שָׁלוֹם
peace
also: completeness, soundness, welfare fuller range ↓
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
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Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Noun
- A naming word — a person, place, thing, or idea.
Noun type
- Common
- A common noun — a general class of person, place, or thing (“king,” “city,” “water”), not a specific name.
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Every verse where H7965 appears in the Book of Psalms — 27 distinct verses. Click any verse to open its interlinear word-by-word view. Verse text shown in the World English Bible for context — . Each verse’s Hebrew form is shown with its reference; the English is not keyword-highlighted, since the data carries no word-level English alignment. Use “Compare translations” on any verse to read it across multiple English versions. This concordance covers the Hebrew Bible; Septuagint (Greek Old Testament) occurrences are not indexed here.
Psalms
- Psalms 4:8 בְּ/שָׁל֣וֹם prep + n c ms In peace I will both lay myself down and sleep, For you, Yahweh alone, make me live in safety.
- Psalms 28:3 שָׁ֭לוֹם n c ms Don't draw me away with the wicked, With the workers of iniquity who speak peace with their neighbors, But mischief is in their hearts.
- Psalms 29:11 בַ/שָּׁלֽוֹם prep det + n c ms Yahweh will give strength to his people. Yahweh will bless his people with peace.
- Psalms 34:14 שָׁל֣וֹם n c ms Depart from evil, and do good. Seek peace, and pursue it.
- Psalms 35:20 שָׁל֗וֹם n c ms For they don't speak peace, But they devise deceitful words against those who are quiet in the land.
- Psalms 35:27 שְׁל֣וֹם n c ms cs Let them shout for joy and be glad, who favor my righteous cause. Yes, let them say continually, "Yahweh be magnified, Who has pleasure in the prosperity of his servant!"
- Psalms 37:11 שָׁלֽוֹם n c ms But the humble shall inherit the land, And shall delight themselves in the abundance of peace.
- Psalms 37:37 שָׁלֽוֹם n c ms Mark the perfect man, and see the upright, For there is a future for the man of peace.
- Psalms 38:3 שָׁל֥וֹם n c ms There is no soundness in my flesh because of your indignation, Neither is there any health in my bones because of my sin.
- Psalms 41:9 שְׁלוֹמִ֨/י n c ms cs + sfx pers 1cs Yes, my own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, Who ate bread with me, Has lifted up his heel against me.
- Psalms 55:18 בְ/שָׁל֣וֹם prep + n c ms He has redeemed my soul in peace from the battle that was against me, Although there are many who oppose me.
- Psalms 55:20 בִּ/שְׁלֹמָ֗י/ו prep + n c mp cs + sfx pers 3ms He raises his hands against his friends. He has violated his covenant.
- Psalms 69:22 וְ/לִ/שְׁלוֹמִ֥ים conj + prep + n c mp Let their table before them become a snare. May it become a retribution and a trap.
- Psalms 72:3 שָׁ֘ל֥וֹם n c ms The mountains shall bring prosperity to the people. The hills bring the fruit of righteousness.
- Psalms 72:7 שָׁ֝ל֗וֹם n c ms In his days, the righteous shall flourish, And abundance of peace, until the moon is no more.
- Psalms 73:3 שְׁל֖וֹם n c ms cs For I was envious of the arrogant, When I saw the prosperity of the wicked.
- Psalms 85:8 שָׁל֗וֹם n c ms I will hear what God, Yahweh, will speak, For he will speak peace to his people, his saints; But let them not turn again to folly.
- Psalms 85:10 וְ/שָׁל֣וֹם conj + n c ms Mercy and truth meet together. Righteousness and peace have kissed each other.
- Psalms 119:165 שָׁל֣וֹם n c ms Those who love your law have great peace. Nothing causes them to stumble.
- Psalms 120:6 שָׁלֽוֹם n c ms My soul has had her dwelling too long With him who hates peace.
- Psalms 120:7 שָׁ֭לוֹם n c ms I am for peace, But when I speak, they are for war.
- Psalms 122:6 שְׁל֣וֹם n c ms cs Pray for the peace of Jerusalem. Those who love you will prosper.
- Psalms 122:7 שָׁל֥וֹם n c ms Peace be within your walls, And prosperity within your palaces.
- Psalms 122:8 שָׁל֣וֹם n c ms For my brothers' and companions' sakes, I will now say, "Peace be within you."
- Psalms 125:5 שָׁ֝ל֗וֹם n c ms But as for those who turn aside to their crooked ways, Yahweh will lead them away with the workers of iniquity. Peace be on Israel.
- Psalms 128:6 שָׁ֝ל֗וֹם n c ms Yes, may you see your children's children. Peace be upon Israel.
- Psalms 147:14 שָׁל֑וֹם n c ms He makes peace in your borders. He fills you with the finest of the wheat.
About this entry
At a glance — auto-summarized from this page’s data, not written by a person. Every figure links to its source below. This summary describes the numbers; it doesn’t interpret them.
