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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

Page 9 of 9. 406 verses in the selected STEP text, printed below in BSB where available. Read each verse in its chapter to follow the author’s thought.

Zephaniah 3:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The LORD has taken away your punishment; He has turned back your enemy. Israel’s King, the LORD, is among you; no longer will you fear any harm.
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Zechariah 7:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“This is what the LORD of Hosts says: ‘Administer true justice. Show loving devotion and compassion to one another.
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Zechariah 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
These are the things you must do: Speak truth to one another, render true and sound judgments in your gates,
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Malachi 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have wearied the LORD with your words; yet you ask, “How have we wearied Him?” By saying, “All who do evil are good in the sight of the LORD, and in them He delights,” or, “Where is the God of justice?”
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Malachi 3:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Then I will draw near to you for judgment. And I will be a swift witness against sorcerers and adulterers and perjurers, against oppressors of the widowed and fatherless, and against those who defraud laborers of their wages and deny justice to the foreigner but do not fear Me,” says the LORD of Hosts.
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Malachi 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Remember the law of My servant Moses, the statutes and ordinances I commanded him for all Israel at Horeb.
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Source alternate reference: 3.22

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