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Lexicon :: Strong's H7965 - šālôm

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שָׁלוֹם
Transliteration
šālôm
Pronunciation
shaw-lome'
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Part of Speech
masculine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 2401a

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm, shaw-lome'; or שָׁלֹם shâlôm; from H7999; safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace:—× do, familiar, × fare, favour, friend, × great, (good) health, (× perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, (× all is, be) well, × wholly.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 236x

The KJV translates Strong's H7965 in the following manner: peace (175x), well (14x), peaceably (9x), welfare (5x), salute (with H7592) (4x), prosperity (4x), did (3x), safe (3x), health (2x), peaceable (2x), miscellaneous (15x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 236x
The KJV translates Strong's H7965 in the following manner: peace (175x), well (14x), peaceably (9x), welfare (5x), salute (with H7592) (4x), prosperity (4x), did (3x), safe (3x), health (2x), peaceable (2x), miscellaneous (15x).
  1. completeness, soundness, welfare, peace

    1. completeness (in number)

    2. safety, soundness (in body)

    3. welfare, health, prosperity

    4. peace, quiet, tranquillity, contentment

    5. peace, friendship

      1. of human relationships

      2. with God especially in covenant relationship

    6. peace (from war)

    7. peace (as adjective)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁלוֹם shâlôwm, shaw-lome'; or שָׁלֹם shâlôm; from H7999; safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace:—× do, familiar, × fare, favour, friend, × great, (good) health, (× perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, (× all is, be) well, × wholly.
STRONGS H7965: Abbreviations
שָׁלוֺם 237 noun masculine Isaiah 54:13 completeness, soundness, welfare, peace (LagBN 174); — שׁ׳ Genesis 29:6 +; שָׁלֹם (rare) Ezekiel 13:16 +; construct שְׁלוֺם Genesis 37:14 +; suffix שְׁלוֺמִי Psalm 41:10 [Psalm 41:9] +, etc.; plural (all dubious) שְׁלוֺמִים Jeremiah 13:19; Psalm 69:23 [Psalm 69:22]; suffix שְׁמָֹיו Psalm 55:21 [Psalm 55:20]; —
†1. completeness in number, הָגְלָת שְׁלוֺמִים Jeremiah 13:19 Judah is wholly carried captive (but read גָּלוּת שְׁלֵמָה, compare Amos 1:6; so Greek Version of the LXX WeAmos SS Buhl).
†2. safety, soundness, in body, אֵין שָׁלוֺם בַּעֲצָמַי Psalm 38:4 [Psalm 38:3]; לְשָׁלוֺם Isaiah 38:17; שָׁלוֺם אָהֳלֶ֑ךָ (Ges§ 141c) Job 5:24 is safe, secure.
3. welfare, health, prosperity: לשׁ׳ שָׁאַל לפ׳ ask one about welfare Genesis 43:27 (J), Exodus 18:7 (E), Judges 18:15 + 7 times, compare 2 Samuel 11:7 (3 times in verse); pregnantly ירד לשׁלום 2 Kings 10:13 descend (to ask) about welfare of, compare 1 Samuel 17:18; Jeremiah 38:4; הלד לשׁ׳ Exodus 4:18 (E) + 5 times; עלה לשׁ׳ Genesis 44:17 (J), 1 Samuel 25:35; דבּר לשׁ׳ Genesis 37:4 (JE); שָׁלוֺם ל׳ be well with Genesis 29:6; Genesis 43:23, Genesis 43:28 (J), Judges 6:23; Judges 19:20; 1 Samuel 20:7, 1 Samuel 20:21 + 10 times, 2 Kings 4:26 (3 times in verse); שָׁלוֺם בְּ Psalm 122:7; Psalm 122:8 may it be well in; absolute as object of אָמַר well, be well, שׁ׳ Genesis 29:6 (J), 2 Samuel 18:28; 2 Kings 9:11, 2 Kings 9:17, 2 Kings 9:18, 2 Kings 9:19, 2 Kings 9:22; Jeremiah 6:14 (twice in verse) + 10 times; הֲשָׁלוֺם אֲבִיכֶם (Ges§ 141 c) Genesis 43:27 (J); בּ(וֺ)אֶ֑ךָ שׁ׳ 1 Samuel 16:4 (see Dr), 1 Kings 2:13; אֵין שׁ׳ Jeremiah 6:14 + 3 times; לרשׁעים אין שׁ׳ Isaiah 48:22; Isaiah 57:21; but ראה רשׁעים שׁ׳ Psalm 73:3; רֹב שׁ׳ Psalm 37:11; Psalm 72:7; פ׳ שׁאל שׁ׳ Psalm 122:6; דרשׁ שׁ׳ (|| טוב) Deuteronomy 23:7 [Deuteronomy 23:6]; Ezra 9:12; יוֺסִיפוּ לָךְ שׁ׳ Proverbs 3:2; בַּשׁ׳ Job 15:21 in time of prosperity.
