שֶׁ֫פֶט
she.phet
judgment
Lexicon Entry
Lexicon data from STEPBible TIPNR, Tyndale House, Cambridge. Licensed under CC BY 4.0.
What Original Readers Understood
ExploredThe Hebrew word שֶׁ֫פֶט (she.phet) is associated with the concept of judgment. It is a term that falls within the semantic domain of Law & Justice, indicating a connection to the principles and practices of fairness and righteousness. The word appears 16 times in the Bible, suggesting its importance in the Hebrew scriptures. In its occurrences, שֶׁ֫פֶט is likely to convey the idea of rendering a verdict or making a decision based on established standards or laws. This may involve evaluating evidence, considering the circumstances, and applying the relevant rules to arrive at a just conclusion. The word's association with the realm of law and justice underscores its significance in the context of social order, morality, and the administration of justice. The frequency and context of שֶׁ֫פֶט's appearances in the Bible suggest that it is a critical concept in the Hebrew worldview, reflecting the importance of fairness, accountability, and the rule of law in society.
Source data & methodology
Occurrences in Scripture
16 total occurrences across the text
For the army of the Syrians came with a small company of men; and Yahweh delivered a very great army into their hand, because they had forsaken Yahweh, the God of their fathers. So they executed judgment on Joash.
Proverbs 19:29Penalties are prepared for scoffers, and beatings for the backs of fools.
Ezekiel 5:15So it will be a reproach and a taunt, an instruction and an astonishment, to the nations that are around you, when I execute judgments on you in anger and in wrath, and in wrathful rebukes—I, Yahweh, have spoken it—
Ezekiel 11:9“I will bring you out of the middle of it, and deliver you into the hands of strangers, and will execute judgments among you.
Ezekiel 14:21For the Lord Yahweh says: “How much more when I send my four severe judgments on Jerusalem, the sword, the famine, the evil animals, and the pestilence, to cut off from it man and animal!
Ezekiel 16:41They will burn your houses with fire, and execute judgments on you in the sight of many women. I will cause you to cease from playing the prostitute, and you will also give no hire any more.
Ezekiel 25:11I will execute judgments on Moab. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.”
Ezekiel 28:22and say, ‘The Lord Yahweh says: “Behold, I am against you, Sidon. I will be glorified among you. Then they will know that I am Yahweh, when I have executed judgments in her, and am sanctified in her.
Ezekiel 28:26They will dwell in it securely. Yes, they will build houses, plant vineyards, and will dwell securely, when I have executed judgments on all those who scorn them all around. Then they will know that I am Yahweh their God.” ’ ”
Ezekiel 30:14I will make Pathros desolate, and will set a fire in Zoan, and will execute judgments on No.
Ezekiel 30:19Thus I will execute judgments on Egypt. Then they will know that I am Yahweh.” ’ ”
Ezekiel 5:10Therefore the fathers will eat the sons within you, and the sons will eat their fathers. I will execute judgments on you; and I will scatter the whole remnant of you to all the winds.
Exodus 6:6Therefore tell the children of Israel, ‘I am Yahweh, and I will bring you out from under the burdens of the Egyptians, and I will rid you out of their bondage, and I will redeem you with an outstretched arm, and with great judgments.
Exodus 7:4But Pharaoh will not listen to you, so I will lay my hand on Egypt, and bring out my armies, my people the children of Israel, out of the land of Egypt by great judgments.
Exodus 12:12For I will go through the land of Egypt in that night, and will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, both man and animal. I will execute judgments against all the gods of Egypt. I am Yahweh.
Numbers 33:4while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn, whom Yahweh had struck among them. Yahweh also executed judgments on their gods.