Words the Bible translates as judgment
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 11 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- mishpatמִשְׁפָּטthe rightful exercise of authority that sets and keeps things in order: the act of judging a case, the verdict that settles it, the work of governing justly, the standing laws that flow from it, and the justice all of this is meant to embody.
- krisisκρίσιςthe act of judging and the verdict it reaches: a decision handed down, often God's final sentence at the end
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- justice as a moral quality: doing what is right and fair, the standard a true verdict upholds
- krimaκρίμαa verdict handed down by a judge: the decision, sentence, or ruling that comes out of judging, most often a sentence of condemnation
- gnōmēγνώμηa made-up mind: the settled judgment someone has reached about a matter, and so what they advise, resolve, or agree to
- dinדִּיןjudgment: the deciding of a legal case, whether the verdict handed down or the rightful cause brought for decision.
- shephetשֶׁפֶטacts of judgment: punishments actually carried out on the guilty
- ta'amטַעַםgood sense: the sound judgment a person shows in sizing up a situation and acting fittingly.
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- the flavor of a food or drink: what it tastes like on the tongue.
- an official order: the binding decision a king or governing authority hands down.
- dinדִּיןjudgment in a courtroom sense: the court that sits to hear a case, the sentence it hands down, and the justice behind both.
- shephotשְׁפוֹטjudgmentnot studied yet
- katadikēκαταδίκηjudgmentnot studied yet
- peliliyyahפְּלִילִיָּהjudgmentnot studied yet
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