H7962 שַׁלְוָה (shalvâh) shal-vaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

ease

Strong's Definition

security (genuine or false)

Derivation: from H7951 (שָׁלָה);

KJV Usage: abundance, peace(-ably), prosperity, quietness.

TWOT Reference: 2392d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) quietness, ease, prosperity

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G1515 G1819

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שַׁלְוָה (shal.vah) — ease. quietness, ease, prosperity Aramaic equivalent: she.le.vah (שְׁלֵוָה "ease" H7963)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

שַׁלְוָה (H7962)

noun f · שׁלה

Confident | ≈ שָׁלֹום

ease, peace, complacence = state in which humans live without fear or concerns, which is either or not appropriate depending on the situation

PSA 122:7 · PRO 1:32 · PRO 17:1 · JER 22:21 · EZK 16:49 · DAN 8:25 · DAN 11:21 · DAN 11:24

Reinier de Blois

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שַׁלְוָה n.f. quietness, ease base

Bible Occurrences (8)

122:7

1:32 17:1

22:21

16:49

8:25 11:21 11:24

Proverbs 1:32

For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Proverbs 17:1

Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

Jeremiah 22:21

I warned you when you were secure. You said, I will not listen. This has been your way from youth, that you have not obeyed My voice.

Ezekiel 16:49

Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters... were arrogant, overfed..., and complacent...; they did not help the poor and needy.

Daniel 8:25

Through his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken off, but not by [human] hands.

Daniel 11:21

In his place a despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace and seize the kingdom by intrigue.

Daniel 11:24

In a time of peace, he will invade the richest provinces and do what his fathers and forefathers... never did. He will lavish plunder, loot, and wealth [on his followers],... and he will plot... against the strongholds — but only for a time.