שָׁפַט shaphat
Hebrew word for “to judge” · Strong’s H8199 · used 202 times in 182 verses
Meaning
1) to judge, govern, vindicate, punish;
How it is translated
Glosses given for shaphat in context, with how often each is used:
- will judge 39
- judge 36
- judges 34
- judged 21
- vindicate 7
- will enter into judgment 6
- judging 5
- ¿ will you judge 5
- may he judge 4
- rulers 4
- who judges 3
- about to judge 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Psalms | 32 | 1.6 | |
| Ezekiel | 28 | 1.5 | |
| Judges | 21 | 2.1 | |
| 1 Samuel | 15 | 1.1 | |
| Isaiah | 15 | 0.9 | |
| Deuteronomy | 11 | 0.8 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 10 | 0.8 | |
| Exodus | 8 | 0.5 | |
| Job | 6 | 0.7 | |
| Genesis | 5 | 0.2 | |
| 1 Kings | 5 | 0.4 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 5 | 0.5 |
Also in 19 more books.
Chapters where it is used most
Judges 12 (6), 1 Samuel 8 (5), Exodus 18 (4), Judges 2 (4), 1 Samuel 7 (4), Psalms 82 (4), 2 Chronicles 1 (3), Psalms 9 (3), Isaiah 1 (3), Ezekiel 7 (3)
Forms
- שׁפט 16
- וישׁפט 15
- ישׁפט 11
- שׁפטים 9
- לשׁפט 8
- שׁפטו 8
- ישׁפטו 7
- השׁפט 6
- ושׁפט 6
- שׁפטי 6
Words used with it
Words that share verses with shaphat more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- צֶדֶק tsedeq “righteousness” 19
- מִשְׁפָּט mishpat “justice” 22
- בַּיִן bayin “between” 17
- רִיב riv “strife” 9
- צָדֵק tsadaq “to justify” 8
- רָשָׁע rasah “wicked” 11
- שַׂר sar “ruler” 11
- אֵת et “with” 13
- דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 12
- גּוֹי goy “nation” 11
- שֹׁטֵר shoter “official” 6
- צַדִּיק tsaddiq “righteous” 8
Key verses
The verses using shaphat that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 18:25 — That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee:…
- 1 Kings 3:9 — Give therefore thy servant an understanding heart to judge thy people, that I may discern between good and bad: for who is able to judge this thy so great a…
- Psalms 26:1 — [A Psalm of David.] Judge me, O LORD; for I have walked in mine integrity: I have trusted also in the LORD; therefore I shall not slide.
- Isaiah 1:23 — Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the…
- Isaiah 11:4 — But with righteousness shall he judge 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…
- Isaiah 33:22 — For the LORD is our judge, the LORD is our lawgiver, the LORD is our king; he will save us.
- Isaiah 51:5 — My righteousness is near; my salvation is gone forth, and mine arms shall judge the people; the isles shall wait upon me, and on mine arm shall they trust.
- Ezekiel 18:30 — Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions;…
- Daniel 9:12 — And he hath confirmed his words, which he spake against us, and against our judges that judged us, by bringing upon us a great evil: for under the whole heaven…
- Micah 3:11 — The heads thereof judge for reward, and the priests thereof teach for hire, and the prophets thereof divine for money: yet will they lean upon the LORD, and…
- Micah 7:3 — That they may do evil with both hands earnestly, the prince asketh, and the judge asketh for a reward; and the great man, he uttereth his mischievous desire:…
- Zephaniah 3:3 — Her princes within her are roaring lions; her judges are evening wolves; they gnaw not the bones till the morrow.
See all 182 verses in the Word Atlas
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.