שָׁלֵםshâlêm
complete, safe, at peace
Pronunciation: shaw-lame' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H8003
Meanings
1. complete
a. full, perfect (Deuteronomy 25:15; Proverbs 11:1; Genesis 15:16)
b. finished (1 Kings 6:7; 2 Chronicles 8:16)
2. safe, unharmed (Genesis 33:18; Genesis 28:21)
3. in covt. of peace, friendship (Genesis 34:21; 1 Kings 8:61; 1 Kings 11:4)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 28 times in the Bible.
- Genesis 15:16 After four generations your descendants will return here to this land, for the sins of the Amorites do not yet warrant their destruction.”
- Genesis 33:18 Later, having traveled all the way from Paddan-aram, Jacob arrived safely at the town of Shechem, in the land of Canaan. There he set up camp outside the town.
- Genesis 34:21 “These men are our friends,” they said. “Let’s invite them to live here among us and trade freely. Look, the land is large enough to hold them. We can take their daughters as wives and let them marry ours.
- Deuteronomy 25:15 Yes, always use honest weights and measures, so that you may enjoy a long life in the land the Lord your God is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 27:6 Build the altar of uncut stones, and use it to offer burnt offerings to the Lord your God.
- Joshua 8:31 He followed the commands that Moses the Lord’s servant had written in the Book of Instruction: “Make me an altar from stones that are uncut and have not been shaped with iron tools.” Then on the altar they presented burnt offerings and peace offerings to the Lord.
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).