Hebrew word

mishpâṭ

mish-pawt'

מִשְׁפָּט

What it means

properly, a verdict pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty

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

Where it comes from

from shâphaṭ (שָׁפַט)

How the King James translates it

judgment154
judgments91
manner26
right15
cause11
lawful7
ordinances6
ordinance5

Every place it appears 351

Genesis18:19 40:13

Exodus15:25 21:1 21:9 21:31 23:6 24:3 26:30 28:15 28:29 28:30

Leviticus5:10 18:4 18:5 18:26 19:15 19:35 19:37 20:22 24:22 25:18 26:15 26:43 26:46

Numbers9:3 9:14 15:16 15:24 27:5 27:11 27:21 29:6 35:29 36:13

Deuteronomy1:17 4:1 4:5 4:8 4:14 4:45 5:1 5:31 6:1 6:20 7:11 7:12 8:11 10:18 11:1 11:32 12:1 16:19 17:8 17:11 18:3 19:6 21:17 21:22 24:17 25:1 26:16 26:17 27:19 30:16 32:4 32:41 33:10 33:21

Joshua6:15 20:6 24:25

Judges13:12 18:7

1 Samuel2:13 8:3 8:9 8:11 10:25 27:11 30:25

2 Samuel8:15 15:2 15:4 15:6 22:23

1 Kings2:3 3:11 3:28 4:28 6:12 6:38 7:7 8:45 8:49 8:58 8:59 9:4 10:9 11:33 18:28 20:40

2 Kings1:7 11:14 17:26 17:27 17:33 17:34 17:37 17:40 25:6

1 Chronicles6:32 15:13 16:12 16:14 18:14 22:13 23:31 24:19 28:7

2 Chronicles4:7 4:20 6:35 6:39 7:17 8:14 9:8 19:8 19:10 30:16 33:8 35:13

Ezra3:4

Nehemiah1:7 9:13 9:29 10:29

Job8:3 9:19 13:18 23:4 27:2 29:14 31:13 34:4 34:6 34:17 34:23 35:2 36:6 36:17 37:23 40:8

Proverbs1:3 2:8 2:9 12:5 16:11 16:33 19:28 21:3 21:15 28:5 29:4 29:26

Ecclesiastes3:16 5:8 8:6 12:14

Isaiah1:17 1:21 1:27 3:14 4:4 5:7 5:16 9:7 10:2 16:5 26:8 26:9 28:6 28:17 28:26 30:18 32:16 33:5 40:14 40:27 42:1 42:3 42:4 49:4 51:4 53:8 54:17 56:1 58:2 59:8 59:9 59:11 59:14 61:8

Jeremiah1:16 4:2 5:1 5:4 5:5 5:28 7:5 8:7 9:24 10:24 12:1 17:11 21:12 22:3 22:13 22:15 23:5 26:11 26:16 30:11 32:7 32:8 33:15 46:28 48:21 48:47 49:12 51:9

Lamentations3:35

Ezekiel5:6 5:7 5:8 7:23 7:27 11:12 11:20 16:38 18:5 18:8 18:9 18:17 18:19 18:21 18:27 20:11 20:13 20:16 20:18 20:19 20:21 20:24 20:25 21:27 23:24 23:45 33:14 33:16 33:19 36:27 37:24 39:21 42:11 44:24 45:9

Hosea2:19 5:1 5:11 6:5 10:4 12:6

Amos5:7 5:15 5:24 6:12

Micah3:8 3:9 6:8 7:9

Habakkuk1:4 1:7 1:12

Zephaniah2:3 3:5 3:8 3:15

Zechariah7:9 8:16

Malachi3:5