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Lexicon :: Strong's H7999 - šālam

Aa
שָׁלַם
Transliteration
šālam
Pronunciation
shaw-lam'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2401c

Strong’s Definitions

שָׁלַם shâlam, shaw-lam'; a primitive root; to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications):—make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-) pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, × surely.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 116x

The KJV translates Strong's H7999 in the following manner: pay (19x), peace (11x), recompense (11x), reward (10x), render (9x), restore (8x), repay (7x), perform (7x), good (6x), end (4x), requite (4x), restitution (4x), finished (3x), again (3x), amends (1x), full (1x), miscellaneous (8x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 116x
The KJV translates Strong's H7999 in the following manner: pay (19x), peace (11x), recompense (11x), reward (10x), render (9x), restore (8x), repay (7x), perform (7x), good (6x), end (4x), requite (4x), restitution (4x), finished (3x), again (3x), amends (1x), full (1x), miscellaneous (8x).

  1. to be in a covenant of peace, be at peace

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be at peace

      2. peaceful one (participle)

    2. (Pual) one in covenant of peace (participle)

    3. (Hiphil)

      1. to make peace with

      2. to cause to be at peace

    4. (Hophal) to live in peace

  2. to be complete, be sound

    1. (Qal)

      1. to be complete, be finished, be ended

      2. to be sound, be uninjured

    2. (Piel)

      1. to complete, finish

      2. to make safe

      3. to make whole or good, restore, make compensation

      4. to make good, pay

      5. to requite, recompense, reward

    3. (Pual)

      1. to be performed

      2. to be repaid, be requited

    4. (Hiphil)

      1. to complete, perform

      2. to make an end of

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׁלַם shâlam, shaw-lam'; a primitive root; to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications):—make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-) pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, × surely.
STRONGS H7999: Abbreviations
[שָׁלֵם] 103 verb be complete, sound (Late Hebrew id. (Jastr), Phoenician שלם Pi. complete, requite, especially in proper name, Lzb376 GACooke99, also 81, 111, etc.; Arabic bdb102201 be safe, secure, free from fault, II. make over, resign to, IV. resign or submit oneself, especially to God, whence participle Muslim, and infinitive Islām properly submission to God; Assyrian šalâmu, be complete, unharmed, be paid; Aramaic שְׁלֵים, bdb102202 be complete, safe, Targum peaceful; Old Aramaic שלם reward, repay (Pa; in proper name); compare Sabean סלם peace HomChr 124, Arabic bdb102203, also bdb102204 safety, security; Assyrian šulmu, welfare; Ethiopic bdb102205 Di322 security peace; Aramaic שְׁלָמָא, bdb102206 security, welfare, Old Aramaic שלם Lzb376, especially = submission, in proper name RSSem. 79 f.; Bondi70 (after Brugsch), compare šarmā, greet, do homage, as loan-word in Egyptian); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person plural שָֽׁלְמוּ Isaiah 60:20; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיִּשְׁלָ֑ם Job 9:4; feminine תַּשְׁלַם 1 Kings 7:51 + 2 times; —
1. be complete, finished, ended: temple 1 Kings 7:51 2 Chronicles 5:1; walls of city Nehemiah 6:15; of time Isaiah 60:20.
2. be sound, uninjured, Job 9:4.
Pi. 89 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שִׁלַּם Leviticus 5:24 +, 1st person singular וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֫י Jeremiah 16:18 +, etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְשַׁלֵּם Exodus 21:34 +; suffix יְשַׁלְּמֶ֑נָּה Leviticus 24:18 +, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שַׁלֵּם Ecclesiastes 5:3 + Eccl 50:14, etc.; Infinitive absolute שַׁלֵּם Exodus 21:36 +; construct id. Proverbs 22:27, etc.; Participle מְשַׁלֵּם Deuteronomy 7:10 +, etc.; —
1. complete, finish, temple 1 Kings 9:25.
2. make safe, with accusative Job 8:6.
3. make whole or good, restore thing lost Joel 2:25, or stolen Exodus 21:37 [Exodus 22:1] (E); pay a debt 2 Kings 4:7; Psalm 37:21 Proverbs 22:27 Job 41:3; make compensation, for injury Leviticus 24:18, 21 (P); for trespass in sacred things Leviticus 5:16 (P).
4. make good, i.e. pay, vows, with accusative נֶדֶר Deuteronomy 23:22; 2 Samuel 15:7 + 9 times, + (with ל to God) Psalm 50:14; Psalm 66:13; Psalm 116:14; Psalm 116:18; object omitted Psalm 76:12; absolute Isaiah 19:21; with accusative תּוֺדוֺת with ל to God Psalm 56:13; פרים שׂפתינו Hosea 14:3.
5. requite, recompense, reward, good 1 Samuel 24:20; Ruth 2:12; evil Isaiah 65:6; Jeremiah 51:56; with ל person Deuteronomy 7:10 + 4 times, + (with accusative of thing) Jeremiah 51:24; אל person Job 21:19; accusative of thing Proverbs 20:22; Jeremiah 16:18; שְׁלַּם גְּמוּל לְ Isaiah 59:18 (twice in verse) (but see I.שִׁלֵּם), Isaiah 66:6 + (see גְּמוּל); מֹּעַל לְ שׁ׳ Job 34:11; גְּמוּל עַל שׁ׳ Joel 4:4 [Joel 3:4]; עַל חֵיק Isaiah 65:6; אֶלחַֿיק Jeremiah 32:18; with ל person and כ of deeds, שׁ׳ reward according to one's works 2 Samuel 3:39 + 3 times; accusative of person Psalm 31:24; accusative of thing רעה תחת טובה שׁ׳ Genesis 44:4 (J) + Genesis 35:12; Genesis 38:21 (read מְשַׁלְּמֵנִי).
Pu. Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְשֻׁלַּם Psalm 65:2; Jeremiah 18:20; יְשֻׁלָּ֑ם Proverbs 11:31; Proverbs 13:13; —
1. be performed, of vow Psalm 65:2.
2. be repaid, requited, Jeremiah 18:20; Proverbs 11:31; Proverbs 13:13.
Hiph.
1. complete, perform: Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יַשְׁלִים Job 23:14; Isaiah 44:26, יַשְׁלִם Isaiah 44:26.
2. make an end of, 2nd person masculine singular suffix תֵּשְׁלִימֵנִי Isaiah 38:12, 13 (Greek Version of the LXX Du Marti deliver up to pains, as in Aramaic).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8000.

