Strong's Number H8199

שָׁפַט

shaphat · shaw-fat'

Transliteration:

shaphat{shaw-fat'}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

2443

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

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)

Usage in the KJV:

judge (v) 119, judge (n) 60, plead 11, avenged 2, condemn 1, execute 2, judgment 2, defend 1, deliver 1, misc 3

Total: 203
Occurs 203 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to judge, govern, vindicate, punish
1. (Qal)
  1. to act as law-giver or judge or governor (of God, man)
    1. to rule, govern, judge
  2. to decide controversy (of God, man)
  3. to execute judgment
    1. discriminating (of man)
    2. vindicating
    3. condemning and punishing
    4. at theophanic advent for final judgment
2. (Niphal)
  1. to enter into controversy, plead, have controversy together
  2. to be judged
3. (Poel) judge, opponent-at-law (participle)