Judgment
שֶׁ֫פֶטStrong’s H8201shephet (she-phet)
Appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shephet is the Hebrew word usually translated “judgments”, “acts of judgment” and “judgment”. It appears in 16 verses of the Old Testament.
“Wherefore say unto the children of Israel, I am the LORD, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with a stretched out arm, and with great judgments:”
Meaning
- Judgment, act of judgment
How it's translated
- judgments 10
- acts of judgment 2
- and with acts of judgment 1
- with acts of judgment 1
- judgment 1
- judgments my 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezekiel 10
- Exodus 3
- Numbers 1
- 2 Chronicles 1
- Proverbs 1
5 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 7:4But Pharaoh shall not hearken unto you, that I may lay my hand upon Egypt, and bring forth mine armies, and my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
- Exodus 12:12For I will pass through the land of Egypt this night, and will smite all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and beast; and against all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgment: I am the LORD.
- Numbers 33:4For the Egyptians buried all their firstborn, which the LORD had smitten among them: upon their gods also the LORD executed judgments.
- 2 Chronicles 24:24For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men, and the LORD delivered a very great host into their hand, because they had forsaken the LORD God of their fathers. So they executed judgment against Joash.
- Proverbs 19:29Judgments are prepared for scorners, and stripes for the back of fools.
- Ezekiel 5:10Therefore the fathers shall eat the sons in the midst of thee, and the sons shall eat their fathers; and I will execute judgments in thee, and the whole remnant of thee will I scatter into all the winds.
Hebrew dictionary
שֶׁ֫פֶט shephet · judgment
judgment, act of judgment
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.
- 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.
- The determination of the mind, formed from comparing the relations of ideas, or the comparison of facts and arguments.
- 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.
- The right or power of passing sentence.
All definitions
- Determination; decision.
- Opinion; notion.
- 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
- A remarkable punishment; an extraordinary calamity inflicted by God on sinners.“Judgments are prepared for scorners” Proverbs 19:29
- The spiritual government of the world.“The Father hath committed all judgment to the Son” John 5:22
- The righteous statutes and commandments of God are called his judgments. Psalms 119:66
- The doctrines of the gospel, or God's word. Matthew 12:18
- Justice and equity. Luke 11:31Isaiah 1:17
- The decrees and purposes of God concerning nations.
- A court or tribunal. Matthew 5:21
- Controversies, or decisions of controversies. 1 Corinthians 6:4
- The gospel, or kingdom of grace. Matthew 12:18
- 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.