שַׁחַד
shachad · H7810 · Hebrew · 23 occurrences
Meanings
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present, gift, bribe
An object, usually of some value, given to a person; can be given without any expectation of exchange or often with the purpose to influence or persuade another person
ExamplesExodus 23:8 “You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.
Deuteronomy 10:17 “For the LORD your God is the God of gods and the Lord of lords, the great, the mighty, and the awesome God, who does not show partiality, nor take a bribe.
Deuteronomy 16:19 “You shall not distort justice, you shall not show partiality; and you shall not accept a bribe, because a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and distorts the words of the righteous.
How it’s used In 6 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Named alongside itApposition
1 occurrences in 2 groups
- זָהָבgold 1
- כֶּסֶףsilver 1
What it doesIt is the subject
2 occurrences in 1 groups
- עָוַרto wake up 2
What is done to itIt is the object
12 occurrences in 4 groups
- לָקַחto take, to receive 8
- שָׁלַחto send, to send away 2
- אָהַבto love 1
- רָבָהto increase 1
What it is said to bePredicate
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- אֶבֶןstone 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
3 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 5
In phrases “… of it”It is the genitive
3 occurrences in 3 groups
- אֹהֶלtent 1
- מִקָּחreceiving 1
- עֵקֶבbecause, reward 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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In the other Testament 1 word
- δῶρον dōron · G1435 · gift, present, offering box
- Greek δῶρον serves as the standard LXX rendering for Hebrew שַׁחַד in contexts denoting gifts given with expectation of favorable treatment or judicial corruption, though δῶρον itself is semantically broader (any gift/offering) where שַׁחַד specifically denotes bribery or reward-for-influence.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Objects001
- The word names the bribe itself as a tangible item changing hands, as in Exodus 23:8's "you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted" and Deuteronomy 16:19's "you shall not accept a bribe."
Word family 2 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7810. shochad שֹׁ֫חַד noun masculine present, specifically bribe; — ׳שׁ absolute Isa…
שֹׁ֫חַד noun masculine present, specifically bribe; — ׳שׁ absolute Isa 1:23 Isa 1:22t.; — bribe, usually to pervert justice, object of לָקַח Exo 23:8 a (E), = Deu 16:19a, Deu 10:17; 1Sa 8:3; 2Ch 19:7; Psa 15:5; Pro 17:23; + infinitive, take bribe to do something, Deu 27:25; Eze 22:12; שׁ ׳אָהַב Isa 1:23; compare also Isa 5:23; Isa 33:15; Exo 23:8b (E) = Deu 16:19b, Mic 3:11; Psa 26:10; Pro 17:8; Pro 21:14; ׳אָהֳלֵישֿׁ Job 15:34, i.e. abode of bribe-givers; ׳שׁ Pro 6:35 (|| כֹּפֶר) is hush-money, or (possibly) legal compensation (compare Toy); ׳שׁ elsewhere (with שָׁהַ) of bribing king to take sides 1Ki 15:19; 2Ki 16:8, compare Isa 45:13 (|| מְחִיר).
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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