Hebrew noun (masculine) · H7810
שַׁחַד
shachadshakh'-ad
bribe
23 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H7810is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 39Old Testament books
- 16spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H7810
a donation (venal or redemptive)
The King James renders it: bribe(-ry), gift, present, reward.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
shachad is rendered "bribe". It stands 23 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.
- Four of the uses stand in Deuteronomy, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Exodus 23:8Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
- The Greek text spells it sixteen different ways.
The first use
Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
Exodus 23:8וְשֹׁ֖חַד
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- a bribe12
- and a bribe3
- the bribe3
- a gift2
- for a bribe2
- on the bribe1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
The words it stands beside
All 23, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
16 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- שֹׁ֔חַד4
- שֹֽׁחַד׃4
- וְשֹׁ֥חַד2
- בְשֹׁ֔חַד1
- בְּשֹׁ֣חַד1
- בַּשֹּׁ֔חַד1
- הַשֹּׁ֙חַד֙1
- הַשֹּׁ֗חַד1
- הַ֭שֹּׁחַד1
- וְשֹׁ֖חַד1
- שֹׁ֙חַד֙1
- שֹׁ֣חַד1
and 4 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- noun · masculine singular14HNcmsa
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singular3HC/Ncmsa
- the definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singular3HTd/Ncmsa
- preposition + noun · masculine singular2HR/Ncmsa
- preposition with the article + noun · masculine singular1HRd/Ncmsa
Exodus
two uses
Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
- וְשֹׁ֖חַדveshochadconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a bribe
- הַשֹּׁ֙חַד֙hashochadthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the bribe
Deuteronomy
four uses
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.
- שֹֽׁחַד׃shochadnoun · masculine singulartagged: a bribe
Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
- שֹׁ֔חַדshochadnoun · masculine singulartagged: a bribe
- הַשֹּׁ֗חַדhashochadthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the bribe
‘Cursed is he who accepts a bribe to kill an innocent person.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
- שֹׁ֔חַדshochadnoun · masculine singulartagged: a bribe
1 Samuel
one use
But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside toward dishonest gain, accepting bribes and perverting justice.
- שֹׁ֔חַדshochadnoun · masculine singulartagged: a bribe
1 Kings
one use
“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.”
- שֹׁ֙חַד֙shochadnoun · masculine singulartagged: a gift
2 Kings
one use
Ahaz also took the silver and gold found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s palace, and he sent it as a gift to the king of Assyria.
- שֹֽׁחַד׃shochadnoun · masculine singulartagged: a gift
2 Chronicles
one use
And now, may the fear of the LORD be upon you. Be careful what you do, for with the LORD our God there is no injustice or partiality or bribery.”
- שֹֽׁחַד׃shochadnoun · masculine singulartagged: a bribe
Job
one use
For the company of the godless will be barren, and fire will consume the tents of bribery.
- שֹֽׁחַד׃shochadnoun · masculine singulartagged: a bribe
Psalms
two uses
who lends his money without interest and refuses a bribe against the innocent. He who does these things will never be shaken.
- וְשֹׁ֥חַדveshochadconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a bribe
in whose hands are wicked schemes, whose right hands are full of bribes.
- שֹּֽׁחַד׃shochadnoun · masculine singulartagged: a bribe
Proverbs
four uses
He will not be appeased by any ransom, or persuaded by lavish gifts.
- שֹֽׁחַד׃ פshochadnoun · masculine singulartagged: a bribe
A bribe is a charm to its giver; wherever he turns, he succeeds.
- הַ֭שֹּׁחַדhashochadthe definite article (“the”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: the bribe
A wicked man takes a covert bribe to subvert the course of justice.
- שֹׁ֣חַדshochadnoun · masculine singulartagged: a bribe
A gift in secret soothes anger, and a covert bribe pacifies great wrath.
- וְשֹׁ֥חַדveshochadconjunction (“and”) + noun · masculine singulartagged: and a bribe
Isaiah
four uses
Your rulers are rebels, friends of thieves. They all love bribes and chasing after rewards. They do not defend the fatherless, and the plea of the widow never comes before them.
- שֹׁ֔חַדshochadnoun · masculine singulartagged: a bribe
who acquit the guilty for a bribe and deprive the innocent of justice.
- שֹׁ֑חַדshochadnoun · masculine singulartagged: a bribe
He who walks righteously and speaks with sincerity, who refuses gain from extortion, whose hand never takes a bribe, who stops his ears against murderous plots and shuts his eyes tightly against evil—
- בַּשֹּׁ֔חַדbashochadpreposition with the article + noun · masculine singulartagged: on the bribe
I will raise up Cyrus in righteousness, and I will make all his ways straight. He will rebuild My city and set My exiles free, but not for payment or reward, says the LORD of Hosts.”
- בְשֹׁ֔חַדveshochadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for a bribe
Ezekiel
one use
In you they take bribes to shed blood. You engage in usury, take excess interest, and extort your neighbors. But Me you have forgotten, declares the Lord GOD.
- שֹׁ֥חַדshochadnoun · masculine singulartagged: a bribe
Micah
one use
Her leaders judge for a bribe, her priests teach for a price, and her prophets practice divination for money. Yet they lean upon the LORD, saying, “Is not the LORD among us? No disaster can come upon us.”
- בְּשֹׁ֣חַדbeshochadpreposition + noun · masculine singulartagged: for a bribe
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.