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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 - Then David returned to the brook Besor and met up with the 200 men who had been left behind because they were too exhausted to go with him. They went out to meet David and his men, and David greeted them joyfully.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:21 - Then Abner said to David, “Let me go and call an assembly of all Israel to support my lord the king. They will make a covenant with you to make you their king, and you will rule over everything your heart desires.” So David sent Abner safely on his way.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:22 - But just after David had sent Abner away in safety, Joab and some of David’s troops returned from a raid, bringing much plunder with them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 3:23 - When Joab arrived, he was told that Abner had just been there visiting the king and had been sent away in safety.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 8:10 - he sent his son Joram to congratulate King David for his successful campaign. Hadadezer and Toi had been enemies and were often at war. Joram presented David with many gifts of silver, gold, and bronze.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 11:7 - When Uriah arrived, David asked him how Joab and the army were getting along and how the war was progressing.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:9 - “All right,” the king told him. “Go and fulfill your vow.”
So Absalom went to Hebron.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:27 - The king also told Zadok the priest, “Look,[fn] here is my plan. You and Abiathar[fn] should return quietly to the city with your son Ahimaaz and Abiathar’s son Jonathan.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 17:3 - and I will bring all the people back to you as a bride returns to her husband. After all, it is only one man’s life that you seek.[fn] Then you will be at peace with all the people.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:28 - Then Ahimaaz cried out to the king, “Everything is all right!” He bowed before the king with his face to the ground and said, “Praise to the LORD your God, who has handed over the rebels who dared to stand against my lord the king.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:29 - “What about young Absalom?” the king demanded. “Is he all right?”
Ahimaaz replied, “When Joab told me to come, there was a lot of commotion. But I didn’t know what was happening.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 18:32 - “What about young Absalom?” the king demanded. “Is he all right?”
And the Ethiopian replied, “May all of your enemies, my lord the king, both now and in the future, share the fate of that young man!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:24 - Now Mephibosheth,[fn] Saul’s grandson, came down from Jerusalem to meet the king. He had not cared for his feet, trimmed his beard, or washed his clothes since the day the king left Jerusalem.
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:30 - “Give him all of it,” Mephibosheth said. “I am content just to have you safely back again, my lord the king!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:9 - “How are you, my cousin?” Joab said and took him by the beard with his right hand as though to kiss him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:5 - “And there is something else. You know what Joab son of Zeruiah did to me when he murdered my two army commanders, Abner son of Ner and Amasa son of Jether. He pretended that it was an act of war, but it was done in a time of peace,[fn] staining his belt and sandals with innocent blood.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:6 - Do with him what you think best, but don’t let him grow old and go to his grave in peace.[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:13 - One day Adonijah, whose mother was Haggith, came to see Bathsheba, Solomon’s mother. “Have you come with peaceful intentions?” she asked him.
“Yes,” he said, “I come in peace.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:33 - May their blood be on Joab and his descendants forever, and may the LORD grant peace forever to David, his descendants, his dynasty, and his throne.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 4:24 - Solomon’s dominion extended over all the kingdoms west of the Euphrates River, from Tiphsah to Gaza. And there was peace on all his borders.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 5:12 - So the LORD gave wisdom to Solomon, just as he had promised. And Hiram and Solomon made a formal alliance of peace.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 20:18 - “Take them alive,” Ben-hadad commanded, “whether they have come for peace or for war.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:17 - Then Micaiah told him, “In a vision I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘Their master has been killed.[fn] Send them home in peace.’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:27 - Give them this order from the king: ‘Put this man in prison, and feed him nothing but bread and water until I return safely from the battle!’”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:28 - But Micaiah replied, “If you return safely, it will mean that the LORD has not spoken through me!” Then he added to those standing around, “Everyone mark my words!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:23 - “Why go today?” he asked. “It is neither a new moon festival nor a Sabbath.”
But she said, “It will be all right.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:26 - Run out to meet her and ask her, ‘Is everything all right with you, your husband, and your child?’”
