Bribe
שֹׁ֫חַדStrong’s H7810shachad (sha-chad)
Appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shachad is the Hebrew word usually translated “bribe”, “gift” and “on bribe”. It appears in 21 verses of the Old Testament.
“And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.”
Meaning
- Present, bribe
How it's translated
- a bribe 12
- and a bribe 3
- the bribe 2
- a gift 2
- for a bribe 2
- bribe 1
- on bribe 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 4
- Isaiah 4
- Deuteronomy 3
- Psalms 2
- Exodus 1
- 1 Samuel 1
12 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Deuteronomy 10:17For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
- Deuteronomy 16:19Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
- Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- 1 Samuel 8:3And his sons walked not in his ways, but turned aside after lucre, and took bribes, and perverted judgment.
- 1 Kings 15:19There is a league between me and thee, and between my father and thy father: behold, I have sent unto thee a present of silver and gold; come and break thy league with Baasha king of Israel, that he may depart from me.
- 2 Kings 16:8And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
Hebrew dictionary
שֹׁ֫חַד shachad · bribe
present, bribe
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “bribe” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
BRIBE, noun
- A price, reward, gift or favor bestowed or promised with a view to pervert the judgment, or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness or other person.
- That which seduces.
All definitions and other forms of “bribe”
BRIBE, verb transitive
To give or promise a reward or consideration, with a view to pervert the judgment, or corrupt the conduct. To hire for bad purposes; to purchase the decision of a judge, the testimony of a witness, or the performance of some act contrary to known truth, justice or rectitude.
- To gain by a bribe
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.