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H8003 שָׁלֵם (shâlêm) shaw-lame'

Hebrew
Adjective (Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

complete

Strong's Definition

complete (literally or figuratively); especially friendly

Derivation: from H7999 (שָׁלַם);

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

TWOT Reference: 2401d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) complete, safe, peaceful, perfect, whole, full, at peace
1a) complete
1a1) full, perfect
1a2) finished
1b) safe, unharmed
1c) peace (of covenant of peace, mind)
1c1) perfect, complete (of keeping covenant relation)

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁלֵם (sha.lem) — complete. 1) complete, safe, peaceful, perfect, whole, full, at peace 1a) complete 1a1) full, perfect 1a2) finished 1b) safe, unharmed 1c) peace (of covenant of peace, mind) 1c1) perfect, complete (of keeping covenant relation)

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

adj · שׁלם

Whole

whole, complete, intact, full = state in which an object or group of objects is in its full state, without anything added to it or removed from it

DEU 25:15 · DEU 25:15 · DEU 27:6 · JOS 8:31 · 1KI 6:7 · 2CH 8:16 · PRO 11:1 · AMO 1:6 · AMO 1:9 · NAM 1:12

Complete

complete, finished, full literally: complete, intact; hence: = state in which a process or action is fully completed

GEN 15:16 · RUT 2:12

Faithful | ≈ אֱמוּנָה · אֱמֶת

Collocation: לֵב שָׁלֵם · לֵבָב שָׁלֵם

wholehearted, sincere literally: (one's) heart is complete; hence: = state in which humans are fully committed to a deity or a certain activity

1KI 8:61 · 1KI 11:4 · 1KI 15:3 · 1KI 15:14 · 2KI 20:3 · 1CH 12:39 · 1CH 28:9 · 1CH 29:9 · 1CH 29:19 · 2CH 15:17 · 2CH 16:9 · 2CH 19:9 · 2CH 25:2 · ISA 38:3

Safe

safe literally: complete; hence: = state in which humans are unharmed

GEN 33:18

Friends

friend, ally literally: (person of) peace; hence: = someone with whom one has a good relationship and from whom one would expect some degree of loyalty

GEN 34:21

name

Names of Locations

Salem = town, to be identified with Jerusalem; ► ruled by Melchizedek; time of Abraham

GEN 14:18 · PSA 76:3

1 NAM 1:12 VUL "perfecti" RSV GNT CEV "strong" NJPS "full" NRSV ESV "at full strength" | NIV "they have allies" | NJB "unopposed"

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שָׁלֵם adj. complete, safe, at peace base

Bible Occurrences (27)

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