“Yes,” the woman told Gehazi, “everything is fine.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:19 - “Go in peace,” Elisha said. So Naaman started home again.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:21 - So Gehazi set off after Naaman.
When Naaman saw Gehazi running after him, he climbed down from his chariot and went to meet him. “Is everything all right?” Naaman asked.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:22 - “Yes,” Gehazi said, “but my master has sent me to tell you that two young prophets from the hill country of Ephraim have just arrived. He would like 75 pounds[fn] of silver and two sets of clothing to give to them.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:11 - Jehu went back to his fellow officers, and one of them asked him, “What did that madman want? Is everything all right?”
“You know how a man like that babbles on,” Jehu replied.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:17 - The watchman on the tower of Jezreel saw Jehu and his company approaching, so he shouted to Joram, “I see a company of troops coming!”
“Send out a rider to ask if they are coming in peace,” King Joram ordered.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:18 - So a horseman went out to meet Jehu and said, “The king wants to know if you are coming in peace.”
Jehu replied, “What do you know about peace? Fall in behind me!”
The watchman called out to the king, “The messenger has met them, but he’s not returning.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:19 - So the king sent out a second horseman. He rode up to them and said, “The king wants to know if you come in peace.”
Again Jehu answered, “What do you know about peace? Fall in behind me!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:22 - King Joram demanded, “Do you come in peace, Jehu?”
Jehu replied, “How can there be peace as long as the idolatry and witchcraft of your mother, Jezebel, are all around us?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:31 - When Jehu entered the gate of the palace, she shouted at him, “Have you come in peace, you murderer? You’re just like Zimri, who murdered his master!”[fn]
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 10:13 - he met some relatives of King Ahaziah of Judah. “Who are you?” he asked them.
And they replied, “We are relatives of King Ahaziah. We are going to visit the sons of King Ahab and the sons of the queen mother.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:19 - Then Hezekiah said to Isaiah, “This message you have given me from the LORD is good.” For the king was thinking, “At least there will be peace and security during my lifetime.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:20 - So I will not send the promised disaster until after you have died and been buried in peace. You will not see the disaster I am going to bring on this city.’”
So they took her message back to the king.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:17 - David went out to meet them and said, “If you have come in peace to help me, we are friends. But if you have come to betray me to my enemies when I am innocent, then may the God of our ancestors see it and punish you.”
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 12:18 - Then the Spirit came upon Amasai, the leader of the Thirty, and he said,
“We are yours, David!
We are on your side, son of Jesse.
Peace and prosperity be with you,
and success to all who help you,
for your God is the one who helps you.” So David let them join him, and he made them officers over his troops.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 18:10 - he sent his son Joram[fn] to congratulate King David for his successful campaign. Hadadezer and Toi had been enemies and were often at war. Joram presented David with many gifts of gold, silver, and bronze.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:9 - But you will have a son who will be a man of peace. I will give him peace with his enemies in all the surrounding lands. His name will be Solomon,[fn] and I will give peace and quiet to Israel during his reign.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 15:5 - “During those dark times, it was not safe to travel. Problems troubled the people of every land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:16 - Then Micaiah told him, “In a vision I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, like sheep without a shepherd. And the LORD said, ‘Their master has been killed.[fn] Send them home in peace.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:26 - Give them this order from the king: ‘Put this man in prison, and feed him nothing but bread and water until I return safely from the battle!’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 18:27 - But Micaiah replied, “If you return safely, it will mean that the LORD has not spoken through me!” Then he added to those standing around, “Everyone mark my words!”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 19:1 - When King Jehoshaphat of Judah arrived safely home in Jerusalem,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 34:28 - So I will not send the promised disaster until after you have died and been buried in peace. You yourself will not see the disaster I am going to bring on this city and its people.’”
So they took her message back to the king.
Unchecked Copy BoxEzr 9:12 - Don’t let your daughters marry their sons! Don’t take their daughters as wives for your sons. Don’t ever promote the peace and prosperity of those nations. If you follow these instructions, you will be strong and will enjoy the good things the land produces, and you will leave this prosperity to your children forever.’

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