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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 - And he said, “If now I have found favor in your sight, O Lord, please let the Lord go in the midst of us, for it is a stiff-necked people, and pardon our iniquity and our sin, and take us for your inheritance.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:20

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:20 - Thus shall he do with the bull. As he did with the bull of the sin offering, so shall he do with this. And the priest shall make atonement for them, and they shall be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:26

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:26 - And all its fat he shall burn on the altar, like the fat of the sacrifice of peace offerings. So the priest shall make atonement for him for his sin, and he shall be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:31

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:31 - And all its fat he shall remove, as the fat is removed from the peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar for a pleasing aroma to the LORD. And the priest shall make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 4:35

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 4:35 - And all its fat he shall remove as the fat of the lamb is removed from the sacrifice of peace offerings, and the priest shall burn it on the altar, on top of the LORD’s food offerings. And the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:10

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:10 - Then he shall offer the second for a burnt offering according to the rule. And the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin that he has committed, and he shall be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:13

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:13 - Thus the priest shall make atonement for him for the sin which he has committed in any one of these things, and he shall be forgiven. And the remainder[fn] shall be for the priest, as in the grain offering.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:16

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:16 - He shall also make restitution for what he has done amiss in the holy thing and shall add a fifth to it and give it to the priest. And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering, and he shall be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 5:18

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:18 - He shall bring to the priest a ram without blemish out of the flock, or its equivalent, for a guilt offering, and the priest shall make atonement for him for the mistake that he made unintentionally, and he shall be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 6:7

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:7 - And the priest shall make atonement for him before the LORD, and he shall be forgiven for any of the things that one may do and thereby become guilty.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Lev 19:22

Unchecked Copy BoxLev 19:22 - And the priest shall make atonement for him with the ram of the guilt offering before the LORD for his sin that he has committed, and he shall be forgiven for the sin that he has committed.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:19

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:19 - Please pardon the iniquity of this people, according to the greatness of your steadfast love, just as you have forgiven this people, from Egypt until now.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 14:20

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 14:20 - Then the LORD said, “I have pardoned, according to your word.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:25

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:25 - And the priest shall make atonement for all the congregation of the people of Israel, and they shall be forgiven, because it was a mistake, and they have brought their offering, a food offering to the LORD, and their sin offering before the LORD for their mistake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:26

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:26 - And all the congregation of the people of Israel shall be forgiven, and the stranger who sojourns among them, because the whole population was involved in the mistake.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 15:28

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 15:28 - And the priest shall make atonement before the LORD for the person who makes a mistake, when he sins unintentionally, to make atonement for him, and he shall be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:5

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:5 - But if her father opposes her on the day that he hears of it, no vow of hers, no pledge by which she has bound herself shall stand. And the LORD will forgive her, because her father opposed her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:8

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:8 - But if, on the day that her husband comes to hear of it, he opposes her, then he makes void her vow that was on her, and the thoughtless utterance of her lips by which she bound herself. And the LORD will forgive her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Num 30:12

Unchecked Copy BoxNum 30:12 - But if her husband makes them null and void on the day that he hears them, then whatever proceeds out of her lips concerning her vows or concerning her pledge of herself shall not stand. Her husband has made them void, and the LORD will forgive her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Deu 29:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:20 - The LORD will not be willing to forgive him, but rather the anger of the LORD and his jealousy will smoke against that man, and the curses written in this book will settle upon him, and the LORD will blot out his name from under heaven.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:30 - And listen to the plea of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. And listen in 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 in heaven and forgive the sin of your people Israel and bring them again to the land that you gave to their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:36

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:36 - then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:39

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:39 - then hear in heaven your dwelling place and forgive and act and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways (for you, you only, know the hearts of all the children of mankind),

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Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:50

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:50 - and forgive your people who have sinned against you, and all their transgressions that they have committed against you, and grant them compassion in the sight of those who carried them captive, that they may have compassion on them

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 5:18

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:18 - In this matter may the LORD pardon your servant: when my master goes into the house of Rimmon to worship there, leaning on my arm, and I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, when I bow myself in the house of Rimmon, the LORD pardon your servant in this matter.”

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ki 24:4

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 24:4 - and also for the innocent blood that he had shed. For he filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD would not pardon.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:21

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:21 - And listen to the pleas of your servant and of your people Israel, when they pray toward this place. And listen 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 again to the land that you gave to them and to their fathers.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:27

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:27 - then hear in heaven and forgive the sin of your servants, your people Israel, when you teach them the good way[fn] in which they should walk, and grant rain upon your land, which you have given to your people as an inheritance.

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:30

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:30 - then hear from heaven your dwelling place and forgive and render to each whose heart you know, according to all his ways, for you, you only, know the hearts of the children of mankind,

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Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:39

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:39 - then hear from heaven your dwelling place their prayer and their pleas, and maintain 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 humble themselves, and pray and seek my face and turn from their wicked ways, then I will hear from heaven and will forgive their sin and heal their land.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 25:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 25:11 - For your name’s sake, O LORD,
pardon my guilt, for it is great.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 103:3

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Isa 55:7

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 55:7 - let the wicked forsake his way,
and the unrighteous man his thoughts;
let him return to the LORD, that he may have compassion on him,
and to our God, for he will abundantly pardon.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:1

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:1 - Run to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem,
look and take note!
Search her squares to see
if you can find a man,
one who does justice
and seeks truth,
that I may pardon her.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 5:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 5:7 - “How can I pardon you?
Your children have forsaken me
and have sworn by those who are no gods.
When I fed them to the full,
they committed adultery
and trooped to the houses of whores.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 31:34

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 31:34 - And no longer shall each one teach his neighbor and each his brother, saying, ‘Know the LORD,’ for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest, declares the LORD. For I will forgive their iniquity, and I will remember their sin no more.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 33:8

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 33:8 - I will cleanse them from all the guilt of their sin against me, and I will forgive all the guilt of their sin and rebellion against me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 36:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 36:3 - It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the disaster that I intend to do to them, so that every one may turn from his evil way, and that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Jer 50:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 50:20 - In those days and in that time, declares the LORD, iniquity shall be sought in Israel, and there shall be none, and sin in Judah, and none shall be found, for I will pardon those whom I leave as a remnant.

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:42

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

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Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:19

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:19 - O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive. O Lord, pay attention and act. Delay not, for your own sake, O my God, because your city and your people are called by your name.”

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 7:2

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 7:2 - When they had finished eating the grass of the land, I said,
“O Lord GOD, please forgive!
How can Jacob stand?
He is so small!”
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