Hebrew · H4941, G93

מִשְׁפָּט

Properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law , individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice , including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style · unrighteousness

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מִשְׁפָּט H4941 properly, a verdict (favorable or unfavorable) pronounced judicially, especially a sentence or formal decree (human or (participant's) divine law , individual or collective), including the act, the place, the suit, the crime, and the penalty; abstractly, justice , including a participant's right or privilege (statutory or customary), or even a style

Pronunciation mišpāṭ

Judicial decision encompassing verdict, law, and justice; God's decisive rulings establish cosmic and moral order.

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ἀδικία G93 unrighteousness

Pronunciation adikía

Moral wrongdoing that violates God's justice; often means unrighteousness as a power opposing truth and righteousness

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