H7810 שַׁחַד
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 23 KJV occurrences
שַׁחַד
shachad · shakh'-ad
Definition
a donation (venal or redemptive)
KJV Renderings
bribe(-ry), gift, present, reward.
Derivation / Etymology
from H7809 (שָׁחַד);
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 23)
- Exodus 23:8¶ And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
- Deuteronomy 10:17For the LORD your God is God of gods, and Lord of lords, a great God, a mighty, and a terrible, which regardeth not persons, nor taketh reward:
- Deuteronomy 27:25Cursed be he that taketh reward to slay an innocent person. And all the people shall say, Amen.
- 2 Kings 16:8And Ahaz took the silver and gold that was found in the house of the LORD, and in the treasures of the king’s house, and sent it for a present to the king of Assyria.
- Psalms 15:5He that putteth not out his money to usury, nor taketh reward against the innocent. He that doeth these things shall never be moved.
- Proverbs 17:8A gift is as a precious stone in the eyes of him that hath it: whithersoever it turneth, it prospereth.
- Isaiah 1:23Thy princes are rebellious, and companions of thieves: every one loveth gifts, and followeth after rewards: they judge not the fatherless, neither doth the cause of the widow come unto them.
- Isaiah 45:13I have raised him up in righteousness, and I will direct all his ways: he shall build my city, and he shall let go my captives, not for price nor reward, saith the LORD of hosts.