Exodus 21:6
Then his master shall bring him unto the judges; he shall also bring him to the door, or unto the door post; and his master shall bore his ear through with an aul; and he shall serve him for ever.
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Judges
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James 2:4
Are ye not then partial in yourselves, and are become judges of evil thoughts?
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7 occurrences in 7 verses.
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Exodus
54 verses
Numbers
11 verses
Deuteronomy
77 verses
Joshua
33 verses
Judges
33 verses
Ruth
11 verses
1 Samuel
22 verses
2 Samuel
11 verses
2 Kings
11 verses
1 Chronicles
44 verses
2 Chronicles
33 verses
Ezra
22 verses
Job
33 verses
Psalms
33 verses
Proverbs
11 verses
Isaiah
22 verses
Daniel
33 verses
Hosea
22 verses
Zephaniah
11 verses
Matthew
11 verses
Luke
11 verses
Acts
11 verses
James
11 verses
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שָׁפַט
shâphaṭ · shaw-fat'
37 times translated as this KJV form203 total Strong's occurrences
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)
Strong's KJV usage: avenge, × that condemn, contend, defend, execute (judgment), (be a) judge(-ment), × needs, plead, reason, rule.
Strong's first: Numbers 25:5Strong's last: Zephaniah 3:3
Open full H8199 profile →κριτής
kritḗs · kree-tace'
4 times translated as this KJV form16 total Strong's occurrences
a judge (genitive case or specially)
Strong's KJV usage: :--judge.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 12:27Strong's last: James 2:4
Open full G2923 profile →אֱלֹהִים
ʼĕlôhîym · el-o-heem'
4 times translated as this KJV form2,604 total Strong's occurrences
gods in the ordinary sense; but specifically used (in the plural thus, especially with the article) of the supreme God; occasionally applied by way of deference to magistrates; and sometimes as a superlative
Strong's KJV usage: angels, × exceeding, God (gods) (-dess, -ly), × (very) great, judges, × mighty.
Strong's first: Exodus 21:6Strong's last: Exodus 22:9
Open full H430 profile →פָּלִיל
pâlîyl · paw-leel'
3 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences
a magistrate
Strong's KJV usage: judge.
Strong's first: Exodus 21:22Strong's last: Job 31:11
Open full H6414 profile →אֲדַרְגָּזֵר
ʼădargâzêr · ad-ar''-gaw-zare'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
a chief diviner, or astrologer
Strong's KJV usage: judge.
Strong's first: Daniel 3:2Strong's last: Daniel 3:3
Open full H148 profile →דַּיָּן
dayân · dah-yawn'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
Strong's KJV usage: judge.
Strong's first: Ezra 7:25Strong's last: Ezra 7:25
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H8199
Wheresoever I have walked with all Israel, spake I a word to any of the judges of Israel, whom I commanded to feed my people, saying, Why have ye not built me an house of cedars?
H8199
And since the time that I commanded judges to be over my people Israel. Moreover I will subdue all thine enemies. Furthermore I tell thee that the LORD will build thee an house.
H8199
Of which, twenty and four thousand were to set forward the work of the house of the LORD; and six thousand were officers and judges:
H8199
Of the Izharites, Chenaniah and his sons were for the outward business over Israel, for officers and judges.
English meaning and historical usage.
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judge
JUDGE, noun [Latin judex, supposed to be compounded of jus, law or right, and dico, to pronounce.]
1. A civil officer who is invested with authority to hear and determine causes, civil or criminal, between parties, according to his commission; as the judges of the king's bench, or of the common pleas; judges of the supreme court, of district courts, or of a county court. The judge of a court of equity is called a chancellor.
2. The Supreme Being.
Shall not the judge of all the earth do right? Genesis 18:25.
3. One who presides in a court of judicature.
4. One who has skill to decide on the merits of a question, or on the value of any thing; one who can discern truth and propriety.
A man who is no judge of law, may be a good judge of poetry or eloquence, or of the merits of a painting.
5. In the history of Israel, a chief magistrate, with civil and military powers. The Israelites were governed by judges more than three hundred years, and the history of their transactions is called the book of Judges.
6. A juryman or juror. In criminal suits, the jurors are judges of the law as well as of the fact.
JUDGE, verb intransitive [Latin judico.]
1. To compare facts or ideas, and perceive their agreement or disagreement, and thus to distinguish truth from falsehood.
JUDGE not according to the appearance John 7:24.
2. To form an opinion; to bring to issue the reasoning or deliberations of the mind.
If I did not know the originals, I should not be able to judge by the copies, which was Virgil and which Ovid.
3. To hear and determine, as in causes on trial; to pass sentence. He was present on the bench, but could not judge in the case.
The Lord judge between thee and me. Genesis 16:5.
4. To discern; to distinguish; to consider accurately for the purpose of forming an opinion or conclusion.
JUDGE in yourselves; is it comely that a woman pray unto God uncovered? 1 Corinthians 11:13.
JUDGE, verb transitive To hear and determine a case; to examine and decide.
Chaos shall judge the strife.
1. To try; to examine and pass sentence on.
Take ye him and judge him according to your law.
John 18.
God shall judge the righteous and the wicked. Ecclesiastes 3:17.
2. Rightly to understand and discern.
He that is spiritual, judgeth all things. 1 Corinthians 2:15.
3. To censure rashly; to pass severe sentence.
JUDGE not, that ye be not judged. Matthew 7:1.
4. To esteem; to think; to reckon.
If ye have judged me to be faithful to the Lord--
Acts 16:15.
5. To rule or govern.
The Lord shall judge his people. Hebrews 10:30.
6. To doom to punishment; to punish.
I will judge thee according to thy ways. Ezekiel 7:3.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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