Hebrew word

shâphaṭ

shaw-fat'

שָׁפַט

What it means

to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence

to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)

Where it comes from

a primitive root

How the King James translates it

judge97
judges37
judged24
plead9
judging4
judgeth4
avenged2
judgment2

Every place it appears 191

Genesis18:25 19:9 31:53

Exodus2:14 5:21 18:13 18:16 18:22 18:26

Leviticus19:15

Numbers25:5 35:24

Deuteronomy1:16 16:18 17:9 17:12 19:17 19:18 21:2 25:1 25:2

Joshua8:33 23:2 24:1

Judges2:16 2:17 2:18 2:19 3:10 4:4 10:2 10:3 11:27 12:7 12:8 12:9 12:11 12:13 12:14 15:20 16:31

Ruth1:1

1 Samuel3:13 4:18 7:6 7:15 7:16 7:17 8:1 8:2 8:5 8:6 8:20 12:7 24:12 24:15

2 Samuel7:11 15:4 18:19 18:31

1 Kings3:9 3:28 7:7 8:32

2 Kings15:5 23:22

1 Chronicles16:33 17:6 17:10 23:4 26:29

2 Chronicles1:2 1:10 1:11 6:23 19:5 19:6 20:12 22:8 26:21

Ezra10:14

Job9:24 12:17 21:22 22:13

Psalms2:10 7:8 7:11 9:4 9:8 9:19 10:18 35:24 43:1 50:6 58:11 67:4 72:4 75:2 75:7 82:2 82:3 82:8 94:2 96:13 98:9 109:7 109:31 141:6 148:11

Proverbs8:16 29:9 29:14 31:9

Ecclesiastes3:17

Isaiah1:17 1:23 1:26 2:4 3:2 5:3 11:3 11:4 16:5 33:22 40:23 43:26 51:5 59:4 66:16

Jeremiah2:35 11:20 25:31

Lamentations3:59

Ezekiel7:3 7:8 7:27 11:10 11:11 16:38 17:20 18:30 20:4 20:35 20:36 21:30 22:2 23:24 23:36 23:45 24:14 33:20 34:17 34:20 34:22 38:22 44:24

Daniel9:12

Hosea7:7 13:10

Joel3:2 3:12

Amos2:3

Obadiah1:21

Micah3:11 4:3 5:1 7:3

Zephaniah3:3

Zechariah7:9 8:16