sha.phat H8199

שָׁפַט (sha.phat) means “to judge” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.

שָׁפַט Hebrew · H8199 202 tagged occurrences in 182 verses

Pronunciation guide: shaw-fat' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.

Lexicon entries

TBESH · H8199

שָׁפַט · sha.phat · to judge

1) to judge, govern, vindicate, punish 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to act as law-giver or judge or governor (of God, man) 1a1a) to rule, govern, judge 1a2) to decide controversy (of God, man) 1a3) to execute judgment 1a3a) discriminating (of man) 1a3b) vindicating 1a3c) condemning and punishing 1a3d) at theophanic advent for final judgment 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to enter into controversy, plead, have controversy together 1b2) to be judged 1c) (Poel) judge, opponent-at-law (participle)

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Strong’s Hebrew dictionary

a primitive root; to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)

KJV glosses: [phrase] avenge, [idiom] that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), [idiom] needs, plead, reason, rule.

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How translators render H8199

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
judge	11
judges	9
the judge	7
to judge	7
and judges	6
i will judge	6
judged	6
vindicate me	4
who judges	4
and judge	3
he will judge	3
i will enter into judgment	3
i will judge you	3
judging	3
the judges	3
to judge us	3
will judge	3
a judge	2
and governed	2
as judges	2
defend	2
had judged	2
may you judge	2
then he will judge	2
to govern	2
will you judge	2
will you pass judgment	2
your judges	2
administer	1
and decide	1
and deliver me	1
and execute judgment	1
and he is already acting like a judge	1
and he judged	1
and i will judge	1
and i will judge them	1
and i will sentence you	1
and judge you	1
and samson judged	1
and the judge	1
and the rulers	1
and they judged	1
and they will punish you	1
be judged	1
brings judgment	1
but i will judge	1
decide	1
defend the cause	1
defended	1
do you judge	1
does he judge	1
from my judge	1
from the condemners	1
goes to court	1
had given	1
had governed	1
has avenged him	1
has avenged you	1
have these men judge	1
he judged	1
he renders judgment	1
he was to judge	1
her judges are	1
i could only beg my judge	1
i entered into judgment	1
i judge you	1
i judged them	1
i will execute judgment	1
ibzan judged	1
is able to govern	1
is judge	1
is our judge	1
its judges	1
let us argue the matter	1
may he vindicate	1
must judge	1
o judge	1
o judges	1
of judges	1
of the judge	1
of the judges	1
of the leaders	1
our rulers	1
pleads his case	1
ruled	1
rulers	1
so that i may confront	1
that judge	1
the ruler	1
the rulers	1
their judges	1
their rulers	1
they are to judge	1
they can judge	1
they were judges	1
they would judge	1
to be judged	1
to rule over	1
to the judges	1
to vindicate	1
tola judged	1
under judgment	1
vindicate	1
was executing judgment	1
was judging	1
when he is tried	1
when the judges	1
when their rulers	1
when you judge	1
while the judge	1
who govern	1
who judged	1
will bring justice	1
will execute judgment	1
will sentence	1
will you judge her	1
will you judge them	1
would judge	1
you are to judge	1
you judge	1
you to judge	1

