Strong's Number H4941

מִשְׁפָּט

mishpat · mish-pawt'

Transliteration:

mishpat{mish-pawt'}

Word Origin:

from 8199

TWOT:

2443c

Part of Speech:

noun masculine

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

Usage in the KJV:

judgment 296, manner 39, right 18, cause 12, ordinance 11, lawful 7, order 5, worthy 4, fashion 3, custom 2, discretion 2, law 1, measure 2, sentence 2, misc 18

Total: 421
Occurs 410 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

judgment, justice, ordinance
1. judgment
  1. act of deciding a case
  2. place, court, seat of judgment
  3. process, procedure, litigation (before judges)
  4. case, cause (presented for judgment)
  5. sentence, decision (of judgment)
  6. execution (of judgment)
  7. time (of judgment)
2. justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man)
3. ordinance
4. decision (in law)
5. right, privilege, due (legal)
6. proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan