צְלַחtsᵉlach
prosper
Pronunciation: tsel-akh' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6744
Meanings
Haph`el
1. cause to prosper (Daniel 3:30)
2. shew prosperity, be prosperous, have success, be successful (Daniel 6:29; Ezra 6:14; Ezra 5:8)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 4 times in the Bible.
- Ezra 5:8 “The king should know that we went to the construction site of the Temple of the great God in the province of Judah. It is being rebuilt with specially prepared stones, and timber is being laid in its walls. The work is going forward with great energy and success.
- Ezra 6:14 So the Jewish elders continued their work, and they were greatly encouraged by the preaching of the prophets Haggai and Zechariah son of Iddo. The Temple was finally finished, as had been commanded by the God of Israel and decreed by Cyrus, Darius, and Artaxerxes, the kings of Persia.
- Daniel 3:30 Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego to even higher positions in the province of Babylon.
- Daniel 6:28 So Daniel prospered during the reign of Darius and the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).