מִשְׁפָּט
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
Strong’s Definition
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
Etymology & Derivation
from H8199 (שָׁפַט);
KJV Usage
[phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] 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, [idiom] worthy, [phrase] wrong.
Detailed Definition
From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.
- 1.judgment, justice, ordinance
- 2.judgment
- 3.justice, right, rectitude (attributes of god or man)
- 4.ordinance
- 5.decision (in law)
- 6.right, privilege, due (legal)
- 7.proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan
Scholarly Notes
Transliteration: mishpâṭ; Pronunciation: mish-pawt'