Bribe
Easton's Bible Dictionary [1]
Exodus 23:8
King James Dictionary [2]
BRIBE, n.
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.
Webster's Dictionary [3]
(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.
(2):
(n.) A gift begged; a present.
(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.
(4):
(n.) That which seduces; seduction; allurement.
(5):
(v. t.) To rob or steal.
(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.
(7):
(v. t.) To gain by a bribe; of induce as by a bribe.
(8):
(v. i.) To commit robbery or theft.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature [4]
(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).
