Usually translated as
judge, plead, execute, judgment, that condemn, defend, reason, avenge, contend, needs, rule
Occurrences
Shâphaṭ occurs 203 times in 182 verses of the King James.
Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (4), Exodus (6), Leviticus (1), Numbers (2), Deuteronomy (9), Joshua (3), Judges (17), Ruth (1), 1 Samuel (14), 2 Samuel (4), 1 Kings (4), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (5), 2 Chronicles (9), Ezra (1), Job (6), Psalms (30), Proverbs (4), Ecclesiastes (1), Isaiah (15), Jeremiah (4), Lamentations (1), Ezekiel (25), Daniel (1), Hosea (2), Joel (2), Amos (1), Obadiah (1), Micah (4), Zephaniah (1), Zechariah (2)
- Genesis 16:5 — And Sarai said unto Abram, My wrong be upon thee: I have given my maid into thy bosom; and when she saw that she had conceived, I was despised in her eyes: the LORD judge (יִשְׁפֹּ֥ט) between me and thee.
- Genesis 18:25 — That be far from thee to do after this manner, to slay the righteous with the wicked: and that the righteous should be as the wicked, that be far from thee: Shall not the Judge (הֲשֹׁפֵט֙) of all the earth do right?
- Genesis 19:9 — And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge (שָׁפ֔וֹט): now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
- Genesis 19:9 — And they said, Stand back. And they said again, This one fellow came in to sojourn, and he will needs be a judge (וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֣ט): now will we deal worse with thee, than with them. And they pressed sore upon the man, even Lot, and came near to break the door.
- Genesis 31:53 — The God of Abraham, and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge (יִשְׁפְּט֣וּ) betwixt us. And Jacob sware by the fear of his father Isaac.
- Exodus 2:14 — And he said, Who made thee a prince and a judge (וְשֹׁפֵט֙) over us? intendest thou to kill me, as thou killedst the Egyptian? And Moses feared, and said, Surely this thing is known.
- Exodus 5:21 — And they said unto them, The LORD look upon you, and judge (וְיִשְׁפֹּ֑ט); because ye have made our savour to be abhorred in the eyes of Pharaoh, and in the eyes of his servants, to put a sword in their hand to slay us.
- Exodus 18:13 — And it came to pass on the morrow, that Moses sat to judge (לִשְׁפֹּ֣ט) the people: and the people stood by Moses from the morning unto the evening.
- Exodus 18:16 — When they have a matter, they come unto me; and I judge (וְשָׁ֣פַטְתִּ֔י) between one and another, and I do make them know the statutes of God, and his laws.
- Exodus 18:22 — And let them judge (וְשָׁפְט֣וּ) the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge: so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
- Exodus 18:22 — And let them judge the people at all seasons: and it shall be, that every great matter they shall bring unto thee, but every small matter they shall judge (יִשְׁפְּטוּ): so shall it be easier for thyself, and they shall bear the burden with thee.
- Exodus 18:26 — And they judged (וְשָׁפְט֥וּ) the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged themselves.
- Exodus 18:26 — And they judged the people at all seasons: the hard causes they brought unto Moses, but every small matter they judged (יִשְׁפּוּט֥וּ) themselves.
- Leviticus 19:15 — Ye shall do no unrighteousness in judgment: thou shalt not respect the person of the poor, nor honour the person of the mighty: but in righteousness shalt thou judge (תִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט) thy neighbour.
- Numbers 25:5 — And Moses said unto the judges (שֹׁפְטֵ֖י) of Israel, Slay ye every one his men that were joined unto Baal-peor.
- Numbers 35:24 — Then the congregation shall judge (וְשָֽׁפְטוּ֙) between the slayer and the revenger of blood according to these judgments:
- Deuteronomy 1:16 — And I charged your judges (שֹׁ֣פְטֵיכֶ֔ם) at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
- Deuteronomy 1:16 — And I charged your judges at that time, saying, Hear the causes between your brethren, and judge (וּשְׁפַטְתֶּ֣ם) righteously between every man and his brother, and the stranger that is with him.
- Deuteronomy 16:18 — Judges (שֹׁפְטִ֣ים) and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge the people with just judgment.
- Deuteronomy 16:18 — Judges and officers shalt thou make thee in all thy gates, which the LORD thy God giveth thee, throughout thy tribes: and they shall judge (וְשָׁפְט֥וּ) the people with just judgment.
- Deuteronomy 17:9 — And thou shalt come unto the priests the Levites, and unto the judge (הַשֹּׁפֵ֔ט) that shall be in those days, and enquire; and they shall shew thee the sentence of judgment:
- Deuteronomy 17:12 — And the man that will do presumptuously, and will not hearken unto the priest that standeth to minister there before the LORD thy God, or unto the judge (הַשֹּׁפֵ֑ט), even that man shall die: and thou shalt put away the evil from Israel.
