Shokhad (שוחד) means bribe in Hebrew.
It is a masculine noun, and the Hebrew dictionary's own definitions are below.
שֹׁחַד
shokhad
noun · masculine
In English
bribe
The stress falls on the part in bold.
The dictionary gives one meaning for Shokhad.
The definitions are in Hebrew, as the dictionary writes them.
- 1דבר פיתוי הניתן לבעל סמכות על מנת להטות את דעתו.
וְשֹׁחַד לֹא תִקָּח כִּי הַשֹּׁחַד יְעַוֵּר פִּקְחִים וִיסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי צַדִּיקִים.
The verses are quoted from the Hebrew Bible, with the word in bold.
The word Shokhad is a masculine noun.
- Written with vowel points
- שֹׁחַד
- Written without vowel points
- שוחד
- Said
- shokhad
- Root
- ש־ח־ד
- Pattern
- קֹטֶל
- Plural
- לא קיים
- Inflections
- ר' לא קיים
- Gematria
- 318
This is how Shokhad is said in other languages.
- English
- bribe
- Arabic
- رَشْوَة
These words mean nearly the same as Shokhad.
- שלמונים
A word with a dashed border has no page of its own in this dictionary yet.
These words come before and after Shokhad in the dictionary.
These are the questions people ask about the word Shokhad.
What does Shokhad (שוחד) mean in Hebrew?
Shokhad (שוחד) means bribe. It is said shokhad, with the stress on sho.
What is a synonym for Shokhad (שוחד)?
Words that mean nearly the same as Shokhad (שוחד) are שלמונים.
Is Shokhad (שוחד) masculine or feminine?
The word Shokhad (שוחד) is a masculine noun, and its plural is לא קיים.
The definitions, pronunciation, synonyms and translations on this page are adapted from the entry שחד of the Hebrew Wiktionary, read on 1 November 2026, and are shared under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.
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