מִשְׁפָּט
mishpat
judgment
Strong's H4941NounHebrewTWOT 2443c

מִשְׁפָּט (mishpat) is a Hebrew noun meaning judgment. It appears 424 times in 31 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H4941).

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Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2443c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2443c)judgment; justice, right, rectitude; ordinance; decision; privilege, due; proper, fitting, measure, custom, manner, what manner of, plan; verdict, sentence, law, style; adversary, ceremony, charge, desert, determination…
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

מִשְׁפָּט noun, masculine: judgment

Strong's H4941 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
KJV: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.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2443: שָׁפַט šāpaṭ — judge, govern; act as law-giver, governor, decide controversy, execute judgment; enter into controversy, plead, be judged; sentence, vindicate, punish, litigate; avenge, contend, defend, execute, judgment, reason, rule

See it in Scripture

Genesis 18:19Exodus 15:25Leviticus 9:16

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