שְׁפַט
shᵉphaṭ · H8200 · Aramaic · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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judge, ruler
Person who settles disputes found among a group of people, which often is a metonym for the person who exercises leadership over that group
ExamplesEzra 7:25 “And you, Ezra, according to the wisdom of your God which is in your hand, appoint magistrates and judges so that they may judge all the people who are in the province beyond the Euphrates River, that is, all those who know the laws of your God; and you may teach anyone who is ignorant of them.
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Words describing itAdjectives, demonstratives, participles
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָוָאto be 1
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- מְנָאto appoint, to number 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- שֹׁטֵר shôṭêr · H7860 · officer, foreman, supervisor
- שֹׁטֵר (shôṭêr, H7860) (officer, overseer, ruler) and שְׁפַט (shᵉphaṭ, H8200) (magistrate) both denote roles of authority or leadership, overlapping in administrative and judicial contexts.
- רָזַן râzan · H7336 · ruler
- Both words denote leadership and authority roles, kinds of rulers or officials whose senses could overlap.
Semantic domains 7 entries
- Judge002004002006
- This Judge code is inherited from the shared listing with שָׁפַט (shâphaṭ, H8199) (שָׁפַט, 'to judge; to execute judgment'); it does not independently apply to this word's own attested 'magistrate' (official) sense.
- Relief002001002023
- This Relief code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁפַט (shâphaṭ, H8199) and does not independently apply to the 'magistrate' sense.
- Safe002003003019
- This Safe code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁפַט (shâphaṭ, H8199) and does not independently apply to the 'magistrate' sense.
- Chastise002003002005
- This Chastise code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁפַט (shâphaṭ, H8199) and does not independently apply to the 'magistrate' sense.
- Control002003002007
- This Control code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁפַט (shâphaṭ, H8199) and does not independently apply to the 'magistrate' sense.
- Leaders001001003005
- Ezra 7:25 recounts that Ezra is charged to "appoint magistrates and judges so that they may judge all the people."
- Conflict002003002006
- This Conflict code is likewise inherited from the shared listing with שָׁפַט (shâphaṭ, H8199) and does not independently apply to the 'magistrate' sense.
Word family 5 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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