Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)
to judge
Usage: 1) to judge 1a) (P'al) judge (participle)
Shephat means “magistrate” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H8200 שְׁפַט (shphat) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shphat (shef-at') v. 1. to judge [(Aramaic) corresponding to H8199] It has 1 linked Bible usage across 1 book. Visible English usage signals include judge. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
shphat (shef-at') v. 1. to judge [(Aramaic) corresponding to H8199] KJV: magistrate. Root(s): H8199
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to judge
Usage: 1) to judge 1a) (P'al) judge (participle)
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shphat, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
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1 indexed usage in Old Testament.
And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
First 1 linked usage excerpt for Strong's H8200.
And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H8200, grouped by book.
Shephat (Strong's H8200) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "magistrate". shphat (shef-at') v. 1. to judge [(Aramaic) corresponding to H8199]
This page currently indexes 1 linked usage for Strong's H8200 across 1 book.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H8200 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as judge. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.