Shâlêv — H7961

Definition

adjective

tranquil; (in a bad sense) careless; abstractly, security

1. quiet, at ease, prosperous
1. at ease (of persons)
2. quiet (of land)
3. quiet, ease
4. ease (subst)

Usually translated as

at ease, peaceable, prosper, prosperity, quiet, quietness, wealthy

Origin

or shâlêyv; feminine shᵉlêvâh; from H7951

• Derived from Shâlâh (H7951)

Greek equivalents

• eirēneúō (G1514)
• hēsychía (G2271)
• sōtēría (G4991)

Occurrences

Shâlêv occurs 8 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: 1 Chronicles (1), Job (3), Psalms (1), Jeremiah (1), Ezekiel (1), Zechariah (1)

• 1 Chronicles 4:40 — And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, and quiet, and peaceable (וּשְׁלֵוָ֑ה); for they of Ham had dwelt there of old.
• Job 16:12 — I was at ease (שָׁ֘לֵ֤ו), but he hath broken me asunder: he hath also taken me by my neck, and shaken me to pieces, and set me up for his mark.
• Job 20:20 — Surely he shall not feel quietness (שָׁלֵ֣ו) in his belly, he shall not save of that which he desired.
• Job 21:23 — One dieth in his full strength, being wholly at ease and quiet (וְשָׁלֵֽיו).
• Psalms 73:12 — Behold, these are the ungodly, who prosper (וְשַׁלְוֵ֥י) in the world; they increase in riches.
• Jeremiah 49:31 — Arise, get you up unto the wealthy (שְׁלֵ֛יו) nation, that dwelleth without care, saith the LORD, which have neither gates nor bars, which dwell alone.
• Ezekiel 23:42 — And a voice of a multitude being at ease (שָׁלֵ֣ו) was with her: and with the men of the common sort were brought Sabeans from the wilderness, which put bracelets upon their hands, and beautiful crowns upon their heads.
• Zechariah 7:7 — Should ye not hear the words which the LORD hath cried by the former prophets, when Jerusalem was inhabited and in prosperity (וּשְׁלֵוָ֔ה), and the cities thereof round about her, when men inhabited the south and the plain?