4. peace, quiet, tranquility, contentment, Isaiah 32:17 (|| וָבֶטַח הַשְׁקֵט); שָׁכַב בשׁ׳ Psalm 4:9 [Psalm 4:8] (to sleep); depart life בְּשׁ׳ in tranquillity Genesis 15:15 (RJE), 1 Kings 2:6 + 3 times, יְבוֺא Isaiah 57:2; אַחֲרִית לְאִישׁ שׁ׳ Psalm 37:37; בא בשׁ׳ Exodus 18:23 (E) come in contentment; ארץ שׁ׳ Jeremiah 12:5; נְוֵה שׁ׳ (|| מבטחים) Isaiah 32:18, compare Jeremiah 25:37; מִפָּ֑חַד שׁ׳ Job 21:9; ולשׁלומים לְמקֵשׁ Psalm 69:23 [Psalm 69:22] security, (let it) become a trap (but Greek Version of the LXX Aq Symm Theod Jerome וּלְשִׁלּוּמִים וּלְמ׳, Du (compare Targum) וּשְׁלָמִים peace-offerings, and שֻׁלְחָן Psalm 69:23a [Psalm 69:22a]).
† 5. peace, friendship:
a. human relations: אֱנוֺשׁ שְׁמִֹי Jeremiah 20:10 man of my friendship, compare Jeremiah 38:22; Obadiah 7; Psalm 41:10 [Psalm 41:9]; בין עֲצַת שׁ׳ Zechariah 6:13; יֹעֲצֵי שׁ׳ Proverbs 12:20; (אֵת, עִם) דבּר שׁ׳ Psalm 28:3; Psalm 35:20; Jeremiah 9:7 [Jeremiah 9:8]; בקּשׁ שׁ׳ Psalm 34:15 [Psalm 34:14]; ידע שׁ׳ Isaiah 59:8; דֶּרֶךְ שׁ׳ Isaiah 59:8; שׁלּח בשׁ׳ Genesis 26:29 (J); הלן בשׁ׳ Genesis 26:31 (J), 1 Samuel 29:7 + 4 times; שׁוב בשׁ׳ 2 Samuel 15:27; || צדקה in Messianic reign Psalm 72:3.
b. peace with God, especially in covenant relation: Isaiah 54:10 ברית covenant of my peace, compare Numbers 25:12 (P), Ezekiel 34:25; Ezekiel 37:26, also Malachi 2:5; שׁ׳ י׳ as name of altar [H3073 Judges 6:24]; י׳ subject לְ שׁם שׁ׳ Numbers 6:26 (P); בֵּרַךְ בשׁ׳ Psalm 29:11; חפץ שׁ׳ Psalm 35:27; לְ עשׂה שׁ׳ Jeremiah 33:9; מֵאֵת אָסַף שׁ׳ Jeremiah 16:5 (|| חסד); אֶל דבּר שׁ׳ Psalm 85:9 [Psalm 85:8]; נתן שׁ׳ Haggai 2:9; מחשׁבות שׁ׳ Jeremiah 29:11; man subject ל׳ עשׂח שׁ׳ Isaiah 27:5 (twice in verse); הלן בשׁ׳ Malachi 2:6. In this sense || אֶדֶק Psalm 85:11 [Psalm 85:10], || אְדָקָה Isaiah 54:13; Isaiah 60:17, || שִׂמְחָה Isaiah 55:12, is like a river Isaiah 48:18; Isaiah 66:12; עַליֿשׂראל שׁ׳ Psalm 125:5; Psalm 128:6, רָב לְאֹהֲבֵי דוֺרָדֶ֑ךָ שׁ׳ Psalm 119:165; מוּסַר שׁ׳ Isaiah 53:5 chastisement for our peace (but SS Buhl שִׁלֻּמֵינוּ).
6. peace from war: (ל) עשׂה שׁ׳ make peace (with) Joshua 9:15; Job 25:2; בארץ נתן שׁ׳ Leviticus 26:6 (H); † בין ובין שׁ׳ Judges 4:17; 1 Samuel 7:14; 1 Kings 5:26; [1 Kings 5:12] † קרא (ל)שׁ׳ Deuteronomy 20:10; Judges 21:13; Micah 3:5; שׁוב בשׁ׳ Joshua 10:21 (E), Judges 8:9; Judges 11:31; בא בשׁ׳ 2 Samuel 19:25 [2 Samuel 19:24]; 2 Samuel 19:31 [2 Samuel 19:30] + 7 times; † לְ היה שׁ׳ 1 Kings 5:4 [1 Kings 4:24] + 3 times, compare 2 Samuel 17:3 (see Dr); בקּשׁ שׁ׳ Ezekiel 7:25; מלאכי שׁ׳ Isaiah 33:7; רָשֶׁקֶט נתן שׁ׳ 1 Chronicles 22:9; מוֺצְאֵת שׁ׳ Songs 8:10; † (ו)אמת שׁ׳ Isaiah 39:8 = 2 Kings 20:19 + 3 times, compare Zechariah 8:19; עֵת שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 3:8; בְּשׁ׳ 1 Kings 2:5 in time of peace; שַׂר שׁ׳ Isaiah 9:5 [Isaiah 9:6] (Messianic title), compare זֶה שׁ׳ Micah 5:4 [Micah 5:5].
7. as adjective שְׁמָֹיו Psalm 55:21 [Psalm 55:20] those at peace with him (read שֹׁלְמָיו Bae Buhl Du, or שְׁלֵטָיו SS; Greek Version of the LXX apparently שִׁלּוּמָיו).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

