Shâlam — H7999

H7999 · Hebrew — שלם

Pronunciation: shaw-lam'

Definition

verb

to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications)

  1. to be in a covenant of peace, be at peace
    1. (Qal)
      1. to be at peace
      2. peaceful one (participle)
    2. (Pual) one in covenant of peace (participle)
    3. (Hiphil)
      1. to make peace with
      2. to cause to be at peace
    4. (Hophal) to live in peace
  2. to be complete, be sound
    1. (Qal)
      1. to be complete, be finished, be ended
      2. to be sound, be uninjured
    2. (Piel)
      1. to complete, finish
      2. to make safe
      3. to make whole or good, restore, make compensation
      4. to make good, pay
      5. to requite, recompense, reward
    3. (Pual)
      1. to be performed
      2. to be repaid, be requited
    4. (Hiphil)
      1. to complete, perform
      2. to make an end of

Usually translated as

pay, peace, recompense, restore, make good, render, make restitution, repay, perform, requite, reward, end, make amends, peaceable, that is perfect, prosperous, finish, full, give again, prosper, surely

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Shâlam occurs 116 times in 107 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (1), Exodus (14), Leviticus (4), Deuteronomy (4), Joshua (3), Judges (1), Ruth (1), 1 Samuel (1), 2 Samuel (5), 1 Kings (3), 2 Kings (2), 1 Chronicles (1), 2 Chronicles (1), Nehemiah (1), Job (11), Psalms (17), Proverbs (10), Ecclesiastes (2), Isaiah (11), Jeremiah (8), Ezekiel (1), Hosea (1), Joel (2), Jonah (1), Nahum (1)

Strong's Lexicon — S