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Lexicon :: Strong's H4941 - mišpāṭ

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מִשְׁפָּט
Transliteration
mišpāṭ
Pronunciation
mish-pawt'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2443c

Strong’s Definitions

מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ, mish-pawt'; 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:— 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.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 421x

The KJV translates Strong's H4941 in the following manner: judgment (296x), manner (38x), right (18x), cause (12x), ordinance (11x), lawful (7x), order (5x), worthy (3x), fashion (3x), custom (2x), discretion (2x), law (2x), measure (2x), sentence (2x), miscellaneous (18x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 421x
The KJV translates Strong's H4941 in the following manner: judgment (296x), manner (38x), right (18x), cause (12x), ordinance (11x), lawful (7x), order (5x), worthy (3x), fashion (3x), custom (2x), discretion (2x), law (2x), measure (2x), sentence (2x), miscellaneous (18x).
  1. judgment, justice, ordinance

    1. judgment

      1. act of deciding a case

      2. place, court, seat of judgment

      3. process, procedure, litigation (before judges)

      4. case, cause (presented for judgment)

      5. sentence, decision (of judgment)

      6. execution (of judgment)

      7. time (of judgment)

    2. justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man)

    3. ordinance

    4. decision (in law)

    5. right, privilege, due (legal)

    6. proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ, mish-pawt'; 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:— 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.
STRONGS H4941: Abbreviations
מִשְׁפָּט 422 noun masculineGenesis 40:13 judgment; — absolute מִשְׁפָּט Exodus 21:31 + 203 times, + לְשְִׁ֯פָּט Ezekiel 44:24 (but read Kt לִשְׁפֹּט with Greek Version of the LXX Targum Syriac Version Co and others); construct מִשְׁפַּט Exodus 23:6 + 50 times; suffix מִשְׁפָּטִי Isaiah 40:27 +; מִשְׁפָּטָם Jeremiah 49:12 +; מִשְׁפָּטָן Numbers 27:5; plural מִשְׁפָּטִים Jeremiah 4:12 + 34 times; suffix מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ Deuteronomy 33:10 +, etc.; —
1. judgment:
a. act of deciding a case: מ׳ be-longeth to God Deuteronomy 1:17, is from him Proverbs 16:33; Proverbs 29:26; אֱלֹהֵי הַמּ׳ Malachi 2:17; חשֶׁן מ׳ Exodus 28:15 the pouch of judgment, so Exodus 28:29; Exodus 28:30 (P); worn on heart of Aaron Exodus 28:30 (P); צֶדֶק מ׳ Deuteronomy 16:18; הֵבִין מ׳ Job 32:9; שׁפט מ׳ 1 Kings 3:28; עשׂה מ׳ 1 Kings 3:28; דְּבַר (ה)מ׳ Deuteronomy 17:9; 2 Chronicles 19:6; רוח מ׳ Isaiah 28:6; במשׁפט Leviticus 19:15, 35 (H) Deuteronomy 1:17; Proverbs 16:10; Proverbs 24:23; חאורים במ׳ Numbers 27:21 (P); למשׁפט Numbers 35:12; Joshua 20:6 (P) Deuteronomy 17:8; Judges 4:5; 2 Samuel 15:2, 6; 2 Chronicles 19:8; Isaiah 34:5; Isaiah 41:1; Isaiah 54:17; Isaiah 59:11; Habakkuk 1:12; Malachi 3:5; Psalm 9:8; Psalm 35:23; Psalm 76:10; Psalm 122:5; Job 9:19 (Ezekiel 44:24 see above).
