שַׁלְוָהshalvâh

quietness, ease, quietnees, peace, ease, careless security (Psalms 122:7; Ezekiel 16:49; Proverbs 1:32; Jeremiah 22:21; Proverbs 17:1)

Pronunciation: shal-vaw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7962

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 8 times in the Bible.

  • Psalms 122:7 O Jerusalem, may there be peace within your walls and prosperity in your palaces.
  • Proverbs 1:32 For simpletons turn away from me—to death. Fools are destroyed by their own complacency.
  • Proverbs 17:1 Better a dry crust eaten in peace than a house filled with feasting—and conflict.
  • Jeremiah 22:21 I warned you when you were prosperous, but you replied, ‘Don’t bother me.’ You have been that way since childhood— you simply will not obey me!
  • Ezekiel 16:49 Sodom’s sins were pride, gluttony, and laziness, while the poor and needy suffered outside her door.
  • Daniel 8:25 He will be a master of deception and will become arrogant; he will destroy many without warning. He will even take on the Prince of princes in battle, but he will be broken, though not by human power.
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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).