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Lexicon :: Strong's H5545 - sālaḥ

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סָלַח
Transliteration
sālaḥ
Pronunciation
saw-lakh'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 1505

Strong’s Definitions

סָלַח çâlach, saw-lakh'; a primitive root; to forgive:—forgive, pardon, spare.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x

The KJV translates Strong's H5545 in the following manner: forgive (19x), forgiven (13x), pardon (13x), spare (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 46x
The KJV translates Strong's H5545 in the following manner: forgive (19x), forgiven (13x), pardon (13x), spare (1x).

  1. to forgive, pardon

    1. (Qal) to forgive, pardon

    2. (Niphal) to be forgiven

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
סָלַח çâlach, saw-lakh'; a primitive root; to forgive:—forgive, pardon, spare.
STRONGS H5545: Abbreviations
† [סָלַח] verb forgive, pardon (Targum סְלַת id., Late Hebrew סְלִיחָה forgiveness): —
Qal Perfect 2nd person masculine singular סָלַחְתָּ Exodus 34:9 + 9 times, סָלָ֑חְתָּ Lamentations 3:42 + 2 times; 1st person singular סָלַחְתִּי Numbers 14:20 + 2 times; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יִסְלַח Numbers 30:6 + 4 times; 1st person singular אֶסְלַה Jeremiah 31:34 + 3 times + Jeremiah 5:7 Qr (Kt אֶסְלוֺהַ); Imperative סְלַח Numbers 14:19; Amos 7:2; סְלָ֑חָה Daniel 9:19; Infinitiveסְלֹתַ Deuteronomy 29:19; 2 Kings 24:4; סְלוֺתַ Isaiah 55:7; Participle active סֹלֵחַ Psalm 103:3; — forgive, pardon, always of God : absolute Numbers 14:20 (J), 1 Kings 8:30, 39 2 Chronicles 6:21, 30; 2 Kings 24:4; Isaiah 55:7; Amos 7:2; Lamentations 3:42; Daniel 9:19; with לְ of the sin Exodus 34:9; Numbers 14:19 (both J), Jeremiah 31:34; Jeremiah 33:8; Jeremiah 36:3; Psalm 25:11; Psalm 103:3; 1 Kings 8:34, 36 2 Chronicles 6:23, 27; 7:14; + לְ of sinner Deuteronomy 29:19; 1 Kings 8:50 2 Chronicles 6:39; 2 Kings 5:18 (twice in verse); Jeremiah 5:1, 7; Jeremiah 50:20, and in law, Numbers 30:6; Numbers 30:9; Numbers 30:13 (P).
Niph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular נִסְלַח with לְ technical term in code of P, it shall be forgiven him לוֺ Leviticus 4:26, 31, 35; Leviticus 5:10, 13, 16, 18; Leviticus 5:26; Leviticus 19:22; Numbers 15:28; them לַהֶם Leviticus 4:20; Numbers 15:25; לְכָלעֲֿדַת וגו׳ Numbers 15:26.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

34:9; 34:9

Leviticus

4:20; 4:26; 4:31; 4:35; 5:10; 5:13; 5:16; 5:18; 19:22

Numbers

14:19; 14:19; 14:20; 14:20; 15:25; 15:26; 15:28; 30:6; 30:6; 30:9; 30:13

Deuteronomy

29:19; 29:19

1 Kings

8:30; 8:34; 8:36; 8:39; 8:50

2 Kings

5:18; 24:4; 24:4

2 Chronicles

6:21; 6:23; 6:27; 6:30; 6:39; 7:14

Psalms

25:11; 103:3; 103:3

Isaiah

55:7; 55:7

Jeremiah

5:1; 5:7; 5:7; 31:34; 31:34; 33:8; 36:3; 50:20

Lamentations

3:42; 3:42

Daniel

9:19; 9:19

Amos

7:2; 7:2

H5545

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Strong's Number H5545 matches the Hebrew סָלַח (sālaḥ),
which occurs 48 times in 45 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Exo 34:9

