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Lexicon :: Strong's H8199 - šāp̄aṭ

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שָׁפַט
Transliteration
šāp̄aṭ
Pronunciation
shaw-fat'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2443

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁפַט shâphaṭ, shaw-fat'; 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):— avenge, × that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), × needs, plead, reason, rule.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 203x

The KJV translates Strong's H8199 in the following manner: judge (v) (119x), judge (n) (60x), plead (11x), avenged (2x), condemn (2x), execute (2x), judgment (2x), defend (1x), deliver (1x), miscellaneous (3x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 203x
The KJV translates Strong's H8199 in the following manner: judge (v) (119x), judge (n) (60x), plead (11x), avenged (2x), condemn (2x), execute (2x), judgment (2x), defend (1x), deliver (1x), miscellaneous (3x).
  1. to judge, govern, vindicate, punish

    1. (Qal)

      1. to act as law-giver or judge or governor (of God, man)

        1. to rule, govern, judge

      2. to decide controversy (of God, man)

      3. to execute judgment

        1. discriminating (of man)

        2. vindicating

        3. condemning and punishing

        4. at theophanic advent for final judgment

    2. (Niphal)

      1. to enter into controversy, plead, have controversy together

      2. to be judged

    3. (Poel) judge, opponent-at-law (participle)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁפַט shâphaṭ, shaw-fat'; 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):— avenge, × that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), × needs, plead, reason, rule.
STRONGS H8199: Abbreviations
שָׁפַט 185 verb judge, govern (Late Hebrew in derivatives; Phoenician שפט = שֹׁפֵט, also in proper name; Punic sufet Lzb381; Biblical Aramaic שָֽׁפְטִין; Assyrian šapâtu (t = ת), synonym dânu (דִּין), judge DlWB 684, šipṭu (ט), probably judgment [and šapiṭu, captain?] JenZA iv (1889), 278 f.; on possible connection with Arabic bdb104701 see NöZMG xi (1886), 724; on usage of verb See FergusonJBL viii (1888), 130 ff.); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׁ׳ Judges 16:31 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִשְׁפֹּט Genesis 16:5, יִשְׁפּוֹט Isaiah 11:3; 3rd person masculine plural יִשְׁפְּטוּ Genesis 31:53 +, יִשְׁפּ֫וּטוּ Exodus 18:26 (Ki יִשְׁפּוּט֫וּ; compare Ges§ 47g), etc.; Infinitive absolute שָׁפוֺט Genesis 19:9; construct שְׁפֹט Ruth 1:1, לִשְׁפֹּט Exodus 8:13 +, etc.; Imperative שְׁפָטֿ Proverbs 31:9, שָׁפְטָה Psalm 82:8; Lamentations 3:59, שִׁפְטוּ Isaiah 1:17 +, שְׁפֹ֑טוּ Zechariah 7:9, etc.; Participle שֹׁפֵט 1 Samuel 3:13 +, etc.; —
