שָׁפַט
sha.phat
1. to judge, govern, vindicate, punish
a. (Qal)
1. to act as law-giver or judge or governor (of God, man)
a. to rule, govern, judge
2. to decide controversy (of God, man)
3. to execute judgment
a. discriminating (of man)
b. vindicating
c. condemning and punishing
d. at theophanic advent for final judgment
b. (Niphal)
1. to enter into controversy, plead, have controversy together
2. to be judged
c. (Poel) judge, opponent-at-law (participle)
Lexicon: STEPBible Tyndale House Brief Lexicons (TBESH / TBESG) (CC BY 4.0)
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Concordance 182 verses
- 1 Samuel 8:2 שֹׁפְטִ֖ים
The name of his firstborn son was Joel, and the name of his second was Abijah. They were judges in Beersheba.
- 1 Samuel 8:5 לְשָׁפְטֵ֖נוּ
“Look,” they said, “you are old, and your sons do not walk in your ways. Now appoint a king to judge us like all the other nations.”
- 1 Samuel 8:6 לְשָׁפְטֵ֑נוּ
But when they said, “Give us a king to judge us,” their demand was displeasing in the sight of Samuel; so he prayed to the LORD.
- 1 Samuel 8:20 וּשְׁפָטָ֤נוּ
Then we will be like all the other nations, with a king to judge us, to go out before us, and to fight our battles.”
- 1 Samuel 12:7 וְאִשָּׁפְטָ֥ה
Now present yourselves, so that I may confront you before the LORD with all the righteous acts He has done for you and your fathers.
- 1 Samuel 24:12 יִשְׁפֹּ֤ט
May the LORD judge between you and me, and may the LORD take vengeance on you, but my hand will never be against you.
- 1 Samuel 24:15 וְשָׁפַ֖טוְיִשְׁפְּטֵ֖נִי
May the LORD be our judge and decide between you and me. May He take notice and plead my case and deliver me from your hand.”
- 2 Samuel 7:11 שֹֽׁפְטִים֙
and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. I will give you rest from all your enemies. The LORD declares to you that He Himself will establish a house for you.
- 2 Samuel 15:4 שֹׁפֵ֖ט
And he would add, “If only someone would appoint me judge in the land, then everyone with a grievance or dispute could come to me, and I would give him justice.”
- 2 Samuel 18:19 שְׁפָט֥וֹ
Then Ahimaaz son of Zadok said, “Please let me run and tell the king the good news that the LORD has avenged him of his enemies.”
- 2 Samuel 18:31 שְׁפָטְךָ֤
Just then the Cushite came and said, “May my lord the king hear the good news: Today the LORD has avenged you of all who rose up against you!”
- 1 Kings 3:9 לִשְׁפֹּ֣טלִשְׁפֹּ֔ט
Therefore give Your servant an understanding heart to judge Your people and to discern between good and evil. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
- 1 Kings 3:28 שָׁפַ֣ט
When all Israel heard of the judgment the king had given, they stood in awe of him, for they saw that the wisdom of God was in him to administer justice.
- 1 Kings 7:7 יִשְׁפָּט־
In addition, he built a hall for the throne, the Hall of Justice, where he was to judge. It was paneled with cedar from floor to ceiling.
- 1 Kings 8:32 וְשָׁפַטְתָּ֣
then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
- 2 Kings 15:5 שֹׁפֵ֖ט
And the LORD afflicted the king with leprosy until the day he died, so that he lived in a separate house while his son Jotham had charge of the palace and governed the people of the land.
- 2 Kings 23:22 הַשֹּׁ֣פְטִ֔יםשָׁפְט֖וּ
No such Passover had been observed from the days of the judges who had governed Israel through all the days of the kings of Israel and Judah.
- 1 Chronicles 16:33 לִשְׁפּ֥וֹט
Then the trees of the forest will sing for joy before the LORD, for He is coming to judge the earth.
- 1 Chronicles 17:6 שֹׁפְטֵ֣י
In all My journeys with all the Israelites, have I ever asked any of the leaders I appointed to shepherd My people, ‘Why haven’t you built Me a house of cedar?’
- 1 Chronicles 17:10 שֹֽׁפְטִים֙
and have done since the day I appointed judges over My people Israel. And I will subdue all your enemies. Moreover, I declare to you that the LORD will build a house for you.
- 1 Chronicles 23:4 וְשֹׁפְטִ֖ים
“Of these,” said David, “24,000 are to oversee the work of the house of the LORD, 6,000 are to be officers and judges,
- 1 Chronicles 26:29 וּלְשֹׁפְטִֽים׃
From the Izrahites, Chenaniah and his sons had the outside duties as officers and judges over Israel.
