Strong's Hebrew · H7965

H7965 shâlôwm

שָׁלוֹם

shaw-lome'

peace

shâlôwm appears 237 times in Scripture, including Genesis 15:15 and Genesis 26:29. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.

Definition

safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace

In the King James Version

× do, familiar, × fare, favour, friend, × great, (good) health, (× perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, (× all is, be) well, × wholly.

Derivation

or שָׁלֹם; from H7999 (שָׁלַם);

Appears 237 times in Scripture

Genesis 26:29

“that you will not harm us, just as we have not harmed you but have done only good to you, sending you on your way in peace. And now you are blessed by the LORD.””

Genesis 29:6

““Is he well?” Jacob inquired. “Yes,” they answered, “and here comes his daughter Rachel with his sheep.””

Genesis 37:4

“When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father loved him more than any of them, they hated him and could not speak a kind word to him.”

Genesis 43:27

“He asked if they were well, and then he asked, “How is your elderly father you told me about? Is he still alive?””

Genesis 37:14

“Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,”

Genesis 41:16

““I myself cannot do it,” Joseph replied, “but God will give Pharaoh a sound answer.””

Genesis 15:15

“You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.”

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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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