Shâlâh — H7951

Definition

verb

to be tranquil, i.e. secure or successful

1. to be at rest, prosper, be quiet, be at ease
1. (Qal)
1. to be or have quiet
2. to be at ease, prosper

Usually translated as

prosper, be happy, be in safety

Origin

or shâlav; (Job 3:26), a primitive root

Occurrences

Shâlâh occurs 5 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Job (2), Psalms (1), Jeremiah (1), Lamentations (1)

• Job 3:26 — I was not in safety (שָׁלַ֨וְתִּי), neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
• Job 12:6 — The tabernacles of robbers prosper (יִשְׁלָ֤יוּ), and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
• Psalms 122:6 — Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper (יִ֝שְׁלָ֗יוּ) that love thee.
• Jeremiah 12:1 — Righteous art thou, O LORD, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy (שָׁל֖וּ) that deal very treacherously?
• Lamentations 1:5 — Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper (שָׁל֔וּ); for the LORD hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.