None to be taken; "for the gift maketh open eyes blind, and perverteth the cause of the righteous" (Exodus 23:8, literally rendered). 1. (n.) A gift begged; a present.

2. (n.) A price, reward, gift, or favor bestowed or promised with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness, voter, or other person in a position of trust.

3. (n.) That which seduces; seduction; allurement.

4. (v. t.) To rob or steal.

5. (v. t.) To give or promise a reward or consideration to (a judge, juror, legislator, voter, or other person in a position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to.

6. (v. t.) To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.

7. (v. i.) To commit robbery or theft.

8. (v. i.) To give a bribe to a person; to pervert the judgment or corrupt the action of a person in a position of trust, by some gift or promise.

7809. shachad -- to give a present, bribe
... 7808, 7809. shachad. 7810 . to give a present, bribe. Transliteration: shachad
Phonetic Spelling: (shaw-khad') Short Definition: bribe. Word Origin a prim. ...
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7810. shochad -- a present, bribe
... 7809, 7810. shochad. 7811 . a present, bribe. Transliteration: shochad
Phonetic Spelling: (shakh'-ad) Short Definition: bribe. Word ...
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8021. shalmon -- a reward, bribe
... shalmon. 8022 . a reward, bribe. Transliteration: shalmon Phonetic Spelling:
(shal-mone') Short Definition: rewards. ... reward. From shalam; a bribe -- reward. ...
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3724. kopher -- the price of a life, ransom
... 3723, 3724. kopher. 3724a . the price of a life, ransom. Transliteration:
kopher Phonetic Spelling: (ko'-fer) Short Definition: bribe. ...
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7966. shillum -- requital
... 7965, 7966. shillum or shillum. 7967 . requital. Transliteration: shillum or
shillum Phonetic Spelling: (shil-loom') Short Definition: bribe. ...
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4979. mattanah -- a gift
... Word Origin fem. of mattan Definition a gift NASB Word Usage bestowed (1),
bribe (1), bribes (1), gift (3), gifts (10), give (1). gift. ...
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3724a. kopher -- the price of a life, ransom
... Word Origin from an unused word Definition the price of a life, ransom NASB Word
Usage bribe (1), bribes (1), ransom (11). 3724, 3724a. kopher. 3724b . ...
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Thus Wrote the Aforesaid Pope Boniface for the Salvation of King ...
... understood that he had appeared in that province, and that he and his companions
were hospitably entertained by Redwald, he sent messengers to bribe that king ...
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Your Letter Goes On:
... 4. Your letter goes on. "Pray do not trouble yourself to give a large sum of gold
to bribe my secretary, as your friends did in ... What! I bribe your Secretary! ...
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Letter Liii. To the Chorepiscopi.
... To the recipient of the bribe it must be said, as was said by the Apostles to him
who was willing to give money to buy the fellowship of the Holy Ghost, "Thy ...
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Epistle cx. To Theoderic and Theodebert, Kings of the Franks .
... 2:18). But what can be the works of a priest who is convicted of obtaining
the dignity of so great a sacrament by a bribe? Thus ...
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Epistle xxxii. To Peter, Subdeacon of Sicily.
... of the servant of God, brother Cyriacus, at Rome I questioned him closely as to
whether he had communicated with thee about the receiving of a bribe in the ...
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Simon the Sorcerer
... on 'whomsoever I lay hands, he may receive the Holy Ghost.' That preposterous wish
was quite as bad as, and was the root of, his absurd offer to bribe Peter. ...
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Prolonged Agony
... I received a bribe.'. For what bribe did you sell your guilty soul?' asked Chrysostom. ...
If holy priests bribe slaves to murder, how can ignorant slaves resist? ...
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The Sins of Society
... For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just,
they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their ...
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Psalm LXXX.
... thou doest it because thou fearest. A man would bribe thee, for example,
to bear false witness. Countless cases there are, but I ...
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Jesus Before Herod.
... chiefly inhabited by Pharisees, to let them know that they must assemble in the
neighbourhood of Pilate's palace, gather together the rabble, and bribe them to ...
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Bribe (27 Occurrences)
... voter, or other person in a position of trust) with a view to prevent the judgment
or corrupt the conduct; to induce or influence by a bribe; to give a bribe to ...
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Gift (148 Occurrences)
... (3.) A bribe to a judge to obtain a favourable verdict (Exodus 23:8;
Deuteronomy 16:19). ... 3. (n.) A bribe; anything given to corrupt. ...
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Judicial (2 Occurrences)
... According to the Book of the Covenant (Exodus 23:8) `a bribe blindeth the eyes of
the open-eyed.' This descriptive phrase indicates a prolific cause of the ...
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Twists (12 Occurrences)
... Twists (12 Occurrences). Exodus 23:8 "You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds
those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous. (See NIV). ...
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Subverts (4 Occurrences)
... Subverts (4 Occurrences). Exodus 23:8 "You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds
those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous. (See NAS RSV). ...
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Blindness (7 Occurrences)
... According to the Book of the Covenant (Exodus 23:8) `a bribe blindeth the eyes of
the open-eyed.' This descriptive phrase indicates a prolific cause of the ...
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Pervert (18 Occurrences)
... Deuteronomy 16:19 You shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither
shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and ...
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Bribes (14 Occurrences)
... your God -- He 'is' God of the gods, and Lord of the lords; God, the great, the
mighty, and the fearful; who accepteth not persons, nor taketh a bribe; (See NIV ...
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Bribery (2 Occurrences)
... brib'-er-i (shochadh, "a gift," in a corrupt sense, "a bribe"): The Hebrew law condemns
everything that would tend to impair the impartial administration of ...
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Accepts (14 Occurrences)
... your God -- He 'is' God of the gods, and Lord of the lords; God, the great, the
mighty, and the fearful; who accepteth not persons, nor taketh a bribe; (See NIV ...
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