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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
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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 - And I will utter my judgments against them, for all their wickedness in forsaking me; they have burned incense to other gods, and worshiped the works of their own hands.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:2 - and if you swear, 'As the LORD lives,' in truth, in justice, and in uprightness, then nations shall bless themselves in him, and in him shall they glory."
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 4:12 - a wind too full for this comes for me. Now it is I who speak in judgment upon them."
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:1 - Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, look and take note! Search her squares to see if you can find a man, one who does justice and seeks truth; that I may pardon her.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:4 - Then I said, "These are only the poor, they have no sense; for they do not know the way of the LORD, the law of their God.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:5 - I will go to the great, and will speak to them; for they know the way of the LORD, the law of their God." But they all alike had broken the yoke, they had burst the bonds.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:28 - they have grown fat and sleek. They know no bounds in deeds of wickedness; they judge not with justice the cause of the fatherless, to make it prosper, and they do not defend the rights of the needy.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 7:5 - "For if you truly amend your ways and your doings, if you truly execute justice one with another,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:7 - Even the stork in the heavens knows her times; and the turtledove, swallow, and crane keep the time of their coming; but my people know not the ordinance of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:24 - but let him who glories glory in this, that he understands and knows me, that I am the LORD who practice steadfast love, justice, and righteousness in the earth; for in these things I delight, says the LORD."
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:24 - Correct me, O LORD, but in just measure; not in thy anger, lest thou bring me to nothing.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 12:1 - Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I complain to thee; yet I would plead my case before thee. Why does the way of the wicked prosper? Why do all who are treacherous thrive?
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 17:11 - Like the partridge that gathers a brood which she did not hatch, so is he who gets riches but not by right; in the midst of his days they will leave him, and at his end he will be a fool.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 21:12 - O house of David! Thus says the LORD: "'Execute justice in the morning, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed, lest my wrath go forth like fire, and burn with none to quench it, because of your evil doings.'"
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:3 - Thus says the LORD: Do justice and righteousness, and deliver from the hand of the oppressor him who has been robbed. And do no wrong or violence to the alien, the fatherless, and the widow, nor shed innocent blood in this place.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:13 - "Woe to him who builds his house by unrighteousness, and his upper rooms by injustice; who makes his neighbor serve him for nothing, and does not give him his wages;
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 22:15 - Do you think you are a king because you compete in cedar? Did not your father eat and drink and do justice and righteousness? Then it was well with him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 23:5 - "Behold, the days are coming, says the LORD, when I will raise up for David a righteous Branch, and he shall reign as king and deal wisely, and shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:11 - Then the priests and the prophets said to the princes and to all the people, "This man deserves the sentence of death, because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears."
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 26:16 - Then the princes and all the people said to the priests and the prophets, "This man does not deserve the sentence of death, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God."
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:11 - For I am with you to save you, says the LORD; I will make a full end of all the nations among whom I scattered you, but of you I will not make a full end. I will chasten you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 30:18 - "Thus says the LORD: Behold, I will restore the fortunes of the tents of Jacob, and have compassion on his dwellings; the city shall be rebuilt upon its mound, and the palace shall stand where it used to be.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:7 - Behold, Han'amel the son of Shallum your uncle will come to you and say, 'Buy my field which is at An'athoth, for the right of redemption by purchase is yours.'
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 32:8 - Then Han'amel my cousin came to me in the court of the guard, in accordance with the word of the LORD, and said to me, 'Buy my field which is at An'athoth in the land of Benjamin, for the right of possession and redemption is yours; buy it for yourself.' Then I knew that this was the word of the LORD.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:15 - In those days and at that time I will cause a righteous Branch to spring forth for David; and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 39:5 - But the army of the Chalde'ans pursued them, and overtook Zedeki'ah in the plains of Jericho; and when they had taken him, they brought him up to Nebuchadrez'zar king of Babylon, at Riblah, in the land of Hamath; and he passed sentence upon him.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 46:28 - Fear not, O Jacob my servant, says the LORD, for I am with you. I will make a full end of all the nations to which I have driven you, but of you I will not make a full end. I will chasten you in just measure, and I will by no means leave you unpunished."
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:21 - "Judgment has come upon the tableland, upon Holon, and Jahzah, and Meph'a-ath,
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 48:47 - Yet I will restore the fortunes of Moab in the latter days, says the LORD." Thus far is the judgment on Moab.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:12 - For thus says the LORD: "If those who did not deserve to drink the cup must drink it, will you go unpunished? You shall not go unpunished, but you must drink.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:9 - We would have healed Babylon, but she was not healed. Forsake her, and let us go each to his own country; for her judgment has reached up to heaven and has been lifted up even to the skies.
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 52:9 - Then they captured the king, and brought him up to the king of Babylon at Riblah in the land of Hamath, and he passed sentence upon him.
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