KJV rendering counts
Rendering	Count
judge	14
to judge	11
judges	7
and he judged	6
i will judge	6
judged	6
the judge	5
wilt thou judge	5
and judge	4
judging	4
and he shall judge	3
and the judges	3
of the judges	3
shall judge	3
they shall judge	3
and for their judges	2
and i will judge	2
and judged	2
and judges	2
and thy judges	2
and will plead	2
execute	2
hath avenged	2
he shall judge	2
judgeth	2
may judge	2
shall he judge	2
that judged	2
against us and against our judges	1
all the judges	1
among them when i have judged	1
and a judge	1
and all judges	1
and deliver	1
and he had judged	1
and he shall not judge	1
and he will needs	1
and i will plead	1
and it came to pass when the judge	1
and let them judge	1
and maketh the judges	1
and the judge	1
and their judges	1
and there he judged	1
and there will i plead	1
and they judged	1
and they shall judge	1
and to the judges	1
and unto the judge	1
be a judge	1
be judge	1
be judged	1
behold i judge	1
came upon him and he judged	1
can he judge	1
contendeth	1
defend	1
do they not judge	1
do ye judge	1
for thou shalt judge	1
for thyself that thou mayest judge	1
for who can judge	1
for ye judge	1
from me behold i will plead	1
from my judge	1
from thee shall not the judge	1
from those that condemn	1
had judged	1
he judgeth	1
he will plead	1
her judges	1
him that i will judge	1
him when he is judged	1
how long will ye judge	1
i judged	1
in judgment	1
let us plead	1
like as i pleaded	1
of the judge	1
or unto the judge	1
our judge	1
plead	1
pleadeth	1
ruled	1
seeing he judgeth	1
shall they judge	1
shalt thou judge	1
she judged	1
so will i plead	1
that i may reason	1
that judgest	1
that judgeth	1
that the judge	1
the judges	1
their judges	1
them and they shall judge	1
them up judges	1
therefore i will judge	1
thereof judge	1
they judge	1
they judged	1
thy judges	1
thyself thou judge	1
to my judge	1
to the judges	1
unto me and i judge	1
unto the judges	1
unto their judges	1
upon thee and i will judge	1
upon thee and will judge	1
upon you and judge	1
was executing judgment	1
was with the judge	1
when he shall be judged	1
when the judges	1
when their judges	1
when thou judgest	1
where he might judge	1
will i judge	1
wilt thou not judge	1
ye judges	1
your judges	1