†b. place, court seat of judgment Deuteronomy 25:1; 1 Kings 7:7; Isaiah 28:6; Ecclesiastes 3:16.
†c. process, procedure, litigation before judges: הֵבִיא במ׳ Job 14:3; Ecclesiastes 11:9; Ecclesiastes 12:14; בא במ׳, with עם Isaiah 3:14; Job 22:4, with את Psalm 143:2, with יחדו Job 9:32, חלד במ׳ Job 34:23, compare Ezekiel 34:16; Psalm 112:5; plural דבּר משׁפטים, with את litigate with Jeremiah 1:16; Jeremiah 4:12; Jeremiah 12:1; Jeremiah 39:5 = Jeremiah 52:9, singular מִשְׁפָּט in || 2 Kings 25:6, by error.
†d. case or cause presented for judgment: בעל מ׳ Isaiah 50:8; ערךְ מ׳ Job 13:18; Job 23:4; שׁמע מ׳ 1 Kings 3:11; מ׳שׁפט Lamentations 3:59, compare Numbers 27:5 (P) 2 Samuel 15:4.
†e. sentence, decision of judgment: כן משׁפטךָ 1 Kings 20:40 thus is thy sentence; עת ומ׳ Ecclesiastes 8:5, 6 time and sentence; על מ׳ Deuteronomy 17:11 according to the sentence; מָוֶת מ׳ Deuteronomy 19:6; Deuteronomy 21:22; Jeremiah 26:11, 16; דמים מ׳ Ezekiel 7:23, compare Habakkuk 1:4 (twice in verse); Psalm 7:7; Psalm 17:2; Ezekiel 23:45; plural only Ezekiel 16:68 משׁפטֵי נאפות; Hosea 6:5 read singular כָאוֹר מִשְׁפָּטִי for אוֺר מִשְׁפָּטֶיךָ after Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Targum Ew Hi Che and most modern
†f. execution of judgment, in general, עשׂה מ׳, with בֵּין Jeremiah 7:5; Ezekiel 18:8, compare Deuteronomy 32:41; Zephaniah 3:8; with בְּ against Psalm 119:84; Psalm 149:9; ב omitted Psalm 9:17; Ezekiel 39:21, בא אל מ׳ Jeremiah 48:21, ברוח מ׳ Isaiah 4:4, מואב מ׳ Jeremiah 48:47, compare Isaiah 53:8; Jeremiah 51:9; Hosea 5:1, 11; Hosea 10:4; Job 36:17; plural Isaiah 26:8, 9; Ezekiel 5:8; Zephaniah 3:15; Psalm 10:5; in favour of, עשׂה משׁפטִי Micah 7:9; Psalm 9:5; לעשׁוקים מ׳ Psalm 146:7; והציל דין מ׳ Jeremiah 21:12, compare Zechariah 7:9; Zechariah 8:16; plural Psalm 48:12 = Psalm 97:8Psalm 6; Psalm 5; 7= 1 Chronicles 16:12, 14.
†g. time of judgment, לִא יקומו במ׳ Psalm 1:5 (late; probably judgment of the resurrection).
2. attribute of the שֹׁפֵט, justice, right, rectitude:
a. of God, אלהי מ׳ Isaiah 30:18; הֲשֹׁפֵט כָּלהָֿאָרֶץ לֹא יַעֲשֶׂה מ׳ Genesis 18:25 (J), compare Job 40:8; Deuteronomy 32:4; Psalm 111:7; he loves it Psalm 33:5; Psalm 37:28; Psalm 99:4; צדק ומ׳ Hosea 2:21; Psalm 89:15 = Psalm 97:2; will not pervert it Job 8:3; Job 34:12, compare Job 37:23; כמשׁפטךָ Psalm 119:149 (|| חסדךָ); רַבָּה תְּהוֺם מִשְׁפָּֽטְךָ Psalm 36:7 (read singular).
b. of man: אַשְׁרֵי שֹׁמְרֵי מ׳ Psalm 106:8 (|| צדקה); the tongue of the wise speaketh מ׳ Psalm 37:30; so of thoughts מ׳ Proverbs 12:5; put on מ׳ as robe Job 29:14, chosen Job 34:4; עשׂה מ׳: God requires that man should do it Micah 6:8; Isaiah 1:17; Isaiah 56:1, compare Isaiah 61:8; it is the joy of the righteous Proverbs 21:15; rulers should know it Micah 3:1, compare Proverbs 29:4; wicked ruler שׂוֺנֵא מ׳ Job 34:17; abhors it Micah 3:9, compare Proverbs 19:28; Proverbs 21:7; Proverbs 28:5.
