שַׁלּוּם
Shallûwm · shal-loom'
Shallum, the name of fourteen Israelites
Lexicon
Derivation: or (shorter) שַׁלֻּם; the same as H7966 (שִׁלּוּם);
Shallum, the name of fourteen Israelites
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: Shallum.
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)
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to consume, to destroy › authority, the one who leads › to fasten and establish › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads that works to fasten and establish of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שַׁלּוּם 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
27 occurrences · 27 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- shallum11 · 41%
- of shallum10 · 37%
- and shallum5 · 19%
- were, shallum1 · 4%
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.