- 2 Chronicles 1:2 וְלַשֹּֽׁפְטִ֗ים
Then Solomon spoke to all Israel, to the commanders of thousands and of hundreds, to the judges, and to every leader in all Israel—the heads of the families.
- 2 Chronicles 1:10 יִשְׁפֹּ֔ט
Now grant me wisdom and knowledge, so that I may lead this people. For who is able to govern this great people of Yours?”
- 2 Chronicles 1:11 תִּשְׁפּוֹט֙
God said to Solomon, “Since this was in your heart instead of requesting riches or wealth or glory for yourself or death for your enemies—and since you have not even requested long life but have asked for wisdom and knowledge to govern My people over whom I have made you king—
- 2 Chronicles 6:23 וְשָׁפַטְתָּ֣
then may You hear from heaven and act. May You judge Your servants, condemning the wicked man by bringing down on his own head what he has done, and justifying the righteous man by rewarding him according to his righteousness.
- 2 Chronicles 19:5 שֹֽׁפְטִ֜ים
He appointed judges in the land, in each of the fortified cities of Judah.
- 2 Chronicles 19:6 הַשֹּֽׁפְטִ֗יםתִּשְׁפְּט֖וּ
Then he said to the judges, “Consider carefully what you do, for you are not judging for man, but for the LORD, who is with you when you render judgment.
- 2 Chronicles 20:12 תִשְׁפָּט־
Our God, will You not judge them? For we are powerless before this vast army that comes against us. We do not know what to do, but our eyes are upon You.”
- 2 Chronicles 22:8 כְּהִשָּׁפֵ֥ט
So while Jehu was executing judgment on the house of Ahab, he found the rulers of Judah and the sons of Ahaziah’s brothers who were serving Ahaziah, and he killed them.
- 2 Chronicles 26:21 שׁוֹפֵ֖ט
So King Uzziah was a leper until the day of his death. He lived in isolation, leprous and cut off from the house of the LORD, while his son Jotham had charge of the royal palace to govern the people of the land.
- Ezra 10:14 וְשֹׁפְטֶ֑יהָ
Let our leaders represent the whole assembly. Then let everyone in our towns who has married a foreign woman come at an appointed time, together with the elders and judges of each town, until the fierce anger of our God in this matter is turned away from us.”
- Job 9:15 לִ֝מְשֹׁפְטִ֗י
For even if I were right, I could not answer. I could only beg my Judge for mercy.
- Job 9:24 שֹׁפְטֶ֥יהָ
The earth is given into the hand of the wicked; He blindfolds its judges. If it is not He, then who is it?
- Job 12:17 וְֽשֹׁפְטִ֥ים
He leads counselors away barefoot and makes fools of judges.
- Job 21:22 יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃
Can anyone teach knowledge to God, since He judges those on high?
- Job 22:13 יִשְׁפּֽוֹט׃
Yet you say: ‘What does God know? Does He judge through thick darkness?
- Job 23:7 מִשֹּׁפְטִֽי׃
Then an upright man could reason with Him, and I would be delivered forever from my Judge.
- Psalms 2:10 שֹׁ֣פְטֵי
Therefore be wise, O kings; be admonished, O judges of the earth.
- Psalms 7:8 שָׁפְטֵ֥נִי
The LORD judges the peoples; vindicate me, O LORD, according to my righteousness and integrity.
- Psalms 7:11 שׁוֹפֵ֣ט
God is a righteous judge and a God who feels indignation each day.
- Psalms 9:4 שׁוֹפֵ֥ט
For You have upheld my just cause; You sit on Your throne judging righteously.
- Psalms 9:8 יִשְׁפֹּֽט־
He judges the world with justice; He governs the people with equity.
- Psalms 9:19 יִשָּׁפְט֥וּ
Rise up, O LORD, do not let man prevail; let the nations be judged in Your presence.
- Psalms 10:18 לִשְׁפֹּ֥ט
to vindicate the fatherless and oppressed, that the men of the earth may strike terror no more.
- Psalms 26:1 שָׁפְטֵ֤נִי
Vindicate me, O LORD! For I have walked with integrity; I have trusted in the LORD without wavering.
- Psalms 35:24 שָׁפְטֵ֣נִי
Vindicate me by Your righteousness, O LORD my God, and do not let them gloat over me.
- Psalms 37:33 בְּהִשָּׁפְטֽוֹ׃
the LORD will not leave them in their power or let them be condemned under judgment.
- Psalms 43:1 שָׁפְטֵ֤נִי
Vindicate me, O God, and plead my case against an ungodly nation; deliver me from deceitful and unjust men.
- Psalms 50:6 שֹׁפֵ֖ט
And the heavens proclaim His righteousness, for God Himself is Judge. Selah