שֶׁלֶם
shelem · sheh'-lem
properly, requital, i.e. a (voluntary) sacrifice in thanks
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7999 (שָׁלַם);
properly, requital, i.e. a (voluntary) sacrifice in thanks
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: peace offering.
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 שֶׁלֶם 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
87 occurrences · 87 OT · 0 NT · 42 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of peace offerings27 · 31%
- of the peace offerings11 · 13%
- and peace offerings9 · 10%
- of his peace offerings6 · 7%
- peace offerings4 · 5%
- peace3 · 3%
- of their peace offerings2 · 2%
- of peace offering2 · 2%
- of the peace offering2 · 2%
- of your peace offerings2 · 2%
- for peace offerings2 · 2%
- or peace offerings2 · 2%
- and the peace offerings2 · 2%
- and for peace offerings2 · 2%
- and his peace offerings2 · 2%
- and thy peace offerings1 · 1%
- them for peace1 · 1%
- and for your peace offerings1 · 1%
- and with our peace offerings1 · 1%
- to me, and peace offerings1 · 1%
- thereon peace1 · 1%
- i have peace1 · 1%
- and your peace offerings1 · 1%
- the peace offerings1 · 1%
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.