Strong's Hebrew · H8003

H8003 shâlêm

שָׁלֵם

shaw-lame'

complete

shâlêm appears 27 times in Scripture, including Genesis 15:16 and Deuteronomy 25:15. 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

complete (literally or figuratively); especially friendly

In the King James Version

full, just, made ready, peaceable, perfect(-ed), quiet, Shalem (by mistake for a name), whole.

Derivation

from H7999 (שָׁלַם);

Appears 27 times in Scripture

Genesis 34:21

““These men are at peace with us. Let them live and trade in our land; indeed, it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to them.”

Genesis 15:16

“In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.””

1 Kings 15:3

“And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather had been.”

Deuteronomy 25:15

“You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.”

1 Chronicles 12:38

“All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.”

Ruth 2:12

“May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.””

Joshua 8:31

“just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: “an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used.” And on it they offered burnt offerings to the LORD, and they sacrificed peace offerings.”

Genesis 33:18

“After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.”

1 Chronicles 29:19

“And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.””

Deuteronomy 27:6

“You shall build the altar of the LORD your God with uncut stones and offer upon it burnt offerings to the LORD your God.”

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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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