שַׁלְוָה
shalvâh · shal-vaw'
security (genuine or false)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7951 (שָׁלָה);
security (genuine or false)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: abundance, peace(-ably), prosperity, quietness.
Letters
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- לLamed30
Picture: shepherd's staff or goad
- Concrete
- staff · goad · yoke · cattle prod
- Extended
- authority · to lead · to teach · to bind · toward
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › authority, the one who leads › to fasten and establish › to reveal, behold
To consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שַׁלְוָה 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
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 8 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and prosperity1 · 13%
- them, and the prosperity1 · 13%
- and quietness1 · 13%
- unto thee in thy prosperity1 · 13%
- and abundance1 · 13%
- and by peace1 · 13%
- in peaceably1 · 13%
- peaceably1 · 13%
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.