שָׁפַט
shâphaṭ · shaw-fat'
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against); by implication, to vindicate or punish; by extenssion, to govern; passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
- to judge, i.e. pronounce sentence (for or against)
- by implication, to vindicate or punish
- by extenssion, to govern
- passively, to litigate (literally or figuratively)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: [phrase] avenge, [idiom] that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), [idiom] needs, plead, reason, rule.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- פPe80
Picture: an open mouth
- Concrete
- mouth · lips · teeth
- Extended
- to speak · a word · an edge or opening · to scatter speech
- טTet9
Picture: a basket, or something coiled
- Concrete
- basket · coil · snake · container
- Extended
- to surround · to contain · to store · to twist
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › to speak, the word › to surround and contain
To consume, to destroy that works to speak, the word that works to surround and contain.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁפַט above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
202 occurrences · 202 OT · 0 NT · 163 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- judge13 · 13%
- to judge11 · 11%
- and he judged6 · 6%
- judged6 · 6%
- judges6 · 6%
- wilt thou judge5 · 5%
- the judge4 · 4%
- i will judge4 · 4%
- judging4 · 4%
- and judge4 · 4%
- and the judges3 · 3%
- shall judge3 · 3%
- of the judges3 · 3%
- and he shall judge3 · 3%
- shall he judge2 · 2%
- he shall judge2 · 2%
- and judges2 · 2%
- that judged2 · 2%
- hath avenged2 · 2%
- and judged2 · 2%
- and for their judges2 · 2%
- judgeth2 · 2%
- and thy judges2 · 2%
- and they shall judge2 · 2%
- they shall judge2 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.