Unchecked Copy BoxExo 34:9 - “Lord,” he said, “if I have found favor in your eyes, then let the Lord go with us. Although this is a stiff-necked people, forgive our wickedness and our sin, and take us as your inheritance.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:20 - and do with this bull just as he did with the bull for the sin offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the community, and they will be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:26 - He shall burn all the fat on the altar as he burned the fat of the fellowship offering. In this way the priest will make atonement for the leader’s sin, and he will be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:31 - They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar as an aroma pleasing to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for them, and they will be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:35 - They shall remove all the fat, just as the fat is removed from the lamb of the fellowship offering, and the priest shall burn it on the altar on top of the food offerings presented to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:10 - The priest shall then offer the other as a burnt offering in the prescribed way and make atonement for them for the sin they have committed, and they will be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:13 - In this way the priest will make atonement for them for any of these sins they have committed, and they will be forgiven. The rest of the offering will belong to the priest, as in the case of the grain offering.’ ”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:16 - They must make restitution for what they have failed to do in regard to the holy things, pay an additional penalty of a fifth of its value and give it all to the priest. The priest will make atonement for them with the ram as a guilt offering, and they will be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:18 - They are to bring to the priest as a guilt offering a ram from the flock, one without defect and of the proper value. In this way the priest will make atonement for them for the wrong they have committed unintentionally, and they will be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:7 - In this way the priest will make atonement for them before the LORD, and they will be forgiven for any of the things they did that made them guilty.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:22 - With the ram of the guilt offering the priest is to make atonement for him before the LORD for the sin he has committed, and his sin will be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:19 - In accordance with your great love, forgive the sin of these people, just as you have pardoned them from the time they left Egypt until now.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:20 - The LORD replied, “I have forgiven them, as you asked.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:25 - The priest is to make atonement for the whole Israelite community, and they will be forgiven, for it was not intentional and they have presented to the LORD for their wrong a food offering and a sin offering.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:26 - The whole Israelite community and the foreigners residing among them will be forgiven, because all the people were involved in the unintentional wrong.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:28 - The priest is to make atonement before the LORD for the one who erred by sinning unintentionally, and when atonement has been made, that person will be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:5 - But if her father forbids her when he hears about it, none of her vows or the pledges by which she obligated herself will stand; the LORD will release her because her father has forbidden her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:8 - But if her husband forbids her when he hears about it, he nullifies the vow that obligates her or the rash promise by which she obligates herself, and the LORD will release her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:12 - But if her husband nullifies them when he hears about them, then none of the vows or pledges that came from her lips will stand. Her husband has nullified them, and the LORD will release her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20 - The LORD will never be willing to forgive them; his wrath and zeal will burn against them. All the curses written in this book will fall on them, and the LORD will blot out their names from under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:30 - Hear the supplication of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place, and when you hear, forgive.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:34

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:34 - then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to their ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:36 - then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:39 - then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive and act; deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know their hearts (for you alone know every human heart),

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:50 - And forgive your people, who have sinned against you; forgive all the offenses they have committed against you, and cause their captors to show them mercy;

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:18 - But may the LORD forgive your servant for this one thing: When my master enters the temple of Rimmon to bow down and he is leaning on my arm and I have to bow there also—when I bow down in the temple of Rimmon, may the LORD forgive your servant for this.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:4 - including the shedding of innocent blood. For he had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was not willing to forgive.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:21 - Hear the supplications of your servant and of your people Israel when they pray toward this place. Hear from heaven, your dwelling place; and when you hear, forgive.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:25

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:25 - then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them back to the land you gave to them and their ancestors.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:27 - then hear from heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel. Teach them the right way to live, and send rain on the land you gave your people for an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:30 - then hear from heaven, your dwelling place. Forgive, and deal with everyone according to all they do, since you know their hearts (for you alone know the human heart),

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:39 - then from heaven, your dwelling place, hear their prayer and their pleas, and uphold their cause. And forgive your people, who have sinned against you.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 7:14 - if my people, who are called by my name, will humble themselves and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven, and I will forgive their sin and will heal their land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:11 - For the sake of your name, LORD, forgive my iniquity, though it is great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 103:3 - who forgives all your sins and heals all your diseases,

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:7 - Let the wicked forsake their ways and the unrighteous their thoughts. Let them turn to the LORD, and he will have mercy on them, and to our God, for he will freely pardon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:1 - “Go up and down the streets of Jerusalem, look around and consider, search through her squares. If you can find but one person who deals honestly and seeks the truth, I will forgive this city.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7 - “Why should I forgive you? Your children have forsaken me and sworn by gods that are not gods. I supplied all their needs, yet they committed adultery and thronged to the houses of prostitutes.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:34 - No longer will they teach their neighbor, or say to one another, ‘Know the LORD,’ because they will all know me, from the least of them to the greatest,”

declares the LORD.

“For I will forgive their wickedness and will remember their sins no more.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:8 - I will cleanse them from all the sin they have committed against me and will forgive all their sins of rebellion against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:3 - Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about every disaster I plan to inflict on them, they will each turn from their wicked ways; then I will forgive their wickedness and their sin.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:20 - In those days, at that time,” declares the LORD, “search will be made for Israel’s guilt, but there will be none, and for the sins of Judah, but none will be found, for I will forgive the remnant I spare.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:42

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:42 - “We have sinned and rebelled and you have not forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:19 - Lord, listen! Lord, forgive! Lord, hear and act! For your sake, my God, do not delay, because your city and your people bear your Name.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:2 - When they had stripped the land clean, I cried out, “Sovereign LORD, forgive! How can Jacob survive? He is so small!”
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