Leviticus 24:22

Lexical meaning

Definition

properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law, individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice, including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style

Derivation

from H8199 (שָׁפַט);

KJV renderings

[phrase] adversary, ceremony, charge, [idiom] crime, custom, desert, determination, discretion, disposing, due, fashion, form, to be judged, judgment, just(-ice, -ly), (manner of) law(-ful), manner, measure, (due) order, ordinance, right, sentence, usest, [idiom] worthy, [phrase] wrong.

Grammar

• מִשְׁפַּ֤ט — common noun, masculine, singular, construct

Code HNcmsc

Usage

Occurs 424 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 18:19Genesis 18:25Genesis 40:13Exodus 15:25Exodus 21:1

Theological interpretation (AI)

The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read מִשְׁפָּט here.