Verses containing H8199

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Genesis 16:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.”
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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 19:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
“Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.
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Genesis 31:53 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.
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Exodus 2:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.”
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Exodus 5:21 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!”
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Exodus 18:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The next day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening.
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Exodus 18:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.”
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Exodus 18:22 · BSB · 2 occurrences
Have these men judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you any major issue, but all minor cases they can judge on their own, so that your load may be lightened as they share it with you.
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Exodus 18:26 · BSB · 2 occurrences
And they judged the people at all times; they would bring the difficult cases to Moses, but any minor issue they would judge themselves.
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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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Numbers 25:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Moses told the judges of Israel, “Each of you must kill all of his men who have joined in worshiping Baal of Peor.”
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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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Deuteronomy 1:16 · BSB · 2 occurrences
At that time I charged your judges: “Hear the disputes between your brothers, and judge fairly between a man and his brother or a foreign resident.
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Deuteronomy 16:18 · BSB · 2 occurrences
You are to appoint judges and officials for your tribes in every town that the LORD your God is giving you. They are to judge the people with righteous judgment.
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Deuteronomy 17:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You are to go to the Levitical priests and to the judge who presides at that time. Inquire of them, and they will give you a verdict in the case.
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Deuteronomy 17:12 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But the man who acts presumptuously, refusing to listen either to the priest who stands there to serve the LORD your God, or to the judge, must be put to death. You must purge the evil from Israel.
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Deuteronomy 19:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
both parties to the dispute must stand in the presence of the LORD, before the priests and judges who are in office at that time.
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Deuteronomy 19:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The judges shall investigate thoroughly, and if the witness is proven to be a liar who has falsely accused his brother,
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Deuteronomy 21:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
your elders and judges must come out and measure the distance from the victim to the neighboring cities.
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Deuteronomy 25:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If there is a dispute between men, they are to go to court to be judged, so that the innocent may be acquitted and the guilty condemned.
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Deuteronomy 25:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If the guilty man deserves to be beaten, the judge shall have him lie down and be flogged in his presence with the number of lashes his crime warrants.
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Joshua 8:33 · BSB · 1 occurrence
All Israel, foreigners and citizens alike, with their elders, officers, and judges, stood on both sides of the ark of the covenant of the LORD facing the Levitical priests who carried it. Half of the people stood in front of Mount Gerizim and half of them in front of Mount Ebal, as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded earlier, to bless the people of Israel.
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Joshua 23:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
he summoned all Israel, including its elders, leaders, judges, and officers. “I am old and well along in years,” he said,
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Joshua 24:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Joshua assembled all the tribes of Israel at Shechem. He summoned the elders, leaders, judges, and officers of Israel, and they presented themselves before God.
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Judges 2:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then the LORD raised up judges, who saved them from the hands of those who plundered them.
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Judges 2:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Israel, however, did not listen to their judges. Instead, they prostituted themselves with other gods and bowed down to them. They quickly turned from the way of their fathers, who had walked in obedience to the LORD’s commandments; they did not do as their fathers had done.
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Judges 2:18 · BSB · 3 occurrences
Whenever the LORD raised up a judge for the Israelites, He was with that judge and saved them from the hands of their enemies while the judge was still alive; for the LORD was moved to pity by their groaning under those who oppressed them and afflicted them.
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Judges 2:19 · BSB · 1 occurrence
But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
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Judges 3:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he became Israel’s judge and went out to war. And the LORD delivered Cushan-rishathaim king of Aram into the hand of Othniel, who prevailed against him.
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Judges 4:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Now Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lappidoth, was judging Israel at that time.
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Judges 10:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Tola judged Israel twenty-three years, and when he died, he was buried in Shamir.
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Judges 10:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Tola was followed by Jair the Gileadite, who judged Israel twenty-two years.
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Judges 11:27 · BSB · 2 occurrences
I have not sinned against you, but you have done me wrong by waging war against me. May the LORD, the Judge, decide today between the Israelites and the Ammonites.”
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Judges 12:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Jephthah judged Israel six years, and when he died, he was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
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Judges 12:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After Jephthah, Ibzan of Bethlehem judged Israel.
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Judges 12:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He had thirty sons, as well as thirty daughters whom he gave in marriage to men outside his clan; and for his sons he brought back thirty wives from elsewhere. Ibzan judged Israel seven years.
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Judges 12:11 · BSB · 2 occurrences
After Ibzan, Elon the Zebulunite judged Israel ten years.
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Judges 12:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
After Elon, Abdon son of Hillel, from Pirathon, judged Israel.
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Judges 12:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He had forty sons and thirty grandsons, who rode on seventy donkeys. And he judged Israel eight years.
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Judges 15:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And Samson judged Israel for twenty years in the days of the Philistines.
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Judges 16:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then Samson’s brothers and his father’s family came down, carried him back, and buried him between Zorah and Eshtaol in the tomb of his father Manoah. And he had judged Israel twenty years.
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Ruth 1:1 · BSB · 2 occurrences
In the days when the judges ruled, there was a famine in the land. And a certain man from Bethlehem in Judah, with his wife and two sons, went to reside in the land of Moab.
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1 Samuel 3:13 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I told him that I would judge his house forever for the iniquity of which he knows, because his sons blasphemed God and he did not restrain them.
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1 Samuel 4:18 · BSB · 1 occurrence
As soon as the ark of God was mentioned, Eli fell backward from his chair by the city gate, and being old and heavy, he broke his neck and died. And Eli had judged Israel forty years.
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1 Samuel 7:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When they had gathered at Mizpah, they drew water and poured it out before the LORD. On that day they fasted, and there they confessed, “We have sinned against the LORD.” And Samuel judged the Israelites at Mizpah.
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1 Samuel 7:15 · BSB · 1 occurrence
So Samuel judged Israel all the days of his life.
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1 Samuel 7:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Every year he would go on a circuit from Bethel to Gilgal to Mizpah, judging Israel in all these places.
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1 Samuel 7:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
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1 Samuel 8:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When Samuel grew old, he appointed his sons as judges over Israel.
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