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. 2 Chronicles 35:13כַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט · according to the regulation
    They roasted the Passover animals on the fire according to the regulation, and they boiled the other holy offerings in pots, kettles, and bowls and quickly brought them to all the people.
  2. Ezra 3:4כְּמִשְׁפַּ֖ט · prescribed
    They also celebrated the Feast of Tabernacles in accordance with what is written, and they offered burnt offerings daily based on the number prescribed for each day.
  3. Ezra 7:10וּמִשְׁפָּֽט׃ס · and ordinances
    For Ezra had set his heart to study the Law of the LORD, to practice it, and to teach its statutes and ordinances in Israel.
  4. Nehemiah 1:7הַמִּשְׁפָּטִ֔ים · and ordinances
    We have behaved corruptly against You and have not kept the commandments, statutes, and ordinances that You gave Your servant Moses.
  5. Nehemiah 8:18כַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃פ · according to the ordinance
    Day after day, from the first day to the last, Ezra read from the Book of the Law of God. The Israelites kept the feast for seven days, and on the eighth day they held an assembly, according to the ordinance.
  6. Nehemiah 9:13מִשְׁפָּטִ֤ים · ordinances
    You came down on Mount Sinai and spoke with them from heaven. You gave them just ordinances, true laws, and good statutes and commandments.
  7. Nehemiah 9:29וּבְמִשְׁפָּטֶ֣יךָ · Your ordinances
    You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
  8. Nehemiah 10:29וּמִשְׁפָּטָ֖יו · ordinances
    …hereby join with their noble brothers and commit themselves with a sworn oath to follow the Law of God given through His servant Moses and to obey carefully all the commandments, ordinances, and statutes of the LORD our Lord.
  9. Job 8:3מִשְׁפָּ֑ט · justice
    Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
  10. Job 9:19לְ֝מִשְׁפָּ֗ט · it is a matter of justice
    If it is a matter of strength, He is indeed mighty! If it is a matter of justice, who can summon Him?
  11. Job 9:32בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ · to court
    For He is not a man like me, that I can answer Him, that we can take each other to court.
  12. Job 14:3בְמִשְׁפָּ֣ט · into judgment
    Do You open Your eyes to one like this? Will You bring him into judgment before You?
  13. Job 19:7מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ · justice
    Though I cry out, ‘Violence!’ I get no response; though I call for help, there is no justice.
  14. Job 22:4בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ · into judgment
    Is it for your reverence that He rebukes you and enters into judgment against you?
  15. Job 23:4מִשְׁפָּ֑ט · my case
    I would plead my case before Him and fill my mouth with arguments.
  16. Job 27:2מִשְׁפָּטִ֑י · justice
    “As surely as God lives, who has deprived me of justice—the Almighty, who has embittered my soul—
  17. Job 29:14מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃ · justice
    I put on righteousness, and it clothed me; justice was my robe and my turban.
  18. Job 31:13מִשְׁפַּ֣ט · the cause
    If I have rejected the cause of my manservant or maidservant when they made a complaint against me,
  19. Job 32:9מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ · justice
    It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.
  20. Job 34:4מִשְׁפָּ֥ט · what is right
    Let us choose for ourselves what is right; let us learn together what is good.
  21. Job 34:5מִשְׁפָּטִֽי׃ · justice
    For Job has declared, ‘I am righteous, yet God has deprived me of justice.
  22. Job 34:6מִשְׁפָּטִ֥י · my case
    Would I lie about my case? My wound is incurable, though I am without transgression.’
  23. Job 34:12מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ · justice
    Indeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.
  24. Job 34:17מִשְׁפָּ֣ט · justice
    Could one who hates justice govern? Will you condemn the just and mighty One,
  25. Job 34:23בַּמִּשְׁפָּֽט׃ · for judgment
    For God need not examine a man further or have him approach for judgment.
  26. Job 35:2לְמִשְׁפָּ֑ט · is just
    “Do you think this is just? You say, ‘I am more righteous than God.’
  27. Job 36:6וּמִשְׁפַּ֖ט · justice
    He does not keep the wicked alive, but He grants justice to the afflicted.
  28. Job 36:17וּמִשְׁפָּ֣ט · and justice
    But now you are laden with the judgment due the wicked; judgment and justice have seized you.
  29. Job 37:23וּמִשְׁפָּ֥ט · In His justice
    The Almighty is beyond our reach; He is exalted in power! In His justice and great righteousness He does not oppress.
  30. Psalm 1:5בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט · in the judgment
    Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment, nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous.
  31. Psalm 7:6מִשְׁפָּ֥ט · judgment
    Arise, O LORD, in Your anger; rise up against the fury of my enemies. Awake, my God, and ordain judgment.
  32. Psalm 9:4מִשְׁפָּטִ֣י · my just
    For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
  33. Psalm 9:7לַמִּשְׁפָּ֣ט · for judgment
    But the LORD abides forever; He has established His throne for judgment.
  34. Psalm 9:16מִשְׁפָּ֪ט · by the justice
    The LORD is known by the justice He brings; the wicked are ensnared by the work of their hands. Higgaion Selah
  35. Psalm 10:5מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶיךָ · judgments
    He is secure in his ways at all times; Your lofty judgments are far from him; he sneers at all his foes.
  36. Psalm 17:2מִשְׁפָּטִ֣י · May my vindication
    May my vindication come from Your presence; may Your eyes see what is right.
  37. Psalm 18:22מִשְׁפָּטָ֣יו · His ordinances [are]
    For all His ordinances are before me; I have not disregarded His statutes.
  38. Psalm 19:9מִֽשְׁפְּטֵי־ · the judgments
    The fear of the LORD is pure, enduring forever; the judgments of the LORD are true, being altogether righteous.
  39. Psalm 25:9בַּמִּשְׁפָּ֑ט · in what is right
    He guides the humble in what is right and teaches them His way.
  40. Psalm 33:5וּמִשְׁפָּ֑ט · and justice
    The LORD loves righteousness and justice; the earth is full of His loving devotion.
  41. Psalm 35:23לְמִשְׁפָּטִ֑י · to my defense
    Awake and rise to my defense, to my cause, my God and my Lord!
  42. Psalm 36:6מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶךָ · Your judgments [are]
    Your righteousness is like the highest mountains; Your judgments are like the deepest sea. O LORD, You preserve man and beast.
  43. Psalm 37:6וּ֝מִשְׁפָּטֶ֗ךָ · your justice
    He will bring forth your righteousness like the dawn, your justice like the noonday sun.
  44. Psalm 37:28מִשְׁפָּ֗ט · justice
    For the LORD loves justice and will not forsake His saints. They are preserved forever, but the offspring of the wicked will be cut off.
  45. Psalm 37:30מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ · justice
    The mouth of the righteous man utters wisdom, and his tongue speaks justice.
  46. Psalm 48:11מִשְׁפָּטֶֽיךָ׃ · Your judgments
    Mount Zion is glad, the daughters of Judah rejoice, on account of Your judgments.
  47. Psalm 72:1מִ֭שְׁפָּטֶיךָ · with Your justice
    Of Solomon. Endow the king with Your justice, O God, and the son of the king with Your righteousness.
  48. Psalm 72:2בְמִשְׁפָּֽט׃ · with justice
    May he judge Your people with righteousness and Your afflicted with justice.
  49. Psalm 76:9לַמִּשְׁפָּ֥ט · to judge
    …when God rose up to judge, to save all the lowly of the earth. Selah
  50. Psalm 81:4מִ֝שְׁפָּ֗ט · an ordinance
    For this is a statute for Israel, an ordinance of the God of Jacob.