Word study · Hebrew
שָׁלוֹם
sha.lomH7965peace
Used 237 times in the tagged text.
H7965G · שָׁלוֹם · peace
What it means
- completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- : peace
- 1) completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
- 1a) completeness (in number)
- 1b) safety, soundness (in body)
- 1c) welfare, health, prosperity
- 1d) peace, quiet, tranquillity, contentment
- 1e) peace, friendship
- 1e1) of human relationships
- 1e2) with God especially in covenant relationship
- 1f) peace (from war)
- 1g) peace (as adjective)
H7965H · שָׁלוֹם · Peace
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- This name means completeness, peace
- Another name of ye.ho.vah (יהוה "LORD" H3068G)
H7965I · שָׁלוֹם · peace: well-being
What it means
- completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- : well-being
- 1) completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
- 1a) completeness (in number)
- 1b) safety, soundness (in body)
- 1c) welfare, health, prosperity
- 1d) peace, quiet, tranquillity, contentment
- 1e) peace, friendship
- 1e1) of human relationships
- 1e2) with God especially in covenant relationship
- 1f) peace (from war)
- 1g) peace (as adjective)
H7965J · שָׁלוֹם · peace: friendship
What it means
- completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- : friendship
- 1) completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
- 1a) completeness (in number)
- 1b) safety, soundness (in body)
- 1c) welfare, health, prosperity
- 1d) peace, quiet, tranquillity, contentment
- 1e) peace, friendship
- 1e1) of human relationships
- 1e2) with God especially in covenant relationship
- 1f) peace (from war)
- 1g) peace (as adjective)
H7965K · שָׁלוֹם · peace: greeting
What it means
- completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- : greeting
- 1) completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
- 1a) completeness (in number)
- 1b) safety, soundness (in body)
- 1c) welfare, health, prosperity
- 1d) peace, quiet, tranquillity, contentment
- 1e) peace, friendship
- 1e1) of human relationships
- 1e2) with God especially in covenant relationship
- 1f) peace (from war)
- 1g) peace (as adjective)
H7965L · שָׁלוֹם · peace: completely
What it means
- completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
Full dictionary entry (technical)
- : completely
- 1) completeness, soundness, welfare, peace
- 1a) completeness (in number)
- 1b) safety, soundness (in body)
- 1c) welfare, health, prosperity
- 1d) peace, quiet, tranquillity, contentment
- 1e) peace, friendship
- 1e1) of human relationships
- 1e2) with God especially in covenant relationship
- 1f) peace (from war)
- 1g) peace (as adjective)
Same idea, other words · Peace
Biblical peace is wholeness, not merely quiet. Shalom covers health, security and right relationship; eirene carries that into the New Testament.
Where it appears
- Genesis15
- Exodus3
- Leviticus1
- Numbers2
- Deuteronomy5
- Joshua2
- Judges10
- 1 Samuel18
- 2 Samuel16
- 1 Kings11
- 2 Kings20
- 1 Chronicles6
- 2 Chronicles6
- Ezra1
- Esther3
- Job4
- Psalms27
- Proverbs3
- Ecclesiastes1
- Song of Songs1
- Isaiah29
- Jeremiah31
- Lamentations1
- Ezekiel7
- Daniel1
- Obadiah1
- Micah2
- Nahum1
- Haggai1
- Zechariah6
- Malachi2
Every use · 1–50 of 237 · BSB
You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.
that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.”
And they got up early the next morning and swore an oath to each other. Then Isaac sent them on their way, and they left him in peace.
so that I may return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God.
“Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”
“Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.”
When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.
Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,
Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,
“I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.”
“It is fine,” said the steward. “Do not be afraid. Your God, the God of your father, gave you the treasure that was in your sacks. I received your silver.” Then he brought Simeon out to them.
He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?”
“Your servant our father is well,” they answered. “He is still alive.” And they bowed down to honor him.
But Joseph replied, “Far be it from me to do this. The man who was found with the cup will be my slave. The rest of you may return to your father in peace.”
Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
So Moses went out to meet his father-in-law and bowed down and kissed him. They greeted each other and went into the tent.
If you follow this advice and God so directs you, then you will be able to endure, and all these people can go home in peace.”
And I will give peace to the land, and you will lie down with nothing to fear. I will rid the land of dangerous animals, and no sword will pass through your land.
may the LORD lift up His countenance toward you and give you peace.’
Declare, therefore, that I am granting him My covenant of peace.
So from the Wilderness of Kedemoth I sent messengers with an offer of peace to Sihon king of Heshbon, saying,
When you approach a city to fight against it, you are to make an offer of peace.
If they accept your offer of peace and open their gates, all the people there will become forced laborers to serve you.
You are not to seek peace or prosperity from them as long as you live.
because when such a person hears the words of this oath, he invokes a blessing on himself, saying, ‘I will have peace, even though I walk in the stubbornness of my own heart.’ This will bring disaster on the watered land as well as the dry.
And Joshua made a treaty of peace with them to let them live, and the leaders of the congregation swore an oath to them.
The whole army returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one dared to utter a word against the Israelites.
Meanwhile, Sisera had fled on foot to the tent of Jael, the wife of Heber the Kenite, because there was peace between Jabin king of Hazor and the house of Heber the Kenite.
But the LORD said to him, “Peace be with you. Do not be afraid, for you will not die.”
So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it The LORD Is Peace. To this day it stands in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”
The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.”
then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
And the priest told them, “Go in peace. The LORD is watching over your journey.”
So they turned aside there and went to the home of the young Levite, the house of Micah, and greeted him.
“Peace to you,” said the old man. “Let me supply everything you need. Only do not spend the night in the square.”
Then the whole congregation sent a message of peace to the Benjamites who were at the rock of Rimmon.
“Go in peace,” Eli replied, “and may the God of Israel grant the petition you have asked of Him.”
The cities from Ekron to Gath, which the Philistines had taken, were restored to Israel, who also delivered the surrounding territory from the hand of the Philistines. And there was peace between the Israelites and the Amorites.
They will greet you and give you two loaves of bread, which you will accept from their hands.
So Samuel did what the LORD had said and went to Bethlehem. When the elders of the town met him, they trembled and asked, “Do you come in peace?”
“In peace,” he replied. “I have come to sacrifice to the LORD. Consecrate yourselves and come with me to the sacrifice.” Then he consecrated Jesse and his sons and invited them to the sacrifice.
Take also these ten portions of cheese to the commander of their unit. Check on the welfare of your brothers and bring back an assurance from them.
Then David left his supplies in the care of the quartermaster and ran to the battle line. When he arrived, he asked his brothers how they were doing.
If he says, ‘Good,’ then your servant is safe, but if he is enraged, you will know he has evil intentions.
But if my father intends to bring evil on you, then may the LORD punish me, and ever so severely, if I do not tell you and send you on your way in safety. May the LORD be with you, just as He has been with my father.
Then I will send a boy and say, ‘Go, find the arrows!’ Now, if I expressly say to him, ‘Look, the arrows are on this side of you; bring them,’ then come, because as surely as the LORD lives, it is safe for you and there is no danger.
And Jonathan said to David, “Go in peace, for the two of us have sworn in the name of the LORD, saying, ‘May the LORD be a witness between you and me, and between your descendants and mine forever.’” Then David got up and departed, and Jonathan went back into the city.
So David sent ten young men and instructed them, “Go up to Nabal at Carmel. Greet him in my name
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