En-mishpat — the meaning of the Hebrew name עֵין מִשְׁפָּט

עֵין מִשְׁפָּט

ʻÊyn Mishpâṭ · pronounced ane mish-pawt' · Strong's H5880 · a place

En-mishpat means fountain of judgment.

Built from

עַיִן ʻayin (from, H5869) — an eye (literally or figuratively) open in the lexicon ›

מִשְׁפָּט mishpâṭ (and, 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 open in the lexicon ›

Strong's definition

from H5869 and H4941; fountain of judgment; En-Mishpat, a place near Palestine.

First appearance

Gen 14:7 And they returned, and came to En–mishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezon–tamar. (KJV)

Every verse that names En-mishpat

1 occurrence in 1 verse — Genesis

Gen 14:7

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