Bribe
Webster's Dictionary [1]
(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.
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.
Easton's Bible Dictionary [3]
Exodus 23:8
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).
