שֶׁלֶםshelem

sacrifice for alliance or friendship, 'peace-offering' (Proverbs 7:14; Amos 5:22; Exodus 24:5; Leviticus 10:14; Exodus 20:24)

Pronunciation: sheh'-lem · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8002

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 87 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 20:24 “Build for me an altar made of earth, and offer your sacrifices to me—your burnt offerings and peace offerings, your sheep and goats, and your cattle. Build my altar wherever I cause my name to be remembered, and I will come to you and bless you.
  • Exodus 24:5 Then he sent some of the young Israelite men to present burnt offerings and to sacrifice bulls as peace offerings to the Lord.
  • Exodus 29:28 In the future, whenever the people of Israel lift up a peace offering, a portion of it must be set aside for Aaron and his descendants. This is their permanent right, and it is a sacred offering from the Israelites to the Lord.
  • Exodus 32:6 The people got up early the next morning to sacrifice burnt offerings and peace offerings. After this, they celebrated with feasting and drinking, and they indulged in pagan revelry.
  • Leviticus 3:1 “If you present an animal from the herd as a peace offering to the Lord, it may be a male or a female, but it must have no defects.
  • Leviticus 3:3 The priest must present part of this peace offering as a special gift to the Lord. This includes all the fat around the internal organs,
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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).