1. act as law-giver, judge, governor (giving law, deciding controversies and executing law, civil, religious, political, social; both early and late):
a. of God only, שֹׁפֵט כל הארץ Genesis 18:25 (J), || מֶלֶךְ,מְחֹקֵק Isaiah 33:22.
b. of man, Genesis 19:9 (twice in verse) (J), Moses deciding cases Exodus 18:13 (E), making known statutes Exodus 18:16 (E); so his assistants Exodus 18:22; Exodus 18:22; Exodus 18:26; Exodus 18:26 (E), || Deuteronomy 1:16; of שׁפטי ישׂראל Numbers 25:5 (executioners); י׳ set שֹׁפְטִים over Israel Judges 2:16, 18; 2 Samuel 7:11 = 1 Chronicles 17:10, to deliver Israel, שׁפט ישׂדאל Judges 3:10; Judges 4:4; Judges 10:2,39 times Judges; 1 Samuel 4:18; 1 Samuel 7:15, 16, 17; 2 Kings 23:22, compare 1 Samuel 7:6; Participle שֹׁפֵט as substantive also Judges 2:17, 18, 19; 1 Samuel 8:1, 2; 2 Kings 23:22; שֹׁפְטֵי יִשׂ׳ 1 Chronicles 17:6 (|| 2 Samuel 7:7 שִׂבְטֵי), בִּימֵי שְׁפֹט הַשֹּׁפְטִים Ruth 1:1 (twice in verse) (compare מוֺשִׁיעִים Obadiah 21); שׁפט, || מֶלֶךְ 1 Samuel 8:5, 6, 20; Hosea 7:7; Hosea 13:10; שֹׁפֵט ישׂראל Micah 4:14 [Micah 5:1] (= king); king judges people 1 Kings 3:9 (twice in verse) = 2 Chronicles 1:10; 1 Kings 15:5 2 Chronicles 26:21; 1:11; absolute 1 Kings 7:7; Isaiah 16:5; || שׂרים Exodus 2:14 (E) Amos 2:3; Zephaniah 3:3; || יוֺעַץ Isaiah 1:26; Job 12:17, compare Isaiah 3:2; שֹׁפְטֵי אָרֶץ Isaiah 40:23 (|| רוֺזְנִים), Proverbs 8:16 (|| שׂרים), Psalm 2:10; Psalm 148:11 (|| מלכים); שׁפטינו אשׁר שׁפטונו Daniel 9:12 (twice in verse).
2. specifically decide controversy, discriminate between persons, in civil, political, domestic and religious questions:
a. of God Psalm 82:1: וּבֵין ֗֗֗ שׁ׳ Genesis 16:5 (J; domestic), Judges 11:27 (twice in verse); 1 Samuel 24:13; 1 Samuel 24:16 (all of war), Ezekiel 34:20 (relig.); with לְ ֗֗֗ בֵּין Ezekiel 34:17, 22 (religious); with בֵּנֵינוּ Genesis 31:53 (E; domestic), Isaiah 2:4 = Micah 4:3 (of war); with בְּ 2 Chronicles 20:12 (war); with accusative 1 Kings 8:32 2 Chronicles 6:23; Ecclesiastes 3:17, condemning wicked and justifying righteous Job 21:22 (|| ידע), Job 23:7; absolute Exodus 5:21 (J) Job 22:13; צֶדֶק שׁ׳ Jeremiah 11:20; Psalm 9:5; י׳ is שׁוֺפֵט צַדִּיק Psalm 7:12.
b. of man, וּבֵין ֗֗֗ בֵּין שׁ׳ Exodus 18:16 (E) Numbers 35:24 (P) Deuteronomy 1:16 (all civil), Isaiah 5:3 (relig.); with accusative Leviticus 19:15 (H) Deuteronomy 25:1 (all civil), Ezekiel 20:4 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 22:2 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 23:36; מִשְׁפָּט שׁ׳ Deuteronomy 16:18; 1 Kings 3:28 (Solomon); במשׁפטים Ezekiel 44:24, with ל 2 Chronicles 19:6; absolute Ezekiel 44:24; Isaiah 11:3 (king); influenced by bribes Micah 3:11; Micah 7:3; Job 9:24; Absalom desires to decide cases as שֹׁפֵט 2 Samuel 15:4 (implying lack of such in his time); according to 2 Chronicles 19:5. 6 Jehoshaphat set up שׁפטים, apparently for the first as judges in this specific sense; code of Deuteronomy recognizes them: הַשֹּׁפֵט declares הַמִּשְׁפָּט דְּבַר Deuteronomy 17:9, 12; Deuteronomy 25:2; שׁפטים + שֹׁטְרִים Deuteronomy 16:18; 1 Chronicles 23:4; 1 Chronicles 26:29; Joshua 8:33 (+ זְקֵנִים), Joshua 23:2; Joshua 24:1 (D; both + זקנים, רָאשִׁים), + זקנים only Deuteronomy 21:2; Ezra 10:14, + כֹּהֲנִים Deuteronomy 19:17, 18, שׂרים 2 Chronicles 1:2.
