HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7810
שֹׁ֫חַד
sha.chad — bribe
present, bribe
20 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →BIBLE DICTIONARY + WORD STUDY
Bribe
Original Hebrew / Aramaic / Greek connected to this term
How to read this: there is rarely one magic “true meaning” hidden behind an English word. A lexicon records a word’s semantic range. The intended meaning is narrowed by grammar, sentence, author, historical usage and context.
HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7291
רָדַף
ra.daph — to pursue
1) to be behind, follow after, pursue, persecute, run after 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to pursue, put to flight, chase, dog, attend closely upon 1a2) to persecute, harass (fig) 1a3) to follow after, aim to secure (fig) 1a4) to run after (a bribe) (fig) 1b) (Niphal) 1b1) to be pursued 1b2) one pursued (participle) 1c) (Piel) to pursue ardently, aim eagerly to secure, pursue 1d) (Pual) to be pursued, be chased away 1e) (Hiphil) to pursue, chase
134 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H3724
כֹּפֶר
ko.pher — ransom
price of a life, ransom, bribe
17 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5557
סָלַף
sa.laph — to pervert
1) to twist, pervert, distort, overturn, ruin 1a) (Piel) 1a1) to pervert (of bribery) 1a2) to subvert, turn upside down, ruin
7 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7966
שִׁלּוּם
shil.lum — recompense
1) requital, reward 1a) requital, retribution 1b) reward, bribe
3 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H4727
מִקָּח
miq.qach — taking
taking, accepting, receiving (of a bribe)
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H7809
שָׁחַד
sha.chad — to bribe
(Qal) to give a present, bribe, ransom, offer gifts
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H8021
שַׁלְמֹן
shal.mon — reward
reward, bribe
1 tagged verse occurrence · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6984
δωροδέκτης
dōrodektēs — one that takes bribes
one that takes bribes
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G6985
δωρολήπτης
dōrolēptēs — one that receives bribes
one that receives bribes
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G7908
καταργυρόω
katarguroō — to silver plate
1. to cover with silver :—;Pass., καταργυρωμένος (ionic for κατηργ-); silvered , (Herdotus Historicus) 2. to buy or bribe with silver , κατηργυρωμένος (Sophocles Tragicus) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →GREEK · G8896
προΐημι
proiēmi — to let go
1. to send before, send on or forward , (Homer): also, to send something to another, ἀγγελίας, φήμην (Odyssey by Homer):—; (Homer) often with an infinitive added; αἰετὼ προέηκα πέτεσθαι, οὖρον προέηκεν ἀῆναι (Odyssey by Homer) 2. to send away, dismiss, let go , (Iliad by Homer); τήνδε θεῷ πρόες let her go to the god, i. e. in reverence to him, (Iliad by Homer) 3. to let loose, let fall , especially thoughtlessly, ἔπος προέηκε let drop a word, (Odyssey by Homer); πηδάλιον ἐκ χειρῶν προέηκε he let the helm slip from his hands, (Odyssey by Homer); δάκρυα προῆκεν (Euripides) 4. of missiles, to send forth, shoot or dart forth , (Homer) 5. of a river, ὕδωρ προί̈ει ἐς Πηνειόν it pours its water into the Peneius, (Iliad by Homer) 6. πρ. τινί ποιεῖν τι to allow one to do, (Pindar) 7. to give up, deliver over, betray one to his enemy, (Herdotus Historicus): —;Pass. to be given or thrown away , εἰ προεῖτο ταῦτα (Demosthenes Orator) 8. ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτίκα ἡδὺ πρ. αὑτόν to give up or devote oneself to present delights, (Xenophon Historicus) 9. Mid. to send forward from oneself, drive forward , (Xenophon Historicus):—;of sounds, to utter , (Aeschines Orator), etc. 10. to give up, let go: to give up to the enemy, (Thucydides), etc.; πρ. σφᾶς αὑτούς gave themselves up as lost , (Thucydides) 11. to desert, abandon , (Thucydides); οὐδαμῆ προί̈εντο ἑαυτούς did not lose themselves (i. e. take bribes), (Demosthenes Orator) 12. to give away, give freely , (Thucydides), etc.; προέσθαι ἀπὸ τῶν ἰδίων (Demosthenes Orator) 13. to throw off one's clothes, (Demosthenes Orator): and, in bad sense, to throw away , τὸν καιρόν (Demosthenes Orator); τὰ πατρῷα (Aeschines Orator): absolute to be lavish , (Aristotle Philosopher) 14. a second predicate is sometimes added, ἡμᾶς προέσθαι ἀδικουμένους to suffer us to be wronged, (Thucydides); προέμενοι αὐτοὺς ἀπολέσθαι (Xenophon Historicus); πρ. τινὶ ὑμᾶς ἐξαπατῆσαι (Demosthenes Orator) 15. to suffer to escape , (Polybius Historicus) 16. rarely in good sense, to give over to one, confide to one's care , (Xenophon Historicus) 17. to neglect, disregard , (Aristotle Philosopher):—; absolute to neglect all advice, to be reckless , (Demosthenes Orator) (ML)
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →HEBREW / ARAMAIC · H5083
נָדָן
na.dan — gift
1) gift 1a) of a harlot's bribe
0 tagged verse occurrences · see every occurrence →Historical dictionary entry
None to be taken; “for the gift maketh open eyes blind, and perverteth the cause of the righteous” (Ex. 23:8, literally rendered).
Scripture references
Source: Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897). Historical dictionary wording reflects the scholarship and language of its era.