מִשְׁפָּט mishpat

Hebrew word for “justice” · Strong’s H4941 · used 422 times in 406 verses

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Meaning

: judgement/punishment;

Senses in the lexicon

• justice: judgement (216)
• justice (165)
• justice: custom (24)
• justice: rule (16)
• (Hall of) Judgment (1)

How it is translated

Glosses given for mishpat in context, with how often each is used:

• justice 143
• judgments 120
• judgment 83
• ordinance 24
• custom 18
• sentence 6
• right 6
• case 4
• rights 3
• verdict 2
• place of judgment 1
• decision 1

Where it is used

Also in 19 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Psalms 119 (23), Numbers 29 (8), Ezekiel 20 (8), Ezekiel 18 (7), 2 Kings 17 (6), Job 34 (6), Deuteronomy 4 (5), Isaiah 59 (5), 1 Kings 8 (4), Proverbs 16 (4)

Forms

• משׁפט 134
• משׁפטי 40
• ומשׁפט 29
• במשׁפט 28
• כמשׁפט 24
• למשׁפט 24
• המשׁפט 14
• משׁפטיך 14
• המשׁפטים 12
• ומשׁפטי 10

Words used with it

Words that share verses with mishpat more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• צְדָקָה tsedaqah “righteousness” 46
• חֻקָּה chuqqah “statute” 36
• חֹק choq “statute” 36
• שָׁמַר shamar “to keep” 46
• צֶדֶק tsedeq “righteousness” 30
• מִצְוָה mitsvah “commandment” 23
• שָׁפַט shaphat “to judge” 22
• תּוֹרָה torah “instruction” 22
• הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 35
• צַדִּיק tsaddiq “righteous” 19
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 25
• חָיָה chayah “to live” 20

Key verses

The verses using mishpat that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Deuteronomy 32:4 — He is the Rock, his work is perfect: for all his ways are judgment: a God of truth and without iniquity, just and right is he.
• Psalms 9:16 — The LORD is known by the judgment which he executeth: the wicked is snared in the work of his own hands. Higgaion. Selah.
• Ecclesiastes 5:8 — If thou seest the oppression of the poor, and violent perverting of judgment and justice in a province, marvel not at the matter: for he that is higher than…
• Ecclesiastes 11:9 — Rejoice, O young man, in thy youth; and let thy heart cheer thee in the days of thy youth, and walk in the ways of thine heart, and in the sight of thine eyes:…
• Isaiah 9:7 — Of the increase of his government and peace there shall be no end, upon the throne of David, and upon his kingdom, to order it, and to establish it with…
• Isaiah 30:18 — And therefore will the LORD wait, that he may be gracious unto you, and therefore will he be exalted, that he may have mercy upon you: for the LORD is a God of…
• Isaiah 42:1 — Behold my servant, whom I uphold; mine elect, in whom my soul delighteth; I have put my spirit upon him: he shall bring forth judgment to the Gentiles.
• Jeremiah 12:1 — Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all…
• Jeremiah 23:5 — Behold, the days come, saith the LORD, that I will raise unto David a righteous Branch, and a King shall reign and prosper, and shall execute judgment and…
• Ezekiel 37:24 — And David my servant shall be king over them; and they all shall have one shepherd: they shall also walk in my judgments, and observe my statutes, and do them.
• Micah 6:8 — He hath shewed thee, O man, what is good; and what doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God?
• Malachi 3:5 — And I will come near to you to judgment; and I will be a swift witness against the sorcerers, and against the adulterers, and against false swearers, and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.