Strong's Definition
to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-) pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, [idiom] surely.
TWOT Reference: 2401c
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁלֵם (sa.lem) — to complete. 1) to be complete, be sound 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be complete, be finished, be ended 1a2) to be sound, be uninjured 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to complete, finish 1b2) to make safe 1b3) to make whole or good, restore, make compensation 1b4) to make good, pay 1b5) to requite, recompense, reward 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be performed 1c2) to be repaid, be requited 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to complete, perform 1d2) to make an end of Aramaic equivalent: she.lam (שְׁלֵם "be complete" H8000)
שָׁלַם (sha.lam) — to ally. 1) to be in a covenant of peace, be at peace 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be at peace 1a2) peaceful one (participle) 1b) (Pual) one in covenant of peace (participle) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make peace with 1c2) to cause to be at peace 1d) (Hophal) to live in peace
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שָׁלֹום · שִׁלּוּם · שֶׁלֶם · שָׁלֵם · שִׁלֵּם · שִׁלֻּמָה · שַׁלְמֹנִים · שְׁלָם · שַׁלּוּם · שִׁלֵּם
Whole | verb qal, verb pe'al
to be finished = process by which a construction is finished
Whole | verb pi
to finish = causative process by which humans cause a construction to be finished
Complete | verb qal
to be completed, to be finished literally: to finish; hence: = process by which a projects comes to completion
Complete | verb pi, verb pu'al, verb hif
to complete, to fulfill literally: to complete (a vow, prediction, or task); hence: = action by which humans bring an obligation to an end by fulfilling its terms or carrying out its stipulations
DEU 23:22 · 2SA 15:7 · JOB 22:27 · JOB 23:14 · PSA 22:26 · PSA 50:14 · PSA 56:13 · PSA 61:9 · PSA 65:2 · PSA 66:13 · PSA 76:12 · PSA 116:14 · PSA 116:18 · PRO 7:14 · ECC 5:3 · ECC 5:3 · ECC 5:4 · ISA 19:21 · ISA 44:26 · ISA 44:28 · HOS 14:3 · JON 2:10 · NAM 2:1
Dead | verb hif
to bring (someone) to an end literally: to complete someone; hence, probably: = causative action by which a deity causes the life of a human being to come to completion
End | verb haf'el
to bring to an end literally: to complete (an event); hence: = causative action by which deities cause a situation to come to an end
Non-Possess | verb pi, verb haf'el
to pay, to give back, to make restitution literally: to complete (what is owed); hence: = causative action by which humans restore what was entrusted to them or substitute it with something else in case of loss or damage
EXO 21:34 · EXO 21:36 · EXO 21:36 · EXO 21:37 · EXO 22:2 · EXO 22:2 · EXO 22:3 · EXO 22:4 · EXO 22:5 · EXO 22:5 · EXO 22:6 · EXO 22:8 · EXO 22:10 · EXO 22:11 · EXO 22:12 · EXO 22:13 · EXO 22:13 · EXO 22:14 · LEV 5:16 · LEV 5:24 · LEV 24:18 · LEV 24:21 · 2SA 12:6 · 2KI 4:7 · EZR 7:19 · JOB 8:6 · JOB 41:3 · PSA 37:21 · PRO 6:31 · PRO 22:27 · EZK 33:15
Chastise | verb pi
to pay back literally: to pay back; hence: = causative process by which deities or humans cause (other) humans to receive the appropriate return for their evil actions
DEU 32:41 · 2KI 9:26 · JOB 21:19 · JOB 34:33 · PSA 31:24 · PSA 41:11 · PRO 20:22 · ISA 65:6 · JER 51:24 · JER 51:56 · JER 51:56
Chastise | verb pi
Collocation: שׁלם אֶל־חֵיק · שׁלם עַל־חֵיק
to pay back literally: to pay back to (someone's) bosom; hence: = causative process by which deities cause humans to receive the appropriate return for their evil actions
Chastise | verb pi
Collocation: שׁלם אֶל־פַּנִים
to pay back literally: to pay back to (someone's) face; hence: = causative process by which deities cause humans to receive the appropriate return for their evil actions
Happen | verb pi, verb pu'al
to reward, to repay, to render literally: to pay back; hence: = causative action by which humans or deities cause (other) humans to be compensated for their actions, whether good or evil
GEN 44:4 · JDG 1:7 · RUT 2:12 · 1SA 24:20 · 2SA 3:39 · JOB 21:31 · JOB 34:11 · PSA 35:12 · PSA 38:21 · PSA 62:13 · PSA 137:8 · PRO 11:31 · PRO 13:13 · PRO 13:21 · PRO 19:17 · PRO 25:22 · ISA 57:18 · ISA 59:18 · ISA 59:18 · ISA 66:6 · JER 16:18 · JER 18:20 · JER 25:14 · JER 50:29 · JER 51:6 · JOL 2:25 · JOL 4:4
Safe | verb hof
to be caused to be at peace literally: to be made complete; hence: = causative process by which wild animals are made to live in peace with humans
Safe | verb hif
to make peace literally: to make complete; hence: = action by which humans do what is necessary to be able to live without conflict with other humans
DEU 20:12 · JOS 10:1 · JOS 10:4 · JOS 11:19 · 2SA 10:19 · 1KI 22:45 · 1CH 19:19
Safe | verb hif
to cause to make peace, to reconcile literally: to make complete; hence: = causative action by which deities cause humans to do what is necessary to be able to live without conflict with other humans
Friends | verb qal ptc.act
friend literally: (who is of) peace; hence: = someone with whom one has a good relationship and to whom one owes some degree of loyalty; ≈ only used in contexts where that loyalty is unexpectedly lacking
Patient | verb qal, verb pu'al
to be peaceable, to be at peace literally: to be peaceable; hence: = state in which humans are inclined to avoid getting involved in conflicts
Strong | verb qal
to remain unscathed = process by which humans go through difficult circumstances without being hurt
1 HOS 14:3 reading פְּרִי "fruit" instead of פָּרִים "bulls" with LXX RSV NIV NRSV ESV GNT | NJPS CEV "bulls" 2 ISA 38:12 · ISA 38:13 RSV NRSV ESV "bring me to an end" NIV "made an end of me" NJB "have been making an end of me" GNT "was ending my life" CEV "make a wreck of me" | NJPS "was I kept whole" | REB "you torment me" 3 ISA 42:19 RSV NRSV ESV "my dedicated one" NIV "the one committed to me" NJPS "the chosen one" REB "the one who has my trust" CEV "his chosen servant" | NJB "friend" = [1o] | LXX οἱ κυριεύοντες αὐτῶν "who lord it over them" = משׁל
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁלֵם] 103 vb. be complete, sound Qal be complete, finished, ended
be sound, uninjured
Pi. complete, finish, temple
make safe
make whole or good, restore
make good, i.e. pay, vows
requite, recompense, reward
Pu. be performed, of vow
be repaid, requited
Hiph. complete, perform
make an end of
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[שָׁלַם] vb. denom. be in covenant of peace Qal be at peace
Pu. Pt. one in covt. of peace
Hiph. make peace with
cause to be at peace
Hoph. live at peace with
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