שָׁלֵם
shâlêm · shaw-lame'
complete (literally or figuratively); especially friendly
Lexicon
Derivation: from H7999 (שָׁלַם);
complete (literally or figuratively); especially friendly
- complete (literally or figuratively)
- especially friendly
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: full, just, made ready, peaceable, perfect(-ed), quiet, Shalem (by mistake for a name), whole.
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 שָׁלֵם 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
28 occurrences · 28 OT · 0 NT · 17 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and with a perfect3 · 11%
- a perfect2 · 7%
- of whole2 · 7%
- was not perfect2 · 7%
- was perfect2 · 7%
- the whole2 · 7%
- full1 · 4%
- are peaceable1 · 4%
- but thou shalt have a perfect1 · 4%
- and a full1 · 4%
- made ready1 · 4%
- therefore be perfect1 · 4%
- with a perfect1 · 4%
- him with a perfect1 · 4%
- because with perfect1 · 4%
- was perfected1 · 4%
- is perfect1 · 4%
- but not with a perfect1 · 4%
- but a just1 · 4%
- though they be quiet1 · 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.