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מִשְׁפָּט

mish.patjustice: judgementHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentNoun · masculine410 occurrences31 books395 verses
This word comes from the name of Hall of Judgment.

Definition

from H8199; 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
Traditional renderings: adversary, ceremony, charge, × 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, × worthy, wrong.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders מִשְׁפָּט:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

410 total
  1. Deuteronomy 4:8וּמִשְׁפָּטִ֖ים · and ordinances
    And what nation is great enough to have righteous statutes and ordinances like this entire law I set before you today?
  2. Deuteronomy 4:14וּמִשְׁפָּטִ֑ים · and ordinances
    At that time the LORD commanded me to teach you the statutes and ordinances you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess.
  3. Deuteronomy 4:45וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑ים · and ordinances
    These are the testimonies, statutes, and ordinances that Moses proclaimed to them after they had come out of Egypt,
  4. Deuteronomy 5:1הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים · and ordinances
    Then Moses summoned all Israel and said to them: Hear, O Israel, the statutes and ordinances that I declare in your hearing this day. Learn them and observe them carefully.
  5. Deuteronomy 5:31וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֖ים · and ordinances
    But you stand here with Me, that I may speak to you all the commandments and statutes and ordinances you are to teach them to follow in the land that I am giving them to possess.”
  6. Deuteronomy 6:1וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים · and ordinances
    These are the commandments and statutes and ordinances that the LORD your God has instructed me to teach you to follow in the land that you are about to enter and possess,
  7. Deuteronomy 6:20וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים · and ordinances
    In the future, when your son asks, “What is the meaning of the decrees and statutes and ordinances that the LORD our God has commanded you?”
  8. Deuteronomy 7:11הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֗ים · ordinances
    So keep the commandments and statutes and ordinances that I am giving you to follow this day.
  9. Deuteronomy 7:12הַמִּשְׁפָּטִים֙ · ordinances
    If you listen to these ordinances and keep them carefully, then the LORD your God will keep His covenant and the loving devotion that He swore to your fathers.
  10. Deuteronomy 8:11וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֣יו · and ordinances
    Be careful not to forget the LORD your God by failing to keep His commandments and ordinances and statutes, which I am giving you this day.
  11. Deuteronomy 10:18מִשְׁפַּ֥ט · justice
    He executes justice for the fatherless and widow, and He loves the foreigner, giving him food and clothing.
  12. Deuteronomy 11:1וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֛יו · His ordinances
    You shall therefore love the LORD your God and always keep His charge, His statutes, His ordinances, and His commandments.
  13. Deuteronomy 11:32הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑ים · and ordinances
    …be careful to follow all the statutes and ordinances that I am setting before you today.
  14. Deuteronomy 12:1וְהַמִּשְׁפָּטִים֮ · and ordinances
    These are the statutes and ordinances you must be careful to follow all the days you live in the land that the LORD, the God of your fathers, has given you to possess.
  15. Deuteronomy 16:18מִשְׁפַּט־ · judgment
    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.
  16. Deuteronomy 16:19מִשְׁפָּ֔ט · justice
    Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
  17. Deuteronomy 17:8לַמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט · to judge
    If a case is too difficult for you to judge, whether the controversy within your gates is regarding bloodshed, lawsuits, or assaults, you must go up to the place the LORD your God will choose.
  18. Deuteronomy 17:11הַמִּשְׁפָּ֛ט · and the verdict
    …according to the terms of law they give and the verdict they proclaim. Do not turn aside to the right or to the left from the decision they declare to you.
  19. Deuteronomy 18:3מִשְׁפַּ֨ט · share
    This shall be the priests’ share from the people who offer a sacrifice, whether a bull or a sheep: the priests are to be given the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.
  20. Deuteronomy 19:6מִשְׁפַּט־ · deserve
    Otherwise, the avenger of blood might pursue the manslayer in a rage, overtake him if the distance is great, and strike him dead though he did not deserve to die, since he did not intend any harm.
  21. Deuteronomy 21:17מִשְׁפַּ֥ט · the right
    Instead, he must acknowledge the firstborn, the son of his unloved wife, by giving him a double portion of all that he has. For that son is the firstfruits of his father’s strength; the right of the firstborn belongs to him.
  22. Deuteronomy 21:22מִשְׁפַּט־ · worthy
    If a man has committed a sin worthy of death, and he is executed, and you hang his body on a tree,
  23. Deuteronomy 24:17מִשְׁפַּ֖ט · justice
    Do not deny justice to the foreigner or the fatherless, and do not take a widow’s cloak as security.
  24. Deuteronomy 25:1הַמִּשְׁפָּ֖ט · court
    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.
