סָלַח
çâlach · saw-lakh'
to forgive
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to forgive
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: forgive, pardon, spare.
Letters
- סSamekh60
Picture: a prop or pillar
- Concrete
- pillar · prop · thorn
- Extended
- to support · to uphold · to turn around · to be trusted
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to support and uphold › authority, the one who leads › to separate and protect
To support and uphold of authority, the one who leads that works to separate and protect.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of סָלַח above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
46 occurrences · 46 OT · 0 NT · 31 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and forgive8 · 17%
- and it shall be forgiven7 · 15%
- pardon5 · 11%
- forgive4 · 9%
- shall forgive3 · 7%
- and pardon1 · 2%
- for them, and it shall be forgiven1 · 2%
- for him, and it shall be forgiven1 · 2%
- of these, and it shall be forgiven1 · 2%
- it not, and it shall be forgiven1 · 2%
- shall be forgiven1 · 2%
- i have pardoned1 · 2%
- for him; and it shall be forgiven1 · 2%
- not spare1 · 2%
- not pardon1 · 2%
- and will forgive1 · 2%
- who forgiveth1 · 2%
- and i will pardon1 · 2%
- shall i pardon1 · 2%
- for i will forgive1 · 2%
- against me; and i will pardon1 · 2%
- that i may forgive1 · 2%
- for i will pardon1 · 2%
- thou hast not pardoned1 · 2%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.