† [שָׁלַם] verb denominative be in covenant of peace;-
Qal Imperative שְׁלָ֑ם Job 22:21 be at peace (in covenant); Participle suffix שׁוֺלְמִי Psalm 7:5 i.e. my ally, friend (compare Psalm 41:10); Participle passive construct שְׁלֻמֵי 2 Samuel 20:19, read שָׂמוּ Greek Version of the LXX EwG iii. 264 Dr (compare We) HPS and modern.
Pu. Participle מְשֻׁלָּם Isaiah 42:19 one in covenant of peace (with י׳; but Greek Version of the LXX משְׁלָם their ruler, so CheHpt; Ges Hi Ew and others one resigned (to God), read then מָשְׁלָם, compare √, Arabic IV.; Krochm Grä Marti מְשֻׁלָּחַי).
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הִשְׁלִ֫ימָה Joshua 10:4; Joshua 11:19; 3rd person masculine plural הִשְׁלִ֫ימוּ Joshua 10:1; Imperfect יַשְׁלִים Isaiah 44:26 +, יַשְׁלִם Proverbs 16:7; וַיַּשְׁלֵם 1 Kings 22:45, etc.; —
1. make peace with, אֶת, Joshua 10:1, 4; 2 Samuel 10:19 = 1 Chronicles 19:19 (עִם); עִם Deuteronomy 20:12; 1 Kings 22:45; with אֶל pregnantly Joshua 11:19 submitting unto.
2. cause to be at peace, אֶת, Proverbs 16:7.
Hoph. Perfect 3rd person feminine singular הָשְׁלְאָה Job 5:23 live in peace with, לְ (|| ברית).
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

35:12; 38:21; 44:4

Exodus

21:34; 21:36; 22:1

Leviticus

5:16; 24:18; 24:18; 24:21

Deuteronomy

7:10; 7:10; 20:12; 23:22

Joshua

10:1; 10:1; 10:4; 10:4; 11:19; 11:19

Ruth

2:12

1 Samuel

24:20

2 Samuel

3:39; 10:19; 15:7; 20:19

1 Kings

7:51; 7:51; 9:25; 22:45; 22:45

2 Kings

4:7

1 Chronicles

19:19

2 Chronicles

5:1

Nehemiah

6:15

Job

5:23; 8:6; 9:4; 9:4; 21:19; 22:21; 23:14; 34:11; 41:3

Psalms

7:5; 31:24; 37:21; 41:10; 50:14; 56:13; 65:2; 65:2; 66:13; 76:12; 116:14; 116:18

Proverbs

11:31; 11:31; 13:13; 13:13; 16:7; 16:7; 20:22; 22:27; 22:27

Ecclesiastes

5:3

Isaiah

19:21; 38:12; 38:13; 42:19; 44:26; 44:26; 44:26; 59:18; 60:20; 60:20; 65:6; 65:6; 66:6

Jeremiah

16:18; 16:18; 18:20; 18:20; 32:18; 51:24; 51:56

Hosea

14:3

Joel

2:25; 3:4

H7999

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Strong's Number H7999 matches the Hebrew שָׁלַם (šālam),
which occurs 116 times in 107 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 44:4–Job 23:14)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 44:4 - And when they had gone only a little way out of the town, Joseph said to the servant who was over his house, Go after them; and when you overtake them, say to them, Why have you done evil in reward for good?

