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שָׁחַד

sha.chad

to bribe

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Strong’s H7809Verb2 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

give a reward1

you have bribed1

In the text

Job 6:22שִׁחֲדוּ
Have I ever said, ‘Give me something; offer me a bribe from your wealth;
Ezekiel 16:33וַתִּשְׁחֳדִי
Men give gifts to all their prostitutes, but you gave gifts to all your lovers. You bribed them to come to you from everywhere for your illicit favors.

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[שָׁחַד] vb. give a present, bribe

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.