  25. Deuteronomy 26:16הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֑ים · and ordinances
    The LORD your God commands you this day to follow these statutes and ordinances. You must be careful to follow them with all your heart and with all your soul.
  26. Deuteronomy 26:17וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו · and ordinances
    Today you have proclaimed that the LORD is your God and that you will walk in His ways, keep His statutes and commandments and ordinances, and listen to His voice.
  27. Deuteronomy 27:19מִשְׁפַּ֥ט · justice
    ‘Cursed is he who withholds justice from the foreigner, the fatherless, or the widow.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
  28. Deuteronomy 30:16וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֑יו · and ordinances
    For I am commanding you today to love the LORD your God, to walk in His ways, and to keep His commandments, statutes, and ordinances, so that you may live and increase, and the LORD your God may bless you in the land that you are entering to possess.
  29. Deuteronomy 32:4מִשְׁפָּ֑ט · are just
    He is the Rock, His work is perfect; all His ways are just. A God of faithfulness without injustice, righteous and upright is He.
  30. Deuteronomy 32:41בְּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט · in judgment
    …when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
  31. Deuteronomy 33:10מִשְׁפָּטֶ֙יךָ֙ · Your ordinances
    He will teach Your ordinances to Jacob and Your law to Israel; he will set incense before You and whole burnt offerings on Your altar.
  32. Deuteronomy 33:21וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו · and His ordinances
    He chose the best land for himself, because a ruler’s portion was reserved for him there. He came with the leaders of the people; he administered the LORD’s justice and His ordinances for Israel.”
  33. Joshua 6:15כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֥ט · manner
    Then on the seventh day, they got up at dawn and marched around the city seven times in the same manner. That was the only day they circled the city seven times.
  34. Joshua 20:6לַמִּשְׁפָּ֔ט · trial
    He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”
  35. Joshua 24:25וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט · and ordinance
    On that day Joshua made a covenant for the people, and there at Shechem he established for them a statute and ordinance.
  36. Judges 4:5לַמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ · for judgment
    And she would sit under the Palm of Deborah between Ramah and Bethel in the hill country of Ephraim, where the Israelites would go up to her for judgment.
  37. Judges 13:12מִשְׁפַּט־ · rule of life
    Then Manoah asked, “When your words come to pass, what will be the boy’s rule of life and mission?”
  38. Judges 18:7כְּמִשְׁפַּ֨ט · like
    So the five men departed and came to Laish, where they saw that the people were living securely, like the Sidonians, quiet and unsuspecting. There was nothing lacking in the land and no oppressive ruler. And they were far away from the Sidonians and had no alliance with anyone.
  39. 1 Samuel 2:13וּמִשְׁפַּ֥ט · or for the custom
    …or for the custom of the priests with the people. When any man offered a sacrifice, the servant of the priest would come with a three-pronged meat fork while the meat was boiling
  40. 1 Samuel 8:3מִשְׁפָּֽט׃פ · justice
    But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.
  41. 1 Samuel 8:9מִשְׁפַּ֣ט · the manner
    Now listen to their voice; but you must solemnly warn them and show them the manner of the king who will reign over them.”
  42. 1 Samuel 8:11מִשְׁפַּ֣ט · the manner
    He said, “This will be the manner of the king who will reign over you: He will take your sons and appoint them to serve his own chariots and horses, and to run in front of his chariots.
  43. 1 Samuel 10:25מִשְׁפַּ֣ט · the rights
    Then Samuel explained to the people the rights of kingship. He wrote them on a scroll and laid it up before the LORD. And Samuel sent all the people away, each to his own home.
  44. 1 Samuel 27:11מִשְׁפָּט֔וֹ · was David’s custom
    David did not leave a man or woman alive to be brought to Gath, for he said, “Otherwise they will report us, saying, ‘This is what David did.’” And this was David’s custom the whole time he lived in Philistine territory.
  45. 1 Samuel 30:25וּלְמִשְׁפָּט֙ · and ordinance
    And so it has been from that day forward. David established this statute and ordinance for Israel to this very day.
  46. 2 Samuel 8:15מִשְׁפָּ֥ט · justice
    Thus David reigned over all Israel and administered justice and righteousness for all his people:
  47. 2 Samuel 15:2לַמִּשְׁפָּ֗ט · for a decision
    He would get up early and stand beside the road leading to the city gate. Whenever anyone had a grievance to bring before the king for a decision, Absalom would call out and ask, “What city are you from?” And if he replied, “Your servant is from one of the tribes of Israel,”
  48. 2 Samuel 15:4וּמִשְׁפָּ֖ט · or dispute
    And he would add, “If only someone would appoint me judge in the land, then everyone with a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would give him justice.”
  49. 2 Samuel 15:6לַמִּשְׁפָּ֖ט · for justice
    Absalom did this to all the Israelites who came to the king for justice. In this way he stole the hearts of the men of Israel.
  50. 2 Samuel 22:23מִשְׁפָּטוֹ · His ordinances [are]
    For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.