3. ordinance promulgated by שֹׁפֵט: 1 Samuel 8:9, 11; 1 Samuel 10:25 (law of king); Levitical ordinances Leviticus 5:10; Leviticus 9:16 + 13 times P, 1 Chronicles 15:13; 1 Chronicles 24:19; 2 Chronicles 4:7, 20; 8:14; 35:13; Nehemiah 8:18; חק ומ׳ Exodus 15:25; Joshua 24:25 (E) 1 Samuel 30:25, compare Psalm 81:5; חקת מ׳ Numbers 27:11; Numbers 35:29 (P); divine law in general יהוה מ׳ Jeremiah 8:7; מ׳ אלהים Isaiah 58:2; Jeremiah 5:4, 5 (|| דֶּרֶךְ), compare Psalm 25:9; || תורה Isaiah 42:4; Isaiah 51:4; Ezra 7:10; compare Zephaniah 2:3; Psalm 119:43; Psalm 119:160; plural of particular ordinances Deuteronomy 33:10, 21 (poem), Isaiah 58:2; Ezekiel 44:24; Psalm 19:10; Psalm 119:7 + 16 times, Psalm 147:20.
4. decision of the שֹׁפֵט in a case of law (see BrHexateuch 252 sq.): singular of particular decision of a case Exodus 21:31 (E); plural of series of decisions Exodus 21:1; Exodus 24:3 (JE) Deuteronomy 7:12 (D2); in covt. code and D, collection of pentads in conditional or temporal compare, with כּי or אם in D, and subject in combination, חקים ומשׁפטים Deuteronomy 4:1. 5. 8. 14. 45 +; in code of H and after, in combination חקות ומשׁפטים, Leviticus 18:4, 5, 26; Leviticus 19:37 +; (the specific type of these laws in H is אִישׁ כִּי, over against נפשׁ כי or אדם כי in code of P, see BrHexateuch 254 f.); other combinations, redactional and later, Leviticus 26:46; Numbers 36:13; Deuteronomy 30:16; 2 Kings 17:37; 2 Chronicles 33:8; Nehemiah 9:13; Psalm 18:23; Psalm 89:31; Psalm 147:19.
5. one's (legal) right, privilege, due: הַכּהֲנִים מ׳ Deuteronomy 18:3 due of the priests, הַבְּכֹרָה מ׳ Deuteronomy 21:17; מ׳ הַגְּאֻלָּה Jeremiah 32:7 right of redemption; הַיְרֻשָּׁה מ׳ Jeremiah 32:8; הִטָּה מ׳ Exodus 23:6 (E) wrest right, so Deuteronomy 16:19; Deuteronomy 23:6; Deuteronomy 24:17; Deuteronomy 27:19; 1 Samuel 8:3; Lamentations 3:35, compare Proverbs 18:5; יְתוֺם מ׳ Deuteronomy 10:18; אביון מ׳ Exodus 23:6 (E) Jeremiah 5:28; Psalm 140:13; עניים מ׳ Isaiah 10:2; Job 36:6; הסיר מ׳ Job 27:2; Job 34:5, compare Isaiah 40:27; Isaiah 49:4.
6.
a. proper, fitting, measure 1 Kings 5:8; fitness Isaiah 28:26; Isaiah 40:14 (of fitness in the order of nature; compare Di).
b. custom, manner: הכהנים מ׳ 1 Samuel 2:13 custom of the priests (rightful due, according to Th We Dr and most); מִשְפָּטוֹ 1 Samuel 27:11 his (David's) custom; מ׳ הגוים 2 Kings 17:33 manner of the nations, compare 2 Kings 17:26, 27 (Rssem. 1, 24, 2nd ed. 23); כמ׳ after the manner, custom, fashion (of) Genesis 40:13; Exodus 21:9 (E) Judges 18:7; 1 Kings 18:28; 2 Kings 11:14; 2 Kings 17:34; 1 Chronicles 6:17; Ezekiel 42:11; Psalm 119:132.
†c. מה משׁפט Judges 13:12 what manner of a boy, compare 2 Kings 1:7.
†d. plan... of the tabernacle Exodus 26:30 (P); temple 1 Kings 6:38; palace Jeremiah 30:18.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

