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Lexicon :: Strong's H7961 - šālēv

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שָׁלֵו
Transliteration
šālēv
Pronunciation
shaw-lave'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2392c

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁלֵו shâlêv, shaw-lave'; or שָׁלֵיו shâlêyv; feminine שְׁלֵוָה shᵉlêvâh; from H7951; tranquil; (in a bad sense) careless; abstractly, security:—(being) at ease, peaceable, (in) prosper(-ity), quiet(-ness), wealthy.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x

The KJV translates Strong's H7961 in the following manner: at ease (2x), peaceable (1x), quietness (1x), prosperity (1x), quiet (1x), prosper (1x), wealthy (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 8x
The KJV translates Strong's H7961 in the following manner: at ease (2x), peaceable (1x), quietness (1x), prosperity (1x), quiet (1x), prosper (1x), wealthy (1x).

  1. quiet, at ease, prosperous

    1. at ease (of persons)

    2. quiet (of land)

    3. quiet, ease

    4. ease (subst)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁלֵו shâlêv, shaw-lave'; or שָׁלֵיו shâlêyv; feminine שְׁלֵוָה shᵉlêvâh; from H7951; tranquil; (in a bad sense) careless; abstractly, security:—(being) at ease, peaceable, (in) prosper(-ity), quiet(-ness), wealthy.
STRONGS H7961: Abbreviations
† שָׁלֵו (LagBN 43), שָׁלֵרוּ, שְׁלֵרו adjective quiet, at ease; —
1. of person at ease, שָׁלֵו Job 16:12, שָׁלֵיו Job 21:23 (Köii. 1. 83); of nation, שְׁלֵיו (possibly diminutive (Köii. l.144) Jeremiah 49:31 (|| יוֺבֵ לָבֶטַח); prosperous, of city feminine singular שְׁלֵוָה Zechariah 7:7; of wicked, masculine plural construct וְשַׁלְוֵי עוֺלָם Psalm 73:12 (ReH. iii. 131 proposes יִשְׁלָיוּ עֲוִילִים).
2. of land, quiet, שְׁלֵשׁלֵוָה 1 Chronicles 4:40 (|| שֹׁקֶטֶת).
3. in לֹא יָדַע שָׁלֵו בְּבִטְנוֺ Job 20:20 שׁ׳ is apparently abstract noun quiet, ease, so Di De and others read שַׁלְוָח Siegf Bu, Du (after Greek Version of the LXX) לֹא שָׁלֵו בְּמַטְמֹנוֺ; שָׁלֵו Ezekiel 23:42 is corrupt, Hi Co Berthol (compare Da) שָׁרוּ sang, Toy שָׁרִים, Krae רִים.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Chronicles

4:40

Job

16:12; 20:20; 21:23

Psalms

73:12

Jeremiah

49:31

Ezekiel

23:42

Zechariah

7:7

H7961

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7961 matches the Hebrew שָׁלֵו (šālēv),
which occurs 8 times in 8 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ch 4:40

Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 4:40 - They found lush pastures there, and the land was quiet and peaceful.
Some of Ham’s descendants had been living in that region.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 16:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 16:12 - “I was living quietly until he shattered me.
He took me by the neck and broke me in pieces.
Then he set me up as his target,

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 20:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 20:20 - They were always greedy and never satisfied.
Nothing remains of all the things they dreamed about.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 21:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:23 - One person dies in prosperity,
completely comfortable and secure,

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 73:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 73:12 - Look at these wicked people—
enjoying a life of ease while their riches multiply.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 49:31

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:31 - “Go up and attack that complacent nation,”
says the LORD.
“Its people live alone in the desert
without walls or gates.

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Unchecked Copy Box Eze 23:42

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 23:42 - From your room came the sound of many men carousing. They were lustful men and drunkards[fn] from the wilderness, who put bracelets on your wrists and beautiful crowns on your heads.

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Unchecked Copy Box Zec 7:7

Unchecked Copy BoxZec 7:7 - Isn’t this the same message the LORD proclaimed through the prophets in years past when Jerusalem and the towns of Judah were bustling with people, and the Negev and the foothills of Judah[fn] were well populated?’”
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