Hebrew · H4941, G2917 · unreviewed

מִשְׁפָּטִים

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 · a decision (the function or the effect, for or against ("crime"))

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מִשְׁפָּט H4941 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

Pronunciation mišpāṭ

Judicial decision encompassing verdict, law, and justice; God's decisive rulings establish cosmic and moral order.

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κρίμα G2917 a decision (the function or the effect, for or against ("crime"))

Pronunciation kríma

God's judicial verdict or sentence, especially divine judgment against sin and wrongdoing.

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What does מִשְׁפָּטִים (mišpāṭîm) mean in the Bible?

מִשְׁפָּט · κρίμα is a Hebrew word meaning "judgments, judicial decisions, acts of justice".

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Meaning

judgments, judicial decisions, acts of justice

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Word Pictures (Robertson)

A.T. Robertson's Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) discusses this term in the following chapters. Open any chapter and go to the Word Pictures tab to read his verse-by-verse commentary.

1 Corinthians 11 — Honor, Worship Order, and the Lord’s Supper Under the Lordship of Christ Acts 24 — Paul Before Felix: Resurrection Hope, Clear Conscience, and Coming Judgment John 9 — The Man Born Blind, the Light of the World, and the Blindness of Religious Unbelief Luke 20 — The Rejected Son, the Questioned Authority, and the Lord Who Silences His Opponents Mark 12 — The Rejected Son, the Greatest Commandment, the Lord of David, and the Widow’s Offering Romans 13 — Submission to Governing Authorities, Love as the Fulfillment of the Law, and Life in the Light of the Coming Day Romans 2 — God’s Righteous Judgment and the Exposure of Religious Presumption

A.T. Robertson, Word Pictures in the New Testament (1930–31) — public domain

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