- Deuteronomy 19:17 — Then both the men, between whom the controversy is, shall stand before the LORD, before the priests and the judges (וְהַשֹּׁ֣פְטִ֔ים), which shall be in those days;
- Deuteronomy 19:18 — And the judges (הַשֹּׁפְטִ֖ים) shall make diligent inquisition: and, behold, if the witness be a false witness, and hath testified falsely against his brother;
- Deuteronomy 21:2 — Then thy elders and thy judges (וְשֹׁפְטֶ֑יךָ) shall come forth, and they shall measure unto the cities which are round about him that is slain:
- Deuteronomy 25:1 — If there be a controversy between men, and they come unto judgment, that the judges may judge (וּשְׁפָט֑וּם) them; then they shall justify the righteous, and condemn the wicked.
- Deuteronomy 25:2 — And it shall be, if the wicked man be worthy to be beaten, that the judge (הַשֹּׁפֵט֙) shall cause him to lie down, and to be beaten before his face, according to his fault, by a certain number.
- Joshua 8:33 — And all Israel, and their elders, and officers, and their judges (וְשֹׁפְטָ֡יו), stood on this side the ark and on that side before the priests the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the LORD, as well the stranger, as he that was born among them; half of them over against mount Gerizim, and half of them over against mount Ebal; as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded before, that they should bless the people of Israel.
- Joshua 23:2 — And Joshua called for all Israel, and for their elders, and for their heads, and for their judges (וּלְשֹׁפְטָ֖יו), and for their officers, and said unto them, I am old and stricken in age:
- Joshua 24:1 — And Joshua gathered all the tribes of Israel to Shechem, and called for the elders of Israel, and for their heads, and for their judges (וּלְשֹֽׁפְטָיו֙), and for their officers; and they presented themselves before God.
- Judges 2:16 — Nevertheless the LORD raised up judges (שֹֽׁפְטִ֑ים), which delivered them out of the hand of those that spoiled them.
- Judges 2:17 — And yet they would not hearken unto their judges (שֹֽׁפְטֵיהֶם֙), but they went a whoring after other gods, and bowed themselves unto them: they turned quickly out of the way which their fathers walked in, obeying the commandments of the LORD; but they did not so.
- Judges 2:18 — And when the LORD raised them up judges (שֹֽׁפְטִים֒), then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
- Judges 2:18 — And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge (הַשֹּׁפֵ֔ט), and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge: for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
- Judges 2:18 — And when the LORD raised them up judges, then the LORD was with the judge, and delivered them out of the hand of their enemies all the days of the judge (הַשּׁוֹפֵ֑ט): for it repented the LORD because of their groanings by reason of them that oppressed them and vexed them.
- Judges 2:19 — And it came to pass, when the judge (הַשּׁוֹפֵ֗ט) was dead, that they returned, and corrupted themselves more than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their own doings, nor from their stubborn way.
- Judges 3:10 — And the Spirit of the LORD came upon him, and he judged (וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֣ט) Israel, and went out to war: and the LORD delivered Chushan-rishathaim king of Mesopotamia into his hand; and his hand prevailed against Chushan-rishathaim.
- Judges 4:4 — And Deborah, a prophetess, the wife of Lapidoth, she judged (שֹׁפְטָ֥ה) Israel at that time.
- Judges 10:2 — And he judged (וַיִּשְׁפֹּט֙) Israel twenty and three years, and died, and was buried in Shamir.
- Judges 10:3 — And after him arose Jair, a Gileadite, and judged (וַיִּשְׁפֹּט֙) Israel twenty and two years.
- Judges 11:27 — Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge (יִשְׁפֹּ֨ט) be judge this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
- Judges 11:27 — Wherefore I have not sinned against thee, but thou doest me wrong to war against me: the LORD the Judge be judge (הַשֹּׁפֵט֙) this day between the children of Israel and the children of Ammon.
- Judges 12:7 — And Jephthah judged (וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט) Israel six years. Then died Jephthah the Gileadite, and was buried in one of the cities of Gilead.
- Judges 12:8 — And after him Ibzan of Beth-lehem judged (וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֤ט) Israel.
- Judges 12:9 — And he had thirty sons, and thirty daughters, whom he sent abroad, and took in thirty daughters from abroad for his sons. And he judged (וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט) Israel seven years.
- Judges 12:11 — And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged (וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֤ט) Israel; and he judged Israel ten years.
- Judges 12:11 — And after him Elon, a Zebulonite, judged Israel; and he judged (וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט) Israel ten years.
- Judges 12:13 — And after him Abdon the son of Hillel, a Pirathonite, judged (וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט) Israel.
- Judges 12:14 — And he had forty sons and thirty nephews, that rode on threescore and ten ass colts: and he judged (וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֥ט) Israel eight years.
- Judges 15:20 — And he judged (וַיִּשְׁפֹּ֧ט) Israel in the days of the Philistines twenty years.