shachad · bribe

What it means

shachad (שַׁחַד) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “bribe”.

A gift given to a judge to twist his decision.

How to say it

Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.

Its senses in the Bible

1. A gift to twist justice.

From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)

How it is translated

The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.

• bribe ×18
• bribes ×4
• bribery ×1

Related words

Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.

Where it appears

• Exodus×2
• Deuteronomy×4
• 1 Samuel×1
• 1 Kings×1
• 2 Kings×1
• 2 Chronicles×1
• Job×1
• Psalms×2
• Proverbs×4
• Isaiah×4
• Ezekiel×1
• Micah×1

• Exodus 23:8

  You shall not take a bribe, for the bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.

• Deuteronomy 10:17

  For YHWH your Elohim, he is Elohim of gods and Lord of lords, the great, mighty, and fearsome El, who does not show favoritism and does not take a bribe.

• Deuteronomy 16:19

  You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, and you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.

• Deuteronomy 27:25

  ‘Cursed be he who takes a bribe to strike down a person, innocent blood.’ And all the people shall say, ‘Amen.’

• 1 Samuel 8:3

  But his sons did not walk in his ways; they turned aside after gain, and took bribes, and perverted justice.

• 1 Kings 15:19

  “Let there be a covenant between me and you, as between my father and your father. Look, I have sent you a bribe of silver and gold; go, break your covenant with Baasha king of Israel, so that he will withdraw from me.”

• 2 Kings 16:8

  Ahaz took the silver and the gold that was found in the house of YHWH and in the treasuries of the house of the king, and sent to the king of Assyria a bribe.

• 2 Chronicles 19:7

  And now, let the dread of YHWH be on you; take care and do it, for with YHWH our Elohim there is no injustice or partiality or taking of bribes.”

• Job 15:34

  For the community of the godless is barren, and fire consumes the tents of bribery.

• Psalms 15:5

  his silver he does not give at interest, and a bribe against the innocent he does not take. He who does these things will not be moved ever.

• Psalms 26:10

  in whose hands is infamy, and their right hand is full of bribes.

• Proverbs 6:35

  He will not accept any ransom, and he will not be willing, though you multiply the bribe.

• Proverbs 17:8

  A stone of favor is a bribe in the eyes of its owner; wherever he turns, he prospers.

• Proverbs 17:23

  A bribe from the bosom the wicked takes, to turn aside the paths of justice.

• Proverbs 21:14

  A gift in secret pacifies anger, and a bribe in the bosom, strong wrath.

• Isaiah 1:23

  Your princes are stubborn and companions of thieves; every one of them loves a bribe and chases after rewards. The orphan they do not judge the case of, and the cause of the widow does not come before them.

• Isaiah 5:23

  who declare righteous the wicked for a bribe, and the righteousness of the righteous they take away from him!

• Isaiah 33:15

  He who walks in righteous deeds and speaks uprightly, who rejects the gain of oppressions, who shakes his hands from holding a bribe, who stops his ear from hearing of bloodshed, and shuts his eyes from looking on evil,

• Isaiah 45:13

  I have stirred him up in righteousness, and all his ways I will make straight; he will build my city and let my exiles go, not for a price nor for a bribe,” says YHWH Tsevaot.

• Ezekiel 22:12

  Bribes they have taken in you to shed blood; interest and profit you have taken, and you have despoiled your neighbors with exploitation, and me you have forgotten, declares Adonai YHWH.

• Micah 3:11

  Her heads judge for a bribe, and her priests teach for a price, and her prophets divine for silver; and on YHWH they lean, saying, “Is not YHWH in our midst? No evil will come upon us.”

And 2 more times.