3. execute judgment:
a. discriminating, of man only, משׁפט אמת Zechariah 7:9, מֵישָׁרִים שׁ׳ Psalm 58:2 judge uprightly; משׁפט שׁלום Zechariah 8:16, צֶדֶק Proverbs 31:9, עָוֶל Psalm 82:2.
b. vindicating, with accusative:
(1) subject God, יתום Psalm 10:18, accusative of person Psalm 26:1; Psalm 43:1; Psalm 58:12 (read שֹׁפְטָם for שׁפטים), משׁפט שׁ׳ Lamentations 3:59; מִיַּד vindicate by delivering from hand of 1 Samuel 24:16; 2 Samuel 18:19, 31; שָׁפְטֵנִי כְּ צִדְקִי י׳ Psalm 7:9; שָׁפְטֵנִי כְּ צִדְקְךָ Psalm 35:24.
(2) subject man, with accusative יתום Isaiah 1:17, 23; דל(יםׅ Isaiah 11:4; Proverbs 29:14; Psalm 82:3; עניי עם Psalm 72:4; משׁפט אביונים Jeremiah 5:28.
c. condemning and punishing,
(1) God כְּדַרְכֵי פ׳ according to ways of Ezekiel 7:3, 8; Ezekiel 18:30; Ezekiel 24:14; Ezekiel 33:20; Ezekiel 36:19; במשׁפטים Ezekiel 7:27; Ezekiel 23:24; משׁפטי נאפות Ezekiel 16:38 (= Ezekiel 23:45 of human judges); with accusative 1 Samuel 3:13; Psalm 51:5; Ezekiel 11:10, 11; Ezekiel 21:35; Ezekiel 35:11.
(2) of man, only שֹׁפְטֵי נַפְשׁוֺ Psalm 109:31 and Ezekiel 23:45 above, probably also Psalm 141:6 (corrupt).
d. at theophanic advent for final judgment: God is שֹׁפֵט Psalm 50:6; Psalm 75:8; שׁפט הארץ Psalm 94:2, with accusative בא לשׁפט הארץ Psalm 96:13 = 1 Chronicles 16:33; Psalm 98:9; הארץ שׁ׳ Psalm 82:8; כל הנוים Joel 4:12; עמים Psalm 67:5; תבל Psalm 9:9; Psalm 96:13 = Psalm 98:9; מישׁרים שׁ׳ Psalm 75:3.
Niph. Perfect 1st person singular נִשְׁפַּטְתִּי Ezekiel 20:36 + 4 times; Imperfect 1st person singular אִשָּׁפֵט Ezekiel 20:36; אִשָּֽׁפְטָה 1 Samuel 12:7, etc.; Infinitive construct חִשָּׁפֵט 2 Chronicles 22:8; suffix הִשָּֽׁפְטוֺ Psalm 37:33; Psalm 109:7; Participle נִשְׁפָּט Isaiah 59:4 + 4 times; —
1. reciprocal, (Ges§ 51 d), enter into controversy, plead: with אֵת with, of God Jeremiah 2:35; Ezekiel 17:20; Ezekiel 20:35, 36 (twice in verse); Ezekiel 38:22; of man 1 Samuel 12:7 (+ וְאַגִּידָה לָכֶם Greek Version of the LXX We Dr BuHpt Now), Proverbs 29:9; with עִם, of God Joel 4:2, of man 2 Chronicles 22:8; with ל, of God Jeremiah 25:31; יחד נשׁ׳ Isaiah 43:26 have controversy together; באשׁ by fire (of God) Isaiah 66:16; באמונה Isaiah 59:4.
2. passive be judged, Psalm 9:20; Psalm 37:33; Psalm 109:7.
Pô`el Participle suffix מְשֹׁפְטִי (dubious; Hi Bu מִשְׁפָּטִי), = my apponent-at-law (Ges§ 55 b) Job 9:15; + Zf Job 3:15; Psalm 109:31 We and others.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8200.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