15:15; 26:29; 26:31; 29:6; 29:6; 29:6; 37:4; 37:14; 43:23; 43:27; 43:27; 43:28; 44:17

Exodus

4:18; 18:7; 18:23

Leviticus

26:6

Numbers

6:26; 25:12

Deuteronomy

20:10; 23:6; 23:7

Joshua

9:15; 10:21

Judges

4:17; 6:23; 8:9; 11:31; 18:15; 19:20; 21:13

1 Samuel

7:14; 16:4; 17:18; 20:7; 20:21; 25:35; 29:7

2 Samuel

11:7; 15:27; 17:3; 18:28; 19:24; 19:30

1 Kings

2:5; 2:6; 2:13; 4:24; 5:12

2 Kings

4:26; 9:11; 9:17; 9:18; 9:19; 9:22; 10:13; 20:19

1 Chronicles

22:9

Ezra

9:12

Job

5:24; 15:21; 21:9; 25:2

Psalms

4:8; 28:3; 29:11; 34:14; 35:20; 35:27; 37:11; 37:37; 38:3; 41:9; 41:9; 55:20; 55:20; 69:22; 69:22; 69:22; 72:3; 72:7; 73:3; 85:8; 85:10; 119:165; 122:6; 122:7; 122:8; 125:5; 128:6

Proverbs

3:2; 12:20

Ecclesiastes

3:8

Song of Songs

8:10

Isaiah

9:6; 27:5; 32:17; 32:18; 33:7; 38:17; 39:8; 48:18; 48:22; 53:5; 54:10; 54:13; 54:13; 55:12; 57:2; 57:21; 59:8; 59:8; 60:17; 66:12

Jeremiah

6:14; 6:14; 9:8; 12:5; 13:19; 13:19; 16:5; 20:10; 25:37; 29:11; 33:9; 38:4; 38:22