18:25; 40:13; 40:13

Exodus

15:25; 21:1; 21:9; 21:31; 21:31; 23:6; 23:6; 23:6; 24:3; 26:30; 28:15; 28:29; 28:30; 28:30

Leviticus

5:10; 9:16; 18:4; 18:5; 18:26; 19:15; 19:35; 19:37; 26:46

Numbers

27:5; 27:5; 27:11; 27:21; 35:12; 35:29; 36:13

Deuteronomy

1:17; 1:17; 4:1; 4:5; 4:8; 4:14; 4:45; 7:12; 10:18; 16:18; 16:19; 17:8; 17:9; 17:11; 18:3; 19:6; 21:17; 21:22; 23:6; 24:17; 25:1; 27:19; 30:16; 32:4; 32:41; 33:10; 33:10; 33:21

Joshua

20:6; 24:25

Judges

4:5; 13:12; 18:7

1 Samuel

2:13; 8:3; 8:9; 8:11; 10:25; 27:11; 30:25

2 Samuel

15:2; 15:4; 15:6

1 Kings

3:11; 3:28; 3:28; 5:8; 6:38; 7:7; 18:28; 20:40

2 Kings

1:7; 11:14; 17:26; 17:27; 17:33; 17:34; 17:37; 25:6

1 Chronicles

6:17; 15:13; 16:12; 16:14; 24:19

2 Chronicles

4:7; 4:20; 8:14; 19:6; 19:8; 33:8; 35:13

Ezra

7:10

Nehemiah

8:18; 9:13

Job

8:3; 9:19; 9:32; 13:18; 14:3; 22:4; 23:4; 27:2; 29:14; 32:9; 34:4; 34:5; 34:12; 34:17; 34:23; 36:6; 36:17; 37:23; 40:8

Psalms

1:5; 5; 6; 7; 7:7; 9:5; 9:8; 9:17; 10:5; 17:2; 18:23; 19:10; 25:9; 33:5; 35:23; 36:7; 37:28; 37:30; 48:12; 76:10; 81:5; 89:15; 89:31; 97:2; 97:8; 99:4; 106:8; 111:7; 112:5; 119:7; 119:43; 119:84; 119:132; 119:149; 119:160; 122:5; 140:13; 143:2; 146:7; 147:19; 147:20; 149:9

Proverbs

12:5; 16:10; 16:33; 18:5; 19:28; 21:7; 21:15; 24:23; 28:5; 29:4; 29:26

Ecclesiastes

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

Isaiah

1:17; 3:14; 4:4; 10:2; 26:8; 26:9; 28:6; 28:6; 28:26; 30:18; 34:5; 40:14; 40:27; 40:27; 41:1; 42:4; 49:4; 50:8; 51:4; 53:8; 54:17; 56:1; 58:2; 58:2; 59:11; 61:8

Jeremiah

1:16; 4:12; 4:12; 5:4; 5:5; 5:28; 7:5; 8:7; 12:1; 21:12; 26:11; 26:16; 30:18; 32:7; 32:8; 39:5; 48:21; 48:47; 49:12; 51:9; 52:9

Lamentations

3:35; 3:59

Ezekiel

5:8; 7:23; 18:8; 23:45; 34:16; 39:21; 42:11; 44:24; 44:24; 44:24

Hosea

2:21; 5:1; 5:11; 6:5; 10:4

Micah

3:1; 3:9; 6:8; 7:9

Habakkuk

1:4; 1:12

Zephaniah

2:3; 3:8; 3:15

Zechariah

7:9; 8:16

Malachi

2:17; 3:5

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H4941 matches the Hebrew מִשְׁפָּט (mišpāṭ),
which occurs 32 times in 32 verses in 'Jer' in the WLC Hebrew.