16:5; 16:5; 18:25; 19:9; 19:9; 31:53; 31:53

Exodus

2:14; 5:21; 8:13; 18:13; 18:16; 18:16; 18:22; 18:22; 18:26; 18:26; 18:26

Leviticus

19:15

Numbers

25:5; 35:24

Deuteronomy

1:16; 1:16; 16:18; 16:18; 17:9; 17:12; 19:17; 19:18; 21:2; 25:1; 25:2

Joshua

8:33; 23:2; 24:1

Judges

2:16; 2:17; 2:18; 2:18; 2:19; 3:10; 4:4; 10:2; 11:27; 16:31

Ruth

1:1; 1:1

1 Samuel

3:13; 3:13; 4:18; 7:6; 7:15; 7:16; 7:17; 8:1; 8:2; 8:5; 8:6; 8:20; 12:7; 12:7; 24:13; 24:16; 24:16

2 Samuel

7:7; 7:11; 15:4; 18:19; 18:31

1 Kings

3:9; 3:28; 7:7; 8:32; 15:5

2 Kings

23:22; 23:22

1 Chronicles

16:33; 17:6; 17:10; 23:4; 26:29

2 Chronicles

1:2; 1:10; 1:11; 6:23; 19:5; 19:6; 19:6; 20:12; 22:8; 22:8; 26:21

Ezra

10:14

Job

3:15; 9:15; 9:24; 12:17; 21:22; 22:13; 23:7

Psalms

2:10; 7:9; 7:12; 9:5; 9:9; 9:20; 10:18; 26:1; 35:24; 37:33; 37:33; 43:1; 50:6; 51:5; 58:2; 67:5; 72:4; 75:3; 75:8; 82:1; 82:2; 82:3; 82:8; 82:8; 94:2; 96:13; 96:13; 98:9; 98:9; 109:7; 109:7; 109:31; 109:31; 141:6; 148:11

Proverbs

8:16; 29:9; 29:14; 31:9; 31:9

Ecclesiastes

3:17

Isaiah

1:17; 1:17; 1:23; 1:26; 2:4; 3:2; 5:3; 11:3; 11:3; 11:4; 16:5; 33:22; 40:23; 43:26; 59:4; 59:4; 66:16

Jeremiah

2:35; 5:28; 11:20; 25:31

Lamentations

3:59; 3:59

Ezekiel

7:3; 7:8; 7:27; 11:10; 11:11; 16:38; 17:20; 18:30; 20:4; 20:35; 20:36; 20:36; 20:36; 22:2; 23:24; 23:36; 23:45; 23:45; 24:14; 33:20; 34:17; 34:20; 34:22; 35:11; 36:19; 38:22; 44:24; 44:24

Daniel

9:12

Hosea

7:7; 13:10

Amos

2:3

Obadiah

1:21

Micah

3:11; 4:3; 5:1; 7:3

Zephaniah

3:3

Zechariah

7:9; 7:9; 8:16

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H8199 matches the Hebrew שָׁפַט (šāp̄aṭ),
which occurs 204 times in 182 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 4 (Psa 51:4–Eze 17:20)