Ezekiel

7:25; 13:16; 34:25; 37:26

Amos

1:6

Obadiah

1:7

Micah

3:5; 5:5

Haggai

2:9

Zechariah

6:13; 8:19

Malachi

2:5; 2:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7965 matches the Hebrew שָׁלוֹם (šālôm),
which occurs 237 times in 209 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 5 (Gen 15:15–1Sa 29:7)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 15:15 - As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:29 - that you will do us no harm, just as we have not touched you and have done to you nothing but good and have sent you away in peace. You are now the blessed of the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 26:31 - In the morning they rose early and exchanged oaths. And Isaac sent them on their way, and they departed from him in peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 28:21 - so that I come again to my father’s house in peace, then the LORD shall be my God,
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 29:6 - He said to them, “Is it well with him?” They said, “It is well; and see, Rachel his daughter is coming with the sheep!”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:4 - But when his brothers saw that their father loved him more than all his brothers, they hated him and could not speak peacefully to him.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 37:14 - So he said to him, “Go now, see if it is well with your brothers and with the flock, and bring me word.” So he sent him from the Valley of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:16 - Joseph answered Pharaoh, “It is not in me; God will give Pharaoh a favorable answer.”[fn]
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:23 - He replied, “Peace to you, do not be afraid. Your God and the God of your father has put treasure in your sacks for you. I received your money.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:27 - And he inquired about their welfare and said, “Is your father well, the old man of whom you spoke? Is he still alive?”
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 43:28 - They said, “Your servant our father is well; he is still alive.” And they bowed their heads and prostrated themselves.
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:17 - But he said, “Far be it from me that I should do so! Only the man in whose hand the cup was found shall be my servant. But as for you, go up in peace to your father.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 4:18 - Moses went back to Jethro his father-in-law and said to him, “Please let me go back to my brothers in Egypt to see whether they are still alive.” And Jethro said to Moses, “Go in peace.”
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:7 - Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. And they asked each other of their welfare and went into the tent.
Unchecked Copy BoxExo 18:23 - If you do this, God will direct you, you will be able to endure, and all this people also will go to their place in peace.”
Unchecked Copy BoxLev 26:6 - I will give peace in the land, and you shall lie down, and none shall make you afraid. And I will remove harmful beasts from the land, and the sword shall not go through your land.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 6:26 - the LORD lift up his countenance[fn] upon you and give you peace.
Unchecked Copy BoxNum 25:12 - Therefore say, ‘Behold, I give to him my covenant of peace,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 2:26 - “So I sent messengers from the wilderness of Kedemoth to Sihon the king of Heshbon, with words of peace, saying,
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:10 - “When you draw near to a city to fight against it, offer terms of peace to it.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:11 - And if it responds to you peaceably and it opens to you, then all the people who are found in it shall do forced labor for you and shall serve you.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:6 - You shall not seek their peace or their prosperity all your days forever.
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:19 - one who, when he hears the words of this sworn covenant, blesses himself in his heart, saying, ‘I shall be safe, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart.’ This will lead to the sweeping away of moist and dry alike.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 9:15 - And Joshua made peace with them and made a covenant with them, to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore to them.
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:21 - then all the people returned safe to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah. Not a man moved his tongue against any of the people of Israel.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 4:17 - But Sisera fled away on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, for there was peace between Jabin the king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:23 - But the LORD said to him, “Peace be to you. Do not fear; you shall not die.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 6:24 - Then Gideon built an altar there to the LORD and called it, The LORD Is Peace. To this day it still stands at Ophrah, which belongs to the Abiezrites.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 8:9 - And he said to the men of Penuel, “When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:13 - And the king of the Ammonites answered the messengers of Jephthah, “Because Israel on coming up from Egypt took away my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and to the Jordan; now therefore restore it peaceably.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 11:31 - then whatever[fn] comes out from the doors of my house to meet me when I return in peace from the Ammonites shall be the LORD’s, and I will offer it[fn] up for a burnt offering.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:6 - And the priest said to them, “Go in peace. The journey on which you go is under the eye of the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 18:15 - And they turned aside there and came to the house of the young Levite, at the home of Micah, and asked him about his welfare.
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 19:20 - And the old man said, “Peace be to you; I will care for all your wants. Only, do not spend the night in the square.”
Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 21:13 - Then the whole congregation sent word to the people of Benjamin who were at the rock of Rimmon and proclaimed peace to them.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 1:17 - Then Eli answered, “Go in peace, and the God of Israel grant your petition that you have made to him.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 7:14 - The cities that the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron to Gath, and Israel delivered their territory from the hand of the Philistines. There was peace also between Israel and the Amorites.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 10:4 - And they will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you shall accept from their hand.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:4 - Samuel did what the LORD commanded and came to Bethlehem. The elders of the city came to meet him trembling and said, “Do you come peaceably?”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 16:5 - And he said, “Peaceably; I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves, and come with me to the sacrifice.” And he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:18 - Also take these ten cheeses to the commander of their thousand. See if your brothers are well, and bring some token from them.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 17:22 - And David left the things in charge of the keeper of the baggage and ran to the ranks and went and greeted his brothers.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:7 - If he says, ‘Good!’ it will be well with your servant, but if he is angry, then know that harm is determined by him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:13 - But should it please my father to do you harm, the LORD do so to Jonathan and more also if I do not disclose it to you and send you away, that you may go in safety. May the LORD be with you, as he has been with my father.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:21 - And behold, I will send the boy, saying, ‘Go, find the arrows.’ If I say to the boy, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you, take them,’ then you are to come, for, as the LORD lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:42 - Then Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, because we have sworn both of us in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘The LORD shall be between me and you, and between my offspring and your offspring, forever.’” And he rose and departed, and Jonathan went into the city.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:5 - So David sent ten young men. And David said to the young men, “Go up to Carmel, and go to Nabal and greet him in my name.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:6 - And thus you shall greet him: ‘Peace be to you, and peace be to your house, and peace be to all that you have.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 25:35 - Then David received from her hand what she had brought him. And he said to her, “Go up in peace to your house. See, I have obeyed your voice, and I have granted your petition.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 29:7 - So go back now; and go peaceably, that you may not displease the lords of the Philistines.”

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