King James Bible
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STRONGS NUMBER H7809
Transliteration: shachad
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-khad')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to give a present, bribe
Meaning: to give a present, bribe
Word Summary
shachad: to give a present, bribe
Original Word: שָׁחַדTransliteration: shachad
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-khad')
Part of Speech: Verb
Short Definition: to give a present, bribe
Meaning: to give a present, bribe
Strong's Concordance
hire, give a reward A primitive root; to donate, i.e. Bribe -- hire, give a reward.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7809. shachad
[שָׁחַד] verb give a present, bribe (Ecclus 35:14; Aramaic שְׁחַד, bribe; perhaps also Assyrian šidê, gifts, DlWB 643); —
Qal Imperfect2feminine singular, accusative of person אוֺתָם וַתִּשְׁחֳדִי Ezekiel 16:33 thou didst bribe them to come (לָבוֺא; "" נְדָנִים נָתַן); read probably also Infinitive construct suffix שַׁחֲדָהּ Isaiah 47:11 to buy it off (for שַׁחְרָהּ ᵑ0, so Kr Gr Buhl CheHpt Heb 142, compare Marti; see Proverbs 6:35); Imperative masculine plural בַעֲדִי שִׁחֲדוּ (Ges§ 64a) Job 6:22 give a bribe for me.