to judge, contend, plead

1. (Qal)

   1. to act as judge, minister judgment

   2. to plead a cause

   3. to execute judgment, requite, vindicate

   4. to govern

   5. to contend, strive

2. (Niphal) to be at strife, quarrel

judgment, justice, ordinance

1. judgment

   1. act of deciding a case

   2. place, court, seat of judgment

   3. process, procedure, litigation (before judges)

   4. case, cause (presented for judgment)

   5. sentence, decision (of judgment)

   6. execution (of judgment)

   7. time (of judgment)

2. justice, right, rectitude (attributes of God or man)

3. ordinance

4. decision (in law)

5. right, privilege, due (legal)

6. proper, fitting, measure, fitness, custom, manner, plan

nation, people

1. people, nation

2. persons, members of one's people, compatriots, country-men

kinsman, kindred

poor, afflicted, humble, wretched

1. poor, needy

2. poor and weak

3. poor, weak, afflicted, wretched

4. humble, lowly

justice, rightness, righteousness

1. what is right or just or normal, rightness, justness (of weights and measures)

2. righteousness (in government)

   1. of judges, rulers, kings

   2. of law

   3. of Davidic king, Messiah

   4. of Jerusalem as seat of just government

   5. of God's attribute

3. righteousness, justice (in case or cause)

4. rightness (in speech)

5. righteousness (as ethically right)

6. righteousness (as vindicated), justification (in controversy), deliverance, victory, prosperity

   1. of God as covenant-keeping in redemption

   2. in name of Messianic king

   3. of people enjoying salvation

   4. of Cyrus