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 51:4 - Against thee, thee only, have I sinned, and done this evil in thy sight: that thou mightest be justified when thou speakest, and be clear when thou judgest. H8199
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:1 - [[To the chief Musician, Altaschith, Michtam of David.]] Do ye indeed speak righteousness, O congregation? do ye judge H8199 uprightly, O ye sons of men?
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 58:11 - So that a man shall say, Verily there is a reward for the righteous: verily he is a God that judgeth H8199 in the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 67:4 - O let the nations be glad and sing for joy: for thou shalt judge H8199 the people righteously, and govern the nations upon earth. Selah.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 72:4 - He shall judge H8199 the poor of the people, he shall save the children of the needy, and shall break in pieces the oppressor.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:2 - When I shall receive the congregation I will judge H8199 uprightly.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 75:7 - But God is the judge: H8199 he putteth down one, and setteth up another.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:1 - [[A Psalm of Asaph.]] God standeth in the congregation of the mighty; he judgeth H8199 among the gods.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:2 - How long will ye judge H8199 unjustly, and accept the persons of the wicked? Selah.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:3 - Defend H8199 the poor and fatherless: do justice to the afflicted and needy.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 82:8 - Arise, O God, judge H8199 the earth: for thou shalt inherit all nations.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:2 - Lift up thyself, thou judge H8199 of the earth: render a reward to the proud.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 96:13 - Before the LORD: for he cometh, for he cometh to judge H8199 the earth: he shall judge H8199 the world with righteousness, and the people with his truth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 98:9 - Before the LORD; for he cometh to judge H8199 the earth: with righteousness shall he judge H8199 the world, and the people with equity.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:7 - When he shall be judged, H8199 let him be condemned: and let his prayer become sin.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 109:31 - For he shall stand at the right hand of the poor, to save him from those that condemn H8199 his soul.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 141:6 - When their judges H8199 are overthrown in stony places, they shall hear my words; for they are sweet.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 148:11 - Kings of the earth, and all people; princes, and all judges H8199 of the earth:
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 8:16 - By me princes rule, and nobles, even all the judges H8199 of the earth.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:9 - If a wise man contendeth H8199 with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:14 - The king that faithfully judgeth H8199 the poor, his throne shall be established for ever.
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 31:9 - Open thy mouth, judge H8199 righteously, and plead the cause of the poor and needy.
Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 3:17 - I said in mine heart, God shall judge H8199 the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:17 - Learn to do well; seek judgment, relieve the oppressed, judge H8199 the fatherless, plead for the widow.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:23 - Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge H8199 not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 1:26 - And I will restore thy judges H8199 as at the first, and thy counsellors as at the beginning: afterward thou shalt be called, The city of righteousness, the faithful city.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 2:4 - And he shall judge H8199 among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 3:2 - The mighty man, and the man of war, the judge, H8199 and the prophet, and the prudent, and the ancient,
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 5:3 - And now, O inhabitants of Jerusalem, and men of Judah, judge, H8199 I pray you, betwixt me and my vineyard.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:3 - And shall make him of quick understanding in the fear of the LORD: and he shall not judge H8199 after the sight of his eyes, neither reprove after the hearing of his ears:
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:4 - But with righteousness shall he judge H8199 the poor, and reprove with equity for the meek of the earth: and he shall smite the earth with the rod of his mouth, and with the breath of his lips shall he slay the wicked.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 16:5 - And in mercy shall the throne be established: and he shall sit upon it in truth in the tabernacle of David, judging, H8199 and seeking judgment, and hasting righteousness.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:22 - For the LORD is our judge, H8199 the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 40:23 - That bringeth the princes to nothing; he maketh the judges H8199 of the earth as vanity.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 43:26 - Put me in remembrance: let us plead H8199 together: declare thou, that thou mayest be justified.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 51:5 - My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge H8199 the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:4 - None calleth for justice, nor any pleadeth H8199 for truth: they trust in vanity, and speak lies; they conceive mischief, and bring forth iniquity.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 66:16 - For by fire and by his sword will the LORD plead H8199 with all flesh: and the slain of the LORD shall be many.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 2:35 - Yet thou sayest, Because I am innocent, surely his anger shall turn from me. Behold, I will plead H8199 with thee, because thou sayest, I have not sinned.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:28 - They are waxen fat, they shine: yea, they overpass the deeds of the wicked: they judge not the cause, the cause of the fatherless, yet they prosper; and the right of the needy do they not judge. H8199
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 11:20 - But, O LORD of hosts, that judgest H8199 righteously, that triest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I revealed my cause.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 25:31 - A noise shall come even to the ends of the earth; for the LORD hath a controversy with the nations, he will plead H8199 with all flesh; he will give them that are wicked to the sword, saith the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:59 - O LORD, thou hast seen my wrong: judge H8199 thou my cause.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:3 - Now is the end come upon thee, and I will send mine anger upon thee, and will judge H8199 thee according to thy ways, and will recompense upon thee all thine abominations.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:8 - Now will I shortly pour out my fury upon thee, and accomplish mine anger upon thee: and I will judge H8199 thee according to thy ways, and will recompense thee for all thine abominations.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 7:27 - The king shall mourn, and the prince shall be clothed with desolation, and the hands of the people of the land shall be troubled: I will do unto them after their way, and according to their deserts will I judge H8199 them; and they shall know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:10 - Ye shall fall by the sword; I will judge H8199 you in the border of Israel; and ye shall know that I am the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 11:11 - This city shall not be your caldron, neither shall ye be the flesh in the midst thereof; but I will judge H8199 you in the border of Israel:
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 16:38 - And I will judge H8199 thee, as women that break wedlock and shed blood are judged; and I will give thee blood in fury and jealousy.
Unchecked Copy BoxEze 17:20 - And I will spread my net upon him, and he shall be taken in my snare, and I will bring him to Babylon, and will plead H8199 with him there for his trespass that he hath trespassed against me.

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