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:34 - The owner of the hole is responsible; he will have to make payment to their owner, but the dead beast will be his.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:36 - But if it is common knowledge that the ox has frequently done such damage in the past, and its owner has not kept it under control, he will have to give ox for ox; and the dead beast will be his.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - If a man takes without right another man's ox or his sheep, and puts it to death or gets a price for it, he is to give five oxen for an ox, or four sheep for a sheep, in payment: the thief will have to make payment for what he has taken; if he has no money, he himself will have to be exchanged for money, so that payment may be made.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:3 - But if it is after dawn, he will be responsible.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:4 - If he still has what he had taken, whatever it is, ox or ass or sheep, he is to give twice its value.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:5 - If a man makes a fire in a field or a vine-garden, and lets the fire do damage to another man's field, he is to give of the best produce of his field or his vine-garden to make up for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:6 - If there is a fire and the flames get to the thorns at the edge of the field, causing destruction of the cut grain or of the living grain, or of the field, he who made the fire will have to make up for the damage.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:7 - If a man puts money or goods in the care of his neighbour to keep for him, and it is taken from the man's house, if they get the thief, he will have to make payment of twice the value.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:9 - In any question about an ox or an ass or a sheep or clothing, or about the loss of any property which anyone says is his, let the two sides put their cause before God; and he who is judged to be in the wrong is to make payment to his neighbour of twice the value.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - If he takes his oath before the Lord that he has not put his hand to his neighbour's goods, the owner is to take his word for it and he will not have to make payment for it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:12 - But if it is taken from him by a thief, he is to make up for the loss of it to its owner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:13 - But if it has been damaged by a beast, and he is able to make this clear, he will not have to make payment for what was damaged.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:14 - If a man gets from his neighbour the use of one of his beasts, and it is damaged or put to death when the owner is not with it, he will certainly have to make payment for the loss.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:15 - If the owner is with it, he will not have to make payment: if he gave money for the use of it, the loss is covered by the payment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:16 - And he is to make payment to the priest for what he has done wrong in relation to the holy thing, together with a fifth part of its value in addition; and the priest will take away his sin by the sheep of his offering, and he will have forgiveness.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:5 - Or anything about which he took a false oath; he will have to give it all back, with the addition of a fifth of its value, to him whose property it is, when he has been judged to be in the wrong.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:18 - And anyone wounding a beast and causing its death, will have to make payment for it: a life for a life.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:21 - He who puts a beast to death will have to make payment for it; he who puts a man to death will himself be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:10 - Rewarding his haters to their face with destruction; he will have no mercy on his hater, but will give him open punishment.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:12 - If however it will not make peace with you, but war, then let it be shut in on all sides:

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:7 - And Adoni-zedek said, Seventy kings, whose thumbs and great toes had been cut off, got broken meat under my table: as I have done, so has God done to me in full. And they took him to Jerusalem, and he came to his end there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:6 - And he will have to give back four times the value of the lamb, because he has done this and because he had no pity.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:7 - Now at the end of four years, Absalom said to the king, Let me go to Hebron and give effect to the oath which I made to the Lord:

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 - Your purpose is the destruction of a mother-town in Israel: why would you put an end to the heritage of the Lord?

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:25 - Three times in the year it was Solomon's way to give burned offerings and peace-offerings on the altar he had made to the Lord, causing his fire-offering to go up on the altar before the Lord.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 22:44 - And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:7 - So she came to the man of God and gave him word of what she had done. And he said, Go and get money for the oil and make payment of your debt, and let the rest be for the needs of yourself and your sons.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:19 - And when the servants of Hadadezer saw that they were overcome by Israel, they made peace with David and became his servants: and the Aramaeans would give no more help to the children of Ammon.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:1 - So all the work which Solomon did for the house of the Lord was complete. And Solomon took the holy things which David his father had given, the silver and the gold and all the vessels, and put them in the store-houses of the house of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:15 - So the wall was complete on the twenty-fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty-two days.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:23 - For you will be in agreement with the stones of the earth, and the beasts of the field will be at peace with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:6 - If you are clean and upright; then he will certainly be moved to take up your cause, and will make clear your righteousness by building up your house again.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:4 - He is wise in heart and great in strength: who ever made his face hard against him, and any good came of it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:31 - Who will make his way clear to his face? and if he has done a thing, who gives him punishment for it?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:21 - Put yourself now in a right relation with him and be at peace: so will you do well in your undertakings.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:27 - You will make your prayer to him, and be answered; and you will give effect to your oaths.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:14 - For what has been ordered for me by him will be gone through to the end: and his mind is full of such designs.

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