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Lexicon :: Strong's H7965 - šālôm

Aa
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 2 / 5 (1Sa 30:21–Ezr 9:12)

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 30:21 - Now David came to the two hundred men who had been so weary that they could not follow David, whom they also had made to stay at the Brook Besor. So they went out to meet David and to meet the people who were with him. And when David came near the people, he greeted them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:21 - Then Abner said to David, “I will arise and go, and gather all Israel to my lord the king, that they may make a covenant with you, and that you may reign over all that your heart desires.” So David sent Abner away, and he went in peace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:22 - At that moment the servants of David and Joab came from a raid and brought much spoil with them. But Abner was not with David in Hebron, for he had sent him away, and he had gone in peace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:23 - When Joab and all the troops that were with him had come, they told Joab, saying, “Abner the son of Ner came to the king, and he sent him away, and he has gone in peace.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:10 - then Toi sent Joram[fn] his son to King David, to greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him (for Hadadezer had been at war with Toi); and Joram brought with him articles of silver, articles of gold, and articles of bronze.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:7 - When Uriah had come to him, David asked how Joab was doing, and how the people were doing, and how the war prospered.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:9 - And the king said to him, “Go in peace.” So he arose and went to Hebron.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:27 - The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:3 - “Then I will bring back all the people to you. When all return except the man whom you seek, all the people will be at peace.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:28 - So Ahimaaz called out and said to the king, “All is well!” Then he bowed down with his face to the earth before the king, and said, “Blessed be the LORD your God, who has delivered up the men who raised their hand against my lord the king!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:29 - The king said, “Is the young man Absalom safe?” Ahimaaz answered, “When Joab sent the king’s servant and me your servant, I saw a great tumult, but I did not know what it was about.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:32 - And the king said to the Cushite, “Is the young man Absalom safe?” So the Cushite answered, “May the enemies of my lord the king, and all who rise against you to do harm, be like that young man!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:24 - Now Mephibosheth the son of Saul came down to meet the king. And he had not cared for his feet, nor trimmed his mustache, nor washed his clothes, from the day the king departed until the day he returned in peace.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:30 - Then Mephibosheth said to the king, “Rather, let him take it all, inasmuch as my lord the king has come back in peace to his own house.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:9 - Then Joab said to Amasa, “Are you in health, my brother?” And Joab took Amasa by the beard with his right hand to kiss him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - “Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, and what he did to the two commanders of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner and Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed. And he shed the blood of war in peacetime, and put the blood of war on his belt that was around his waist, and on his sandals that were on his feet.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:6 - “Therefore do according to your wisdom, and do not let his gray hair go down to the grave in peace.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:13 - Now Adonijah the son of Haggith came to Bathsheba the mother of Solomon. So she said, “Do you come peaceably?” And he said, “Peaceably.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:33 - “Their blood shall therefore return upon the head of Joab and upon the head of his descendants forever. But upon David and his descendants, upon his house and his throne, there shall be peace forever from the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:24 - For he had dominion over all the region on this side of the River[fn] from Tiphsah even to Gaza, namely over all the kings on this side of the River; and he had peace on every side all around him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:12 - So the LORD gave Solomon wisdom, as He had promised him; and there was peace between Hiram and Solomon, and the two of them made a treaty together.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:18 - So he said, “If they have come out for peace, take them alive; and if they have come out for war, take them alive.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:17 - Then he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.’ ”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:27 - “and say, ‘Thus says the king: “Put this fellow in prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction, until I come in peace.” ’ ”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:28 - But Micaiah said, “If you ever return in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Take heed, all you people!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:23 - So he said, “Why are you going to him today? It is neither the New Moon nor the Sabbath.” And she said, “It is well.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:26 - “Please run now to meet her, and say to her, ‘Is it well with you? Is it well with your husband? Is it well with the child?’ ” And she answered, “It is well.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:19 - Then he said to him, “Go in peace.” So he departed from him a short distance.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:21 - So Gehazi pursued Naaman. When Naaman saw him running after him, he got down from the chariot to meet him, and said, “Is all well?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:22 - And he said, “All is well. My master has sent me, saying, ‘Indeed, just now two young men of the sons of the prophets have come to me from the mountains of Ephraim. Please give them a talent of silver and two changes of garments.’ ”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:11 - Then Jehu came out to the servants of his master, and one said to him, “Is all well? Why did this madman come to you?” And he said to them, “You know the man and his babble.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:17 - Now a watchman stood on the tower in Jezreel, and he saw the company of Jehu as he came, and said, “I see a company of men.” And Joram said, “Get a horseman and send him to meet them, and let him say, ‘Is it peace?’ ”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:18 - So the horseman went to meet him, and said, “Thus says the king: ‘Is it peace?’ ” And Jehu said, “What have you to do with peace? Turn around and follow me.” So the watchman reported, saying, “The messenger went to them, but is not coming back.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:19 - Then he sent out a second horseman who came to them, and said, “Thus says the king: ‘Is it peace?’ ” And Jehu answered, “What have you to do with peace? Turn around and follow me.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:22 - Now it happened, when Joram saw Jehu, that he said, “Is it peace, Jehu?” So he answered, “What peace, as long as the harlotries of your mother Jezebel and her witchcraft are so many?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:31 - Then, as Jehu entered at the gate, she said, “Is it peace, Zimri, murderer of your master?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:13 - Jehu met with the brothers of Ahaziah king of Judah, and said, “Who are you?” So they answered, “We are the brothers of Ahaziah; we have come down to greet the sons of the king and the sons of the queen mother.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:19 - So Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “The word of the LORD which you have spoken is good!” For he said, “Will there not be peace and truth at least in my days?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:20 - “Surely, therefore, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the calamity which I will bring on this place.” ’ ” So they brought back word to the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - And David went out to meet them, and answered and said to them, “If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if to betray me to my enemies, since there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers look and bring judgment.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18 - Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, chief of the captains, and he said:

We are yours, O David;
We are on your side, O son of Jesse!
Peace, peace to you,
And peace to your helpers!
For your God helps you.”
So David received them, and made them captains of the troop.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:10 - he sent Hadoram[fn] his son to King David, to greet him and bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and defeated him (for Hadadezer had been at war with Tou); and Hadoram brought with him all kinds of articles of gold, silver, and bronze.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:9 - ‘Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of rest; and I will give him rest from all his enemies all around. His name shall be Solomon,[fn] for I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:5 - “And in those times there was no peace to the one who went out, nor to the one who came in, but great turmoil was on all the inhabitants of the lands.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:16 - Then he said, “I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘These have no master. Let each return to his house in peace.’ ”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:26 - “and say, ‘Thus says the king: “Put this fellow in prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction, until I return in peace.” ’ ”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:27 - But Micaiah said, “If you ever return in peace, the LORD has not spoken by me.” And he said, “Take heed, all you people!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:1 - Then Jehoshaphat the king of Judah returned safely to his house in Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:28 - “Surely I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace; and your eyes shall not see all the calamity which I will bring on this place and its inhabitants.” ’ ” So they brought back word to the king.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:12 - ‘Now therefore, do not give your daughters as wives for their sons, nor take their daughters to your sons; and never seek their peace or prosperity, that you may be strong and eat the good of the land, and leave it as an inheritance to your children forever.’

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