Reward
שַׁלְמֹןStrong’s H8021shalmon (shal-mon)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Shalmon is the Hebrew word usually translated “rewards”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.”
Meaning
- Reward, bribe
How it's translated
- rewards 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 1
1 book in all.
Explore in Scripture
Hebrew dictionary
שַׁלְמֹן shalmon · reward
reward, bribe
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “reward” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
REWARD', noun
- Recompense, or equivalent return for good done, for kindness, for services and the like.“Great is your reward in heaven” Matthew 5:12
- The fruit of men's labor or works.“The dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward” Ecclesiastes 9:5
- A bribe; a gift to pervert justice. Deuteronomy 27:25
- A sum of money offered for taking or detecting a criminal, or for recovery of any thing lost.
All definitions
- Punishment; a just return of evil or suffering for wickedness.“Only with thine eyes shalt thou behold and see the reward of the wicked” Psalms 91:8
- Return in human applause.
- Return in joy and comfort. Psalms 19:11
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.