reign in righteousness, and princes will rule with justice.
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Isaiah 32:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The weapons of the scoundrel are destructive; he hatches plots to destroy the poor with lies, even when the plea of the needy is just.
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Isaiah 32:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then justice will inhabit the wilderness, and righteousness will dwell in the fertile field.
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Isaiah 33:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD is exalted, for He dwells on high; He has filled Zion with justice and righteousness.
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Isaiah 34:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When My sword has drunk its fill in the heavens, then it will come down upon Edom, upon the people I have devoted to destruction.
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Isaiah 40:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Whom did He consult to enlighten Him, and who taught Him the paths of justice? Who imparted knowledge to Him and showed Him the way of understanding?
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Isaiah 40:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Why do you say, O Jacob, and why do you assert, O Israel, “My way is hidden from the LORD, and my claim is ignored by my God”?
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Isaiah 41:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Be silent before Me, O islands, and let the peoples renew their strength. Let them come forward and testify; let us together draw near for judgment.
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Isaiah 42:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Here is My Servant, whom I uphold, My Chosen One, in whom My soul delights. I will put My Spirit on Him, and He will bring justice to the nations.
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Isaiah 42:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A bruised reed He will not break and a smoldering wick He will not extinguish; He will faithfully bring forth justice.
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Isaiah 42:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He will not grow weak or discouraged before He has established justice on the earth. In His law the islands will put their hope.”
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Isaiah 49:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”
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Isaiah 50:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The One who vindicates Me is near. Who will dare to contend with Me? Let us confront each other! Who has a case against Me? Let him approach Me!
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Isaiah 51:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Pay attention to Me, My people, and listen to Me, My nation; for a law will go out from Me, and My justice will become a light to the nations; I will bring it about quickly.
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Isaiah 53:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By oppression and judgment He was taken away, and who can recount His descendants? For He was cut off from the land of the living; He was stricken for the transgression of My people.
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Isaiah 54:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No weapon formed against you shall prosper, and you will refute every tongue that accuses you. This is the heritage of the servants of the LORD, and their vindication is from Me,” declares the LORD.
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Isaiah 56:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
This is what the LORD says: “Maintain justice and do what is right, for My salvation is coming soon, and My righteousness will be revealed.
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