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Judgment

פְּלִילִיָּהStrong’s H6417

peliliyyah (pe-li-liy-yah)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Peliliyyah is the Hebrew word usually translated “decision”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“But they also have erred through wine, and through strong drink are out of the way; the priest and the prophet have erred through strong drink, they are swallowed up of wine, they are out of the way through strong drink; they err in vision, they stumble in judgment.”
Isaiah 28:7 KJV
Meaning
  1. The giving a decision, pronouncement of judgment, reasoning
How it's translated
  • decision 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    פְּלִילִיָּה peliliyyah · judgment

    the giving a decision, pronouncement of judgment, reasoning

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “judgment” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    JUDG'MENT, noun

    The act of judging; the act or process of the mind in comparing its ideas, to find their agreement or disagreement, and to ascertain truth; or the process of examining facts and arguments, to ascertain propriety and justice; or the process of examining the relations between one proposition and another.

    1. The faculty of the mind by which man is enabled to compare ideas and ascertain the relations of terms and propositions; as a man of clear judgment or sound judgment The judgment may be biased by prejudice. judgment supplies the want of certain knowledge.
    2. The determination of the mind, formed from comparing the relations of ideas, or the comparison of facts and arguments.
    3. In law, the sentence of doom pronounced in any cause, civil or criminal, by the judge or court by which it is tried. judgment may be rendered on demurrer, on a verdict, on a confession or default, or on a non-suit. judgment though pronounced by the judge or court, is properly the determination or sentence of the law.
    4. The right or power of passing sentence.
    All definitions
    1. Determination; decision.
    2. Opinion; notion.
    3. In Scripture, the spirit of wisdom and prudence, enabling a person to discern right and wrong, good and evil.“Give the king thy judgments, O God” Psalms 72:1
    4. A remarkable punishment; an extraordinary calamity inflicted by God on sinners.“Judgments are prepared for scorners” Proverbs 19:29
    5. The spiritual government of the world.“The Father hath committed all judgment to the Son” John 5:22
    6. The righteous statutes and commandments of God are called his judgments. Psalms 119:66
    7. The doctrines of the gospel, or God's word. Matthew 12:18
    8. Justice and equity. Luke 11:31Isaiah 1:17
    9. The decrees and purposes of God concerning nations.
    10. A court or tribunal. Matthew 5:21
    11. Controversies, or decisions of controversies. 1 Corinthians 6:4
    12. The gospel, or kingdom of grace. Matthew 12:18
    13. The final trial of the human race, when God will decide the fate of every individual, and award sentence according to justice.“For God shall bring every work into judgment with every secret thing, whether it be good, or whether it be evil” Ecclesiastes 12:14

    Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

    Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.