# H4941 --- ## Gary's Lexicon ### Definition - justice - ordinances - judgment ### Part of Speech - Noun ### Word Studies - [[Justice_H4941_List]] ### Other - This word occurs in 31 of the 39 OT books --- ## Lexical Summary ### Root Transliteration (Phonetic Spelling) - mishpat (mish-pawt') ### Part of Speech - Noun ### Definitions & Usage #### KJV - judgment (296x), manner (38x), right (18x), cause (12x), ordinance (11x), lawful (7x), order (5x), worthy (3x), fashion (3x), custom (2x), discretion (2x), law (2x), measure (2x), sentence (2x), miscellaneous (18x) #### NASB ##### Definition - justice, ordinances, judgment, judgments, ordinance, custom, right - (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 - justice (118), just (4), justly (3), injustice* (2), matters of justice (1) - ordinances (79), ordinance (29) - judgment (62), judgments (40), judged (1) - custom (11), customs (2), - right (8), rights (2), what is right (2), rightful place (1) - cause (7) - case (5), case* (1) - procedure (4) - manner (3) - decision (2), decisions (1), decide (1) - arrangements (1), charge (1), claim (1), court (2), crimes (1), deserving (1), destruction (1), due (1), judge (1), kind (1), mode of life (1), order (1), plan (1), plans (1), practice (1), properly (2), regulation (1), rule (1), sentence (2), sentenced (1), standard (1), trial (1), unjustly* (1), verdict (1), way prescribed (2), worthy (1) #### Strong's ##### Definition - From shaphat ([[H8199]]); 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 -- + adversary, ceremony, charge, X 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, X worthy, + wrong. ##### Usage --- ## Other Dimensions ### Helps Word Studies ### Word Origin - from shaphat ([[H8199]]) ### Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Words ### Cultural and Historical Background ### Outline of Biblical Usage (BLB) - judgment, justice, ordinance - judgment - act of deciding a case - place, court, seat of judgment - process, procedure, litigation (before judges) - case, cause (presented for judgment) - sentence, decision (of judgment) - execution (of judgment) - time (of judgment) - justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man) - ordinance - decision (in law) - right, privilege, due (legal) - proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan ### Vines --- ## Links, Etc ### Occurrences - 421 ### Occurrences Link - https://biblehub.com/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm ### BibleHub Link - - https://biblehub.com/hebrew/4941.htm --- ## Revision Dates ### Initial - 2020.01.24 ### Revised - 2026.01.23 --- --- #### Origin Ref 1 - H8199 #### Origin Ref 2 - #### Occurrences - 421 #### Occurrences Link - https://biblehub.com/hebrew/strongs_4941.htm #### BibleHub Link - https://biblehub.com/hebrew/4941.htm #### Blue Letter Bible Usage – Outline - #### Blue Letter Bible – Strong’s Definition - #### Blue Letter Bible – Vines - #### NET Notes - #### Initial Date - 2020.01.24