Words the Bible translates as bribe
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- shaḥadשֹׁחַדa payment or gift handed to someone to sway a decision or win their favor
- kopherכֹּפֶרa ransom: a price paid in place of a life that is forfeit, to spare it from the death or penalty it owes
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- pitch: the black, tar-like bitumen used to seal and waterproof
- henna: the fragrant henna shrub and its clustered, pale blossoms
- a village: an unwalled country settlement, set against a fortified town
- mattanahמַתָּנָהa gift or present: something handed over freely, whether a personal present, an offering to God, or a bribe.
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