שָׁלַם
shâlam · shaw-lam'
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)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
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)
- 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)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-) pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, [idiom] surely.
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
- 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 › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To consume, to destroy of authority, the one who leads of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of שָׁלַם 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
116 occurrences · 116 OT · 0 NT · 87 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- i will pay5 · 12%
- and pay4 · 9%
- he shall restore3 · 7%
- recompense2 · 5%
- wilt thou make an end2 · 5%
- shall make it good2 · 5%
- shall surely2 · 5%
- they made peace2 · 5%
- was finished2 · 5%
- shall reward2 · 5%
- pay2 · 5%
- perform2 · 5%
- it; he shall restore1 · 2%
- he shall surely1 · 2%
- and he shall not make good1 · 2%
- him in; he shall surely1 · 2%
- thereof, and he shall not make it good1 · 2%
- he shall pay1 · 2%
- let him pay1 · 2%
- make restitution1 · 2%
- shall he make restitution1 · 2%
- from him, he shall make restitution1 · 2%
- restitution1 · 2%
- shed for him; for he should make full1 · 2%
- unto them, wherefore have ye rewarded1 · 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.