Hebrew word study

מִשְׁפָּטmishpâṭ — properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced…

Pronounced “mish-pawt'”

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

Translated in the King James as: [phrase] 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, [phrase] wrong.

Appears 409 times in Scripture

Origin: from H8199 (שָׁפַט);

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Where it appears

Genesis — 2×

Genesis 18:19 Genesis 18:25

Exodus — 11×

Exodus 15:25 Exodus 21:1 Exodus 21:9 Exodus 21:31 Exodus 23:6 Exodus 24:3 Exodus 26:30 Exodus 28:15 Exodus 28:29 Exodus 28:30+ 1 more in Exodus

Leviticus — 14×

Leviticus 5:10 Leviticus 9:16 Leviticus 18:4 Leviticus 18:5 Leviticus 18:26 Leviticus 19:15 Leviticus 19:35 Leviticus 19:37 Leviticus 20:22 Leviticus 24:22 Leviticus 25:18 Leviticus 26:15 Leviticus 26:43 Leviticus 26:46

Numbers — 19×

Numbers 9:3 Numbers 9:14 Numbers 15:16 Numbers 15:24 Numbers 27:5 Numbers 27:11 Numbers 27:21 Numbers 29:6 Numbers 29:18 Numbers 29:21 Numbers 29:24 Numbers 29:27 Numbers 29:30 Numbers 29:33 Numbers 29:37 Numbers 35:12 Numbers 35:24 Numbers 35:29 Numbers 36:13

Deuteronomy — 36×

Deuteronomy 1:17 Deuteronomy 4:1 Deuteronomy 4:5 Deuteronomy 4:8 Deuteronomy 4:14 Deuteronomy 4:45 Deuteronomy 5:1 Deuteronomy 5:31 Deuteronomy 6:1 Deuteronomy 6:20 Deuteronomy 7:11 Deuteronomy 7:12 Deuteronomy 8:11 Deuteronomy 10:18 Deuteronomy 11:1 Deuteronomy 11:32 Deuteronomy 12:1 Deuteronomy 16:18 Deuteronomy 16:19 Deuteronomy 17:8 Deuteronomy 17:11 Deuteronomy 18:3 Deuteronomy 19:6 Deuteronomy 21:17 Deuteronomy 21:22+ 11 more in Deuteronomy

Joshua — 3×

Joshua 6:15 Joshua 20:6 Joshua 24:25

Judges — 3×

Judges 4:5 Judges 13:12 Judges 18:7

1 Samuel — 7×

1 Sam 2:13 1 Sam 8:3 1 Sam 8:9 1 Sam 8:11 1 Sam 10:25 1 Sam 27:11 1 Sam 30:25

2 Samuel — 5×

2 Sam 8:15 2 Sam 15:2 2 Sam 15:4 2 Sam 15:6 2 Sam 22:23

1 Kings — 18×

1 Ki 2:3 1 Ki 3:11 1 Ki 3:28 1 Ki 4:28 1 Ki 6:12 1 Ki 6:38 1 Ki 7:7 1 Ki 8:45 1 Ki 8:49 1 Ki 8:58 1 Ki 8:59 1 Ki 9:4 1 Ki 10:9 1 Ki 11:33 1 Ki 18:28 1 Ki 20:40+ 2 more in 1 Kings

2 Kings — 10×

2 Ki 1:7 2 Ki 11:14 2 Ki 17:26 2 Ki 17:27 2 Ki 17:33 2 Ki 17:34 2 Ki 17:37 2 Ki 17:40 2 Ki 25:6+ 1 more in 2 Kings

1 Chronicles — 9×

1 Chr 6:32 1 Chr 15:13 1 Chr 16:12 1 Chr 16:14 1 Chr 18:14 1 Chr 22:13 1 Chr 23:31 1 Chr 24:19 1 Chr 28:7

2 Chronicles — 13×

2 Chr 4:7 2 Chr 4:20 2 Chr 6:35 2 Chr 6:39 2 Chr 7:17 2 Chr 8:14 2 Chr 9:8 2 Chr 19:6 2 Chr 19:8 2 Chr 19:10 2 Chr 30:16 2 Chr 33:8 2 Chr 35:13

Ezra — 2×

Ezra 3:4 Ezra 7:10

Nehemiah — 5×

Nehemiah 1:7 Nehemiah 8:18 Nehemiah 9:13 Nehemiah 9:29 Nehemiah 10:29

Job — 21×

Job 8:3 Job 9:19 Job 9:32 Job 14:3 Job 19:7 Job 22:4 Job 23:4 Job 27:2 Job 29:14 Job 31:13 Job 32:9 Job 34:4 Job 34:5 Job 34:6 Job 34:12 Job 34:17 Job 34:23 Job 35:2 Job 36:6 Job 36:17 Job 37:23

