STRONGS NUMBER H7809


Word Summary
shachad: to give a present, bribe
Original Word: שָׁחַד
Transliteration: 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 וַתִּשְׁחֳדִיEzekiel 16:33 thou didst bribe them to come (לָבוֺא‎; "" נְדָנִים נָתַן‎); read probably also Infinitive construct suffix שַׁחֲדָהּIsaiah 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.