שֹׁ֫חַד
sha.chad
“bribe”
Definition
a donation (venal or redemptive)
from H7809 (שָׁחַד);
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word, saying, account
Grammar & Morphology
Noun (Masculine)
H:N-M
H:N-M
Occurrences
שֹׁ֫חַד appears 21 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
“Let there be a treaty between me and you, between my father and your father. See, I have sent you a gift of silver and gold. Now go and break your treaty with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”
For the LORD your God is God of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and awesome God, showing no partiality and accepting no bribe.
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who acquit the guilty for a bribeand deprive the innocent of justice.
A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.
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