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 1:16 - I will pronounce judgment
on my people for all their evil—
for deserting me and burning incense to other gods.
Yes, they worship idols made with their own hands!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:2 - Then when you swear by my name, saying,
‘As surely as the LORD lives,’
you could do so
with truth, justice, and righteousness.
Then you would be a blessing to the nations of the world,
and all people would come and praise my name.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:12 - It is a roaring blast sent by me!
Now I will pronounce your destruction!”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:1 - “Run up and down every street in Jerusalem,” says the LORD.
“Look high and low; search throughout the city!
If you can find even one just and honest person,
I will not destroy the city.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:4 - Then I said, “But what can we expect from the poor?
They are ignorant.
They don’t know the ways of the LORD.
They don’t understand God’s laws.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:5 - So I will go and speak to their leaders.
Surely they know the ways of the LORD
and understand God’s laws.”
But the leaders, too, as one man,
had thrown off God’s yoke
and broken his chains.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:28 - They are fat and sleek,
and there is no limit to their wicked deeds.
They refuse to provide justice to orphans
and deny the rights of the poor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:5 - But I will be merciful only if you stop your evil thoughts and deeds and start treating each other with justice;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:7 - Even the stork that flies across the sky
knows the time of her migration,
as do the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane.[fn]
They all return at the proper time each year.
But not my people!
They do not know the LORD’s laws.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:24 - But those who wish to boast
should boast in this alone:
that they truly know me and understand that I am the LORD
who demonstrates unfailing love
and who brings justice and righteousness to the earth,
and that I delight in these things.
I, the LORD, have spoken!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:24 - So correct me, LORD, but please be gentle.
Do not correct me in anger, for I would die.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:1 - LORD, you always give me justice
when I bring a case before you.
So let me bring you this complaint:
Why are the wicked so prosperous?
Why are evil people so happy?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:11 - Like a partridge that hatches eggs she has not laid,
so are those who get their wealth by unjust means.
At midlife they will lose their riches;
in the end, they will become poor old fools.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - This is what the LORD says to the dynasty of David:
“‘Give justice each morning to the people you judge!
Help those who have been robbed;
rescue them from their oppressors.
Otherwise, my anger will burn like an unquenchable fire
because of all your sins.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - This is what the LORD says: Be fair-minded and just. Do what is right! Help those who have been robbed; rescue them from their oppressors. Quit your evil deeds! Do not mistreat foreigners, orphans, and widows. Stop murdering the innocent!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:13 - And the LORD says, “What sorrow awaits Jehoiakim,[fn]
who builds his palace with forced labor.[fn]
He builds injustice into its walls,
for he makes his neighbors work for nothing.
He does not pay them for their labor.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:15 - But a beautiful cedar palace does not make a great king!
Your father, Josiah, also had plenty to eat and drink.
But he was just and right in all his dealings.
That is why God blessed him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:5 - “For the time is coming,”
says the LORD,
“when I will raise up a righteous descendant[fn]
from King David’s line.
He will be a King who rules with wisdom.
He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:11 - The priests and prophets presented their accusations to the officials and the people. “This man should die!” they said. “You have heard with your own ears what a traitor he is, for he has prophesied against this city.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:16 - Then the officials and the people said to the priests and prophets, “This man does not deserve the death sentence, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:11 - For I am with you and will save you,”
says the LORD.
“I will completely destroy the nations where I have scattered you,
but I will not completely destroy you.
I will discipline you, but with justice;
I cannot let you go unpunished.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:18 - This is what the LORD says:
“When I bring Israel home again from captivity
and restore their fortunes,
Jerusalem will be rebuilt on its ruins,
and the palace reconstructed as before.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:7 - “Your cousin Hanamel son of Shallum will come and say to you, ‘Buy my field at Anathoth. By law you have the right to buy it before it is offered to anyone else.’”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:8 - Then, just as the LORD had said he would, my cousin Hanamel came and visited me in the prison. He said, “Please buy my field at Anathoth in the land of Benjamin. By law you have the right to buy it before it is offered to anyone else, so buy it for yourself.” Then I knew that the message I had heard was from the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:15 - “In those days and at that time
I will raise up a righteous descendant[fn] from King David’s line.
He will do what is just and right throughout the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But the Babylonian[fn] troops chased the king and caught him on the plains of Jericho. They took him to King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon, who was at Riblah in the land of Hamath. There the king of Babylon pronounced judgment upon Zedekiah.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28 - Do not be afraid, Jacob, my servant,
for I am with you,” says the LORD.
“I will completely destroy the nations to which I have exiled you,
but I will not completely destroy you.
I will discipline you, but with justice;
I cannot let you go unpunished.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:21 - Judgment has been poured out on the towns of the plateau—
on Holon and Jahaz[fn] and Mephaath,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:47 - But I will restore the fortunes of Moab
in days to come.
I, the LORD, have spoken!” This is the end of Jeremiah’s prophecy concerning Moab.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:12 - And this is what the LORD says: “If the innocent must suffer, how much more must you! You will not go unpunished! You must drink this cup of judgment!
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:9 - We would have helped her if we could,
but nothing can save her now.
Let her go; abandon her.
Return now to your own land.
For her punishment reaches to the heavens;
it is so great it cannot be measured.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:9 - They took him to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath. There the king of Babylon pronounced judgment upon Zedekiah.
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