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| == Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_95245" /> ==
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| <p> '''(1):''' (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. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (n.) A gift begged; a present. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (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. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (n.) That which seduces; seduction; allurement. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (v. t.) To rob or steal. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (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. </p> <p> '''(7):''' (v. t.) To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe. </p> <p> '''(8):''' (v. i.) To commit robbery or theft. </p> | | Bribe <ref name="term_27589" /> |
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| | <p> ( '''''שֹׁחִד''''' , ''Shochad','' a ''Present,'' i.e. gift or reward, as often rendered, especially in the corrupt sense, a "bribe;" also '''''כֹּפֶר''''' , ''Ko'Pher, A Ransom'' or satisfaction, as generally rendered, once "bribe," 1 Samuel 12:3), a valuable consideration given or taken for perverting justice; a frequent practice in the East, both by judge and witnesses. (See [[Gift]]). </p> |
| == King James Dictionary <ref name="term_58528" /> ==
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| <p> BRIBE, n. </p> 1. A price, reward, gift or favor bestowed or promised with a view to pervert the judgment, or corrupt the conduct of a judge, witness or other person. A bribe is a consideration given or promised to a person, to induce him to decide a cause, give testimony, or perform some act contrary to what he knows to be truth, justice or rectitude. It is not used in a good sense, unless in familiar language.
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| == Easton's Bible Dictionary <ref name="term_30683" /> ==
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| Exodus 23:8
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| == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_27590" /> ==
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| <p> (שֹׁחִד, ''Shochad','' a ''Present,'' i.e. gift or reward, as often rendered, especially in the corrupt sense, a "bribe;" also כֹּפֶר, ''Ko'Pher, A Ransom'' or satisfaction, as generally rendered, once "bribe," 1 Samuel 12:3), a valuable consideration given or taken for perverting justice; a frequent practice in the East, both by judge and witnesses. (See [[Gift]]). </p>
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| | | <ref name="term_27589"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bribe+(2) Bribe from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref> |
| <ref name="term_95245"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/bribe Bribe from Webster's Dictionary]</ref> | |
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| <ref name="term_58528"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/bribe Bribe from King James Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_30683"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/easton-s-bible-dictionary/bribe Bribe from Easton's Bible Dictionary]</ref>
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| <ref name="term_27590"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/bribe Bribe from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
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Bribe [1]
( שֹׁחִד , Shochad', a Present, i.e. gift or reward, as often rendered, especially in the corrupt sense, a "bribe;" also כֹּפֶר , Ko'Pher, A Ransom or satisfaction, as generally rendered, once "bribe," 1 Samuel 12:3), a valuable consideration given or taken for perverting justice; a frequent practice in the East, both by judge and witnesses. (See Gift).
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