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bribe

Meaning of “bribe”

A gift, payment, or advantage received or offered to influence a person, blind judgment, or turn aside justice.

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First occurrence: 1 Samuel 12:3

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Every verse containing “bribe”

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1 Samuel 12:3
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Behold, here I am: witness against me before the Lord, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose ass have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I received any bribe to blind mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
1 word occurrence in this verse
The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · 1 Samuel 12:3 · retained source text

Behold, here I am, witnesse against me before the LORD, and before his Anoynted: Whose oxe haue I taken? or whose asse haue I taken? or whom haue I defrauded? whom haue I oppressed? or of whose hand haue I receiued any bribe to blinde mine eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.

1611 marginal noteHebr. ransome.

1611 marginal noteOr, that I should hide mine eyes at at him.

1611 marginal noteEcclus. 46.10.

Amos 5:12
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For I know your manifold transgressions and your mighty sins: they afflict the just, they take a bribe, and they turn aside the poor in the gate from their right.
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The 1611 reading & marginal notes
1611 witness · Amos 5:12 · retained source text

For I know your manifold transgressions, and your mighty sinnes: they afflict the iust, they take a bribe, and they turne aside the poore in the gate from their right.

1611 marginal noteOr, a ransome.

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