Bribery
Bible Usage:
- bribery used once.
- Bible Reference: Job 15:34
Dictionaries:
- Included in Eastons: No
- Included in Hitchcocks: No
- Included in Naves: Yes
- Included in Smiths: No
- Included in Websters: Yes
- Included in Strongs: Yes
- Included in Thayers: No
- Included in BDB: Yes
Strongs Concordance:
- H7810 Used 1 time
General references
Exodus 23:8; Deuteronomy 16:18-19; Deuteronomy 27:25; 1 Samuel 8:1; 1 Samuel 8:3; Job 15:34; Psalms 26:9-10; Proverbs 15:27; Proverbs 17:8; Proverbs 17:23; Proverbs 18:16; Proverbs 21:14; Proverbs 25:14; Proverbs 28:21; Proverbs 29:4; Ecclesiastes 7:7; Isaiah 1:23; Isaiah 5:22-23; Isaiah 33:15-16; Ezekiel 13:19; Ezekiel 22:12-13; Amos 2:6; Amos 5:12; Micah 7:3
Instances of:
Delilah
Judges 16:5
Samuel's sons
1 Samuel 8:3
The false prophet, Shemaiah
Nehemiah 6:10-13
Ben-Hadad
1 Kings 15:19
Haman bribes Ahasuerus to destroy the Jews
Esther 3:9
Chief priests bribe Judas
Matthew 26:15; Matthew 27:3-9; Mark 14:11; Luke 22:5
Soldiers bribed to declare that the disciples stole the body of Jesus
Matthew 28:12-15
Felix seeks a bribe from Paul
Acts 24:26
BRI'BERY, noun The act or practice of giving or taking rewards for corrupt practices; the act of paying or receiving a reward for a false judgment, or testimony, or for the performance of that which is known to be illegal, or unjust. It is applied both to him who gives, and to him who receives the compensation, but appropriately to the giver.