Psalms — 64×

Psalms 1:5 Psalms 7:6 Psalms 9:4 Psalms 9:7 Psalms 9:16 Psalms 10:5 Psalms 17:2 Psalms 18:22 Psalms 19:9 Psalms 25:9 Psalms 33:5 Psalms 35:23 Psalms 36:6 Psalms 37:6 Psalms 37:28 Psalms 37:30 Psalms 48:11 Psalms 72:1 Psalms 72:2 Psalms 76:9 Psalms 81:4 Psalms 89:14 Psalms 89:30 Psalms 94:15 Psalms 97:2+ 39 more in Psalms

Proverbs — 18×

Proverbs 1:3 Proverbs 2:8 Proverbs 2:9 Proverbs 8:20 Proverbs 12:5 Proverbs 16:10 Proverbs 16:11 Proverbs 16:33 Proverbs 17:23 Proverbs 18:5 Proverbs 19:28 Proverbs 21:3 Proverbs 21:7 Proverbs 21:15 Proverbs 24:23 Proverbs 28:5 Proverbs 29:4 Proverbs 29:26

Ecclesiastes — 6×

Eccles 3:16 Eccles 5:8 Eccles 8:5 Eccles 8:6 Eccles 11:9 Eccles 12:14

Isaiah — 40×

Isaiah 1:17 Isaiah 1:21 Isaiah 1:27 Isaiah 3:14 Isaiah 4:4 Isaiah 5:7 Isaiah 5:16 Isaiah 9:7 Isaiah 10:2 Isaiah 16:5 Isaiah 26:8 Isaiah 26:9 Isaiah 28:6 Isaiah 28:17 Isaiah 28:26 Isaiah 30:18 Isaiah 32:1 Isaiah 32:7 Isaiah 32:16 Isaiah 33:5 Isaiah 40:14 Isaiah 40:27 Isaiah 41:1 Isaiah 42:1 Isaiah 42:3+ 15 more in Isaiah

Jeremiah — 30×

Jeremiah 1:16 Jeremiah 4:2 Jeremiah 4:12 Jeremiah 5:1 Jeremiah 5:4 Jeremiah 5:5 Jeremiah 5:28 Jeremiah 7:5 Jeremiah 8:7 Jeremiah 9:24 Jeremiah 10:24 Jeremiah 17:11 Jeremiah 21:12 Jeremiah 22:3 Jeremiah 22:15 Jeremiah 23:5 Jeremiah 26:11 Jeremiah 26:16 Jeremiah 30:11 Jeremiah 30:18 Jeremiah 32:7 Jeremiah 32:8 Jeremiah 33:15 Jeremiah 39:5 Jeremiah 46:28+ 5 more in Jeremiah

Lamentations — 2×

Lam 3:35 Lam 3:59

Ezekiel — 42×

Ezekiel 5:6 Ezekiel 5:7 Ezekiel 5:8 Ezekiel 7:23 Ezekiel 7:27 Ezekiel 11:12 Ezekiel 11:20 Ezekiel 16:38 Ezekiel 18:5 Ezekiel 18:8 Ezekiel 18:9 Ezekiel 18:17 Ezekiel 18:19 Ezekiel 18:21 Ezekiel 18:27 Ezekiel 20:11 Ezekiel 20:13 Ezekiel 20:16 Ezekiel 20:18 Ezekiel 20:19 Ezekiel 20:21 Ezekiel 20:24 Ezekiel 20:25 Ezekiel 21:27 Ezekiel 22:29+ 17 more in Ezekiel

Daniel — 1×

Daniel 9:5

Hosea — 6×

Hosea 2:19 Hosea 5:1 Hosea 5:11 Hosea 6:5 Hosea 10:4 Hosea 12:6

Amos — 4×

Amos 5:7 Amos 5:15 Amos 5:24 Amos 6:12

Micah — 5×

Micah 3:1 Micah 3:8 Micah 3:9 Micah 6:8 Micah 7:9

Habakkuk — 4×

Habakkuk 1:4 Habakkuk 1:7 Habakkuk 1:12+ 1 more in Habakkuk

Zephaniah — 4×

Zeph 2:3 Zeph 3:5 Zeph 3:8 Zeph 3:15

Zechariah — 2×

Zech 7:9 Zech 8:16

Malachi — 3×

Malachi 2:17 Malachi 3:5 Malachi 4:4

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