1. bribe, bribery — Masculine noun denoting a bribe or act of bribery, consistently used in legal and ethical contexts condemning the corruption of justice. All four clusters represent the same noun in different grammatical configurations: bare noun (bribe), with article (the bribe), with preposition ב (for a bribe), and an abstract use (bribery). Multilingual glosses show complete convergence: Arabic رِشْوَة (bribe), Spanish soborno (bribe), Korean 뇌물 (bribe), Hindi घूस/रिश्वत (bribe), Swahili rushwa/hongo (bribe/bribery). No genuine polysemy -- the same concept of illicit payment to pervert justice appears uniformly throughout all occurrences. 23×
AR["الرَّشوَةَ","الرَّشْوَةَ","الرَّشْوَةُ","الرِّشوَةَ","الرِّشوَةِ","بِ-رَشْوَةٍ","بِرَشْوَةٍ","رَشْوَةً","رَشْوَةٌ","رَشْوَةٍ","رِشْوَةً","رِشْوَةٍ","وَ-رَشوَةً","وَ-رَشْوَةً","وَ-رِشْوَةٌ"]·ben["-ঘুষের-জন্য","উৎকোচ","এবং-উৎকোচ","এবং-ঘুষ","ঘুষ","ঘুষে-","ঘুষের","সেই-ঘুষ"]·DE["[בשחד]","[השחד]","[ושחד]","[שחד]","bribe","bribes","der-bribe","ein-bribe","und-ein-bribe"]·EN["a-bribe","and-a-bribe","and-bribe","bribe","bribes","for-a-bribe","for-bribe","the-bribe"]·FR["[שחד]","bribe","dans-présent","et-présent","et-un-bribe","le-bribe","le-pot-de-vin","le-présent","pot-de-vin","présent","un-bribe","un-pot-de-vin"]·heb["ב-שוחד","ה-שוחד","ו-שוחד","שוחד","שחד"]·HI["और-घूस","घूस","घूस-के","घूस-से","भेंट","रिश्वत","रिश्वत-से","रिश्वतका।"]·ID["Dan-suap","Suap","dan-suap","dengan-suap","hadiah","suap","suap itu"]·IT["[בשחד]","[שחד]","bribe","bribes","dono","e-dono","e-e-bribe","e-un-bribe","il-bribe","il-il-bribe","in-dono","un-bribe","un-dono"]·jav["Besel","Lan-besel","besel","besel-punika","kalayan-besel","kanggé-sogokan","lan-besel","pisungsung","saha-besel","sesanggan","sogok","suap"]·KO["그-뇌물은","그리고-뇌물-을","그리고-뇌물은","그리고-뇌물을","뇇물로","뇇물을","뇌물","뇌물-로","뇌물-을","뇌물은","뇌물을","받음이","에-뇌물-로"]·PT["E-suborno","Suborno","e-suborno","o-suborno","por-suborno","suborno"]·RU["-взятка","И-взятки","взятка","взятки","взятку","взяток","дар","за-подкуп","и-взятку","и-подарок","подарок."]·ES["Soborno","Y-soborno","el-soborno","por-soborno","soborno","y-soborno"]·SW["Rushwa","kwa-rushwa","na-hongo","na-rushwa","rushwa","zawadi"]·TR["Ve-rüşvet","rusvet","rusvetle","ruşvet","rüşvet","rüşveti","rüşvetle","ve-rüşvet"]·urd["-رشوت","اور-رشوت","رشوت","رشوت-سے","رشوت-پر","رشوت-کے","لینا"]
Exod 23:8, Exod 23:8, Deut 10:17, Deut 16:19, Deut 16:19, Deut 27:25, 1 Sam 8:3, 1 Kgs 15:19, 2 Kgs 16:8, 2 Chr 19:7, Job 15:34, Ps 15:5 (+11 more)
Senses
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† שֹׁ֫חַד n.m. present, specif. bribe;—שׁ׳ abs. Is 1:23 + 22 times;—bribe, usually to pervert justice, obj. of לָקַח Ex 23:8a (E), = Dt 16:19a; Dt 10:17; 1 S 8:3; 2 Ch 19:7 ψ 15:5; Pr 17:23; + inf., take bribe to do something, Dt 27:25; Ez 22:12; אָהַב שׁ׳ Is 1:23; cf. also 5:23; 33:15 Ex 23:8b (E) = Dt 16:19b, Mi 3:11 ψ 26:10; Pr 17:8; 21:14; אָהֳלֵי־שׁ׳ Jb 15:34, i.e. abode of bribe-givers; שׁ׳…