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Strong's #7809 - שָׁחַד
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1) (Qal) to give a present, bribe, ransom, offer gifts
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2822) dhs (סהההד ShHhD) AC: ? CO: Bribe AB: ?: A gift presented to one in return for a favor. [from: dh- unity]
V) dhs (סהההד ShHhD) - Bribe: To give a bribe. KJV (2): (vf: Paal) reward, hire - Strongs: H7809 (שָׁחַד)
Nm) dhs (סהההד ShHhD) - Bribe: KJV (23): gift, reward, bribe, present, bribery - Strongs: H7810 (שֹׁחַד)
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
bribe; perhaps also Assyrian šidê, gifts, Dl WB 643); — Qal Imperfect 2 feminine singular, accusative of person וַתִּשְׁחֳדִי אוֺתָם Ezekiel 16:33 thou didst bribe them to come (לָבוֺא; "" נָתַן נְדָנִים); read probably also Infinitive construct suffix שַׁחֲדָהּ Isaiah 47:11 to buy it off (for ᵑ0שַׁחְרָהּ, so Kr Gr Buhl Che Hpt Hebrews 142, compare Marti; see Proverbs 6:35); Imperative masculine plural שִׁחֲדוּ בַעֲדִי (Ges§ 64 a) Job 6:22 give a bribe for me.
שָׁחַד to give, to bestow a gift, especially to free from punishment, Job 6:22. Followed by an acc. of pers. Ezekiel 16:33 (Syr. ܫܚܰܕ to give, once. Pa. often, used both in a good and in a bad sense) Hence
