Strong's Hebrew · H8199

H8199 shâphaṭ

שָׁפַט

shaw-fat'

[phrase] avenge, [idiom] that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), [idiom] needs, plead, reason, rule.

When shâphaṭ is spoken over you, Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against Scripture with people you trust, and return to it in a year.

Definition

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)

Derivation

a primitive root;

Appears 203 times in Scripture

Exodus 18:22

“Have these men judge the people at all times. Then they can bring you any major issue, but all minor cases they can judge on their own, so that your load may be lightened as they share it with you.”

Genesis 19:9

““Get out of the way!” they replied. And they declared, “This one came here as a foreigner, and he is already acting like a judge! Now we will treat you worse than them.” And they pressed in on Lot and moved in to break down the door.”

Genesis 31:53

“May the God of Abraham and the God of Nahor, the God of their father, judge between us.” So Jacob swore by the Fear of his father Isaac.”

Exodus 5:21

““May the LORD look upon you and judge you,” the foremen said, “for you have made us a stench before Pharaoh and his officials; you have placed in their hand a sword to kill us!””

Exodus 2:14

“But the man replied, “Who made you ruler and judge over us? Are you planning to kill me as you killed the Egyptian?” Then Moses was afraid and thought, “This thing I have done has surely become known.””

Genesis 18:25

“Far be it from You to do such a thing—to kill the righteous with the wicked, so that the righteous and the wicked are treated alike. Far be it from You! Will not the Judge of all the earth do what is right?””

Exodus 18:13

“The next day Moses took his seat to judge the people, and they stood around him from morning until evening.”

Exodus 18:16

““Whenever they have a dispute, it is brought to me to judge between one man and another, and I make known to them the statutes and laws of God.””

Genesis 16:5

“Then Sarai said to Abram, “May the wrong done to me be upon you! I delivered my servant into your arms, and ever since she saw that she was pregnant, she has treated me with contempt. May the LORD judge between you and me.””

When shâphaṭ is spoken over you

Words like this one get spoken over people: in a prayer line, in a message from a friend, in a moment nobody planned. The lexicon gives you what shâphaṭ means. What God is saying to you through it is yours to record and weigh.

Doxa is where you record what was said, in the words it was said in, weigh it against verses like Exodus 18:22 with people you trust, and return to it in a year to see what came of it.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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Strong's concordance data derived from the Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA) Hebrew and Greek lexicons. Scripture quotations are from the Berean Standard Bible (BSB), dedicated to the public domain.

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