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Lexicon :: Strong's H7999 - šālam

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שָׁלַם
Transliteration
šālam
Pronunciation
shaw-lam'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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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).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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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 BoxExo 21:34 - The owner of the pit must pay full compensation to the owner of the animal, but then he gets to keep the dead animal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 21:36 - But if the ox had a reputation for goring, yet its owner failed to keep it under control, he must pay full compensation—a live ox for the dead one—but he may keep the dead ox.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:1 - [fn]“If someone steals an ox[fn] or sheep and then kills or sells it, the thief must pay back five oxen for each ox stolen, and four sheep for each sheep stolen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:3 - But if it happens in daylight, the one who killed the thief is guilty of murder.
“A thief who is caught must pay in full for everything he stole. If he cannot pay, he must be sold as a slave to pay for his theft.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:4 - If someone steals an ox or a donkey or a sheep and it is found in the thief’s possession, then the thief must pay double the value of the stolen animal.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:5 - “If an animal is grazing in a field or vineyard and the owner lets it stray into someone else’s field to graze, then the animal’s owner must pay compensation from the best of his own grain or grapes.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:6 - “If you are burning thornbushes and the fire gets out of control and spreads into another person’s field, destroying the sheaves or the uncut grain or the whole crop, the one who started the fire must pay for the lost crop.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:7 - “Suppose someone leaves money or goods with a neighbor for safekeeping, and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house. If the thief is caught, the compensation is double the value of what was stolen.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:9 - “Suppose there is a dispute between two people who both claim to own a particular ox, donkey, sheep, article of clothing, or any lost property. Both parties must come before God, and the person whom God declares[fn] guilty must pay double compensation to the other.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:11 - The neighbor must then take an oath in the presence of the LORD. If the LORD confirms that the neighbor did not steal the property, the owner must accept the verdict, and no payment will be required.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:12 - But if the animal was indeed stolen, the guilty person must pay compensation to the owner.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:13 - If it was torn to pieces by a wild animal, the remains of the carcass must be shown as evidence, and no compensation will be required.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:14 - “If someone borrows an animal from a neighbor and it is injured or dies when the owner is absent, the person who borrowed it must pay full compensation.

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 22:15 - But if the owner was present, no compensation is required. And no compensation is required if the animal was rented, for this loss is covered by the rental fee.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 5:16 - You must make restitution for the sacred property you have harmed by paying for the loss, plus an additional 20 percent. When you give the payment to the priest, he will purify you with the ram sacrificed as a guilt offering, making you right with the LORD, and you will be forgiven.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 6:5 - or anything obtained by swearing falsely. You must make restitution by paying the full price plus an additional 20 percent to the person you have harmed. On the same day you must present a guilt offering.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:18 - “Anyone who kills another person’s animal must pay for it in full—a live animal for the animal that was killed.

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Unchecked Copy BoxLev 24:21 - “Whoever kills an animal must pay for it in full, but whoever kills another person must be put to death.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 7:10 - But he does not hesitate to punish and destroy those who reject him.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 20:12 - But if they refuse to make peace and prepare to fight, you must attack the town.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 23:21 - “When you make a vow to the LORD your God, be prompt in fulfilling whatever you promised him. For the LORD your God demands that you promptly fulfill all your vows, or you will be guilty of sin.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:41 - when I sharpen my flashing sword
and begin to carry out justice,
I will take revenge on my enemies
and repay those who reject me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 10:4 - “Come and help me destroy Gibeon,” he urged them, “for they have made peace with Joshua and the people of Israel.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxJos 11:19 - No one in this region made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites of Gibeon. All the others were defeated.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 1:7 - Adoni-bezek said, “I once had seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off, eating scraps from under my table. Now God has paid me back for what I did to them.” They took him to Jerusalem, and he died there.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 12:6 - He must repay four lambs to the poor man for the one he stole and for having no pity.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 15:7 - After four years,[fn] Absalom said to the king, “Let me go to Hebron to offer a sacrifice to the LORD and fulfill a vow I made to him.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:19 - I am one who is peace loving and faithful in Israel. But you are destroying an important town in Israel.[fn] Why do you want to devour what belongs to the LORD?”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 7:51 - So King Solomon finished all his work on the Temple of the LORD. Then he brought all the gifts his father, David, had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the various articles—and he stored them in the treasuries of the LORD’s Temple.

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 9:25 - Three times each year Solomon presented burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD. He also burned incense to the LORD. And so he finished the work of building the Temple.

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:7 - When she told the man of God what had happened, he said to her, “Now sell the olive oil and pay your debts, and you and your sons can live on what is left over.”

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:26 - ‘I solemnly swear that I will repay him here on this plot of land, says the LORD, for the murder of Naboth and his sons that I saw yesterday.’ So throw him out on Naboth’s property, just as the LORD said.”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 19:19 - When Hadadezer’s allies saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they surrendered to David and became his subjects. After that, the Arameans were no longer willing to help the Ammonites.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 5:1 - So Solomon finished all his work on the Temple of the LORD. Then he brought all the gifts his father, David, had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the various articles—and he stored them in the treasuries of the Temple of God.

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Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 6:15 - So on October 2[fn] the wall was finished—just fifty-two days after we had begun.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:23 - You will be at peace with the stones of the field,
and its wild animals will be at peace with you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:6 - and if you are pure and live with integrity,
he will surely rise up and restore your happy home.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:4 - For God is so wise and so mighty.
Who has ever challenged him successfully?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:19 - “‘Well,’ you say, ‘at least God will punish their children!’
But I say he should punish the ones who sin,
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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 21:31 - No one criticizes them openly
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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:21 - “Submit to God, and you will have peace;
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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:27 - You will pray to him, and he will hear you,
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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 23:14 - So he will do to me whatever he has planned.
He controls my destiny.

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