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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Psalms 51:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Against You, You only, have I sinned and done what is evil in Your sight, so that You may be proved right when You speak and blameless when You judge.
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Source alternate reference: 51.6
Psalms 58:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the choirmaster. To the tune of “Do Not Destroy.” A Miktam of David. Do you indeed speak justly, O rulers? Do you judge uprightly, O sons of men?
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Source alternate reference: 58.2
Psalms 58:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then men will say, “There is surely a reward for the righteous! There is surely a God who judges the earth!”
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Source alternate reference: 58.12
Psalms 67:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Let the nations be glad and sing for joy, for You judge the peoples justly and lead the nations of the earth. Selah
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Source alternate reference: 67.5
Psalms 72:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
May he vindicate the afflicted among the people; may he save the children of the needy and crush the oppressor.
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Psalms 75:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“When I choose a time, I will judge fairly.
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Source alternate reference: 75.3
Psalms 75:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but it is God who judges; He brings down one and exalts another.
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Source alternate reference: 75.8
Psalms 82:1 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A Psalm of Asaph. God presides in the divine assembly; He renders judgment among the gods:
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Psalms 82:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“How long will you judge unjustly and show partiality to the wicked? Selah
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Psalms 82:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Defend the cause of the weak and fatherless; uphold the rights of the afflicted and oppressed.
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Psalms 82:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Arise, O God, judge the earth, for all the nations are Your inheritance.
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Psalms 94:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.
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Psalms 96:13 · BSB · 2 occurrences
before the LORD, for He is coming—He is coming to judge the earth. He will judge the world in righteousness and the peoples in His faithfulness.
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Psalms 98:9 · BSB · 2 occurrences
before the LORD, for He comes to judge the earth. He will judge the world with righteousness and the peoples with equity.
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Psalms 109:7 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When he is tried, let him be found guilty, and may his prayer be regarded as sin.
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Psalms 109:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For He stands at the right hand of the needy one, to save him from the condemners of his soul.
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Psalms 141:6 · BSB · 1 occurrence
When their rulers are thrown down from the cliffs, the people will listen to my words, for they are pleasant.
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Psalms 148:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
kings of the earth and all peoples, princes and all rulers of the earth,
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Proverbs 8:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
By me princes rule, and all nobles who govern justly.
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Proverbs 29:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
If a wise man goes to court with a fool, there will be raving and laughing with no resolution.
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Proverbs 29:14 · BSB · 1 occurrence
A king who judges the poor with fairness—his throne will be established forever.
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Proverbs 31:9 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Open your mouth, judge righteously, and defend the cause of the poor and needy.
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Ecclesiastes 3:17 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I said in my heart, “God will judge the righteous and the wicked, since there is a time for every activity and every deed.”
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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 1:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
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Isaiah 1:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”
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Isaiah 2:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Then He will judge between the nations and arbitrate for many peoples. They will beat their swords into plowshares and their spears into pruning hooks. Nation will no longer take up the sword against nation, nor train anymore for war.
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Isaiah 3:2 · BSB · 1 occurrence
the mighty man and the warrior, the judge and the prophet, the soothsayer and the elder,
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Isaiah 5:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
“And now, O dwellers of Jerusalem and men of Judah, I exhort you to judge between Me and My vineyard.
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Isaiah 11:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And He will delight in the fear of the LORD. He will not judge by what His eyes see, and He will not decide by what His ears hear,
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Isaiah 11:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
but with righteousness He will judge the poor, and with equity He will decide for the lowly of the earth. He will strike the earth with the rod of His mouth and slay the wicked with the breath of His lips.
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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 33:22 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For the LORD is our Judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our King. It is He who will save us.
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Isaiah 40:23 · BSB · 1 occurrence
He brings the princes to nothing and makes the rulers of the earth meaningless.
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Isaiah 43:26 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Remind Me, let us argue the matter together. State your case, so that you may be vindicated.
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Isaiah 51:5 · BSB · 1 occurrence
My righteousness draws near, My salvation is on the way, and My arms will bring justice to the nations. The islands will look for Me and wait in hope for My arm.
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Isaiah 59:4 · BSB · 1 occurrence
No one calls for justice; no one pleads his case honestly. They rely on empty pleas; they tell lies; they conceive mischief and give birth to iniquity.
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Isaiah 66:16 · BSB · 1 occurrence
For by fire and by His sword, the LORD will execute judgment on all flesh, and many will be slain by the LORD.
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Jeremiah 2:35 · BSB · 1 occurrence
you say, ‘I am innocent. Surely His anger will turn from me.’ Behold, I will judge you, because you say, ‘I have not sinned.’
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Jeremiah 5:28 · BSB · 1 occurrence
They have grown fat and sleek, and have excelled in the deeds of the wicked. They have not taken up the cause of the fatherless, that they might prosper; nor have they defended the rights of the needy.
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Jeremiah 11:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
O LORD of Hosts, who judges righteously, who examines the heart and mind, let me see Your vengeance upon them, for to You I have committed my cause.
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Jeremiah 25:31 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The tumult will resound to the ends of the earth because the LORD brings a charge against the nations. He brings judgment on all mankind and puts the wicked to the sword,’” declares the LORD.
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Lamentations 3:59 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You have seen, O LORD, the wrong done to me; vindicate my cause!
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Ezekiel 7:3 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The end is now upon you, and I will unleash My anger against you. I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.
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Ezekiel 7:8 · BSB · 1 occurrence
Very soon I will pour out My wrath upon you and vent My anger against you; I will judge you according to your ways and repay you for all your abominations.
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Ezekiel 7:27 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The king will mourn, the prince will be clothed with despair, and the hands of the people of the land will tremble. I will deal with them according to their conduct, and I will judge them by their own standards. Then they will know that I am the LORD.’”
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Ezekiel 11:10 · BSB · 1 occurrence
You will fall by the sword, and I will judge you even to the borders of Israel. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
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Ezekiel 11:11 · BSB · 1 occurrence
The city will not be a pot for you, nor will you be the meat within it. I will judge you even to the borders of Israel.
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Ezekiel 16:38 · BSB · 1 occurrence
And I will sentence you to the punishment of women who commit adultery and those who shed blood; so I will bring upon you the wrath of your bloodshed and jealousy.
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Ezekiel 17:20 · BSB · 1 occurrence
I will spread My net over him and catch him in My snare. I will bring him to Babylon and execute judgment upon him there for the treason he committed against Me.
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