שלום — transliterated shâlôwm — is a Hebrew noun carrying the sense “peace.” Alongside “peace” the lexicon also lists “completeness”, “soundness”, and “welfare” — part of its full sense range. The Hebrew Bible uses it across 208 verses — common. Debuting at Genesis 15:15, it then recurs through the corpus. It shares a root with שלם, שלום and שלם. Each statement above links to its evidence; the full detail follows below.
Gloss history
Strong's 1890 vs modern scholarship
About this word
Strong's H7965 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
These counts are not copied from any lexicon or concordance. They are computed here, from the morphology-tagged Hebrew Old Testament. What Lemma adds →
- 208
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 208 distinct verses.
- 31 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 31 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #199
- by frequency
- Top 250 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 199 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
View all 208 occurrences in the concordance →
By section of the Old Testament
By traditional corpus
Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 208 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 133 verses · 64%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 52 verses · 25%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 23 verses · 11%
How translations render this word
Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Peace 129×, Peaceably 7×, Is no peace 5×
- American Standard Version: Peace 111×, Is no peace 5×, Him 4×
- Berean Standard Bible: Peace 130×, Safely 9×, Prosperity 8×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Peace 181×, About peace 3×, About the welfare of 3×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H7965 across 229 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 45 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 7 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H7965 across 229 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 64 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H7965 across 222 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 44 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 12 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H7965 across 237 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 22 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
9 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
What do BDB’s symbols mean?
BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 9 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
- 1. completeness in no., הָגְלָת שְׁלוֹמִים Je 13:19 Judah is wholly carried captive (but read גָּלוּת שְׁלֵמָה, cf. Am 1:6; so 𝔊 We Am SS Buhl). e.g. Jeremiah 13:19
- 2. safety, soundness, in body, אֵין שָׁלוֹם בַּעֲצָמַי ψ 38:4; לְשָׁלוֹם Is 38:17; שָׁלוֹם אָהֳלֶ֑ךָ (Ges§ 141 c) Jb 5:24 is safe, secure. e.g. Psalms 38:4
- 3. welfare, health, prosperity: †שָׁאַל לפ׳ לשׁ׳ ask one about welfare Gn 43:27 (J), Ex 18:7 (E), Ju 18:15 + 7 times, cf. 2 S 11:7(×3); pregn. ירד לשׁלום 2 K 10:13 descend (to ask) about welfare of, cf. 1 S 17:18 Je 38:4; הלך לשׁ׳ Ex 4:18 (E) + 5 times; עלה לשׁ׳ Gn 44:17 (J), 1 S 25:35; דבּר לשׁ׳ Gn 37:4 (JE); שָׁלוֹם ל׳ be well with Gn 29:6; 43:23, 28 (J), Ju 6:23; 19:20; 1 S 20:7, 21 + 10 times, 2 K 4:26(×3); שָׁלוֹם בְּ (יְהִי) ψ 122:7(8) be it well with; abs. as obj. of אָמַר well, be well, שׁ׳ Gn 29:6 (J), 2 S 18:28 2 K 9:11, 17, 18, 19, 22; Je 6:14(×2) + 10 times; הֲשָׁלוֹם אֲבִיכֶם Gn 43:27 (J) cp. 1 S 25:6; †שׁ׳ בּ(וֹ)אֶ֑ךָ 1 S 16:4 (v. Dr), 1 K 2:13; אֵין שׁ׳ Je 6:14 + 3 times; †אין שׁ׳ לרשׁעים Is 48:22; 57:21; but ראה שׁ׳ רשׁעים ψ 73:3; †רֹב שׁ׳ 37:11; 72:7; שׁאל שׁ׳ פ׳ 122:6; דרשׁ שׁ׳ (‖ טוב) Dt 23:7; Ezr 9:12; שׁ׳ יוֹסִיפוּ לָךְ Pr 3:2; בַּשּׁ׳ Jb 15:21 in time of prosperity. e.g. Genesis 43:27
- 4. peace, quiet, tranquillity, contentment, Is 32:17 (‖ הַשְׁקֵט וָבֶטַח); שָׁכַב בשׁ׳ ψ 4:9 (to sleep); depart life בְּשׁ׳ in tranquillity Gn 15:15 (Rje), 1 K 2:6 + 3 times, יָבוֹא Is 57:2; אַחֲרִית לְאִישׁ שׁ׳ ψ 37:37; בא בשׁ׳ Ex 18:23 (E) come in contentment; ארץ שׁ׳ Je 12:5; נְוֵה שׁ׳ (‖ מבטחים) Is 32:18, cf. Je 25:37; שׁ׳ מִפָּ֑חַד Jb 21:9, cf. Zc 8:10; ולשׁלומים לְמוֹקֵשׁ ψ 69:23 and let security become a trap (but 𝔊 Aq Sym Theod Jer וּלְמ׳ וּכְשִׁלּוּמִים, Du (cf. 𝔗) וּשְׁלָמִים peace-offerings, and שֻׁלְחָן va). e.g. Isaiah 32:17
- 5. peace, friendship:
- a. human relations: אֱנוֹשׁ שְׁלֹמִי Je 20:10 man of my friendship, cf. 38:22 Ob 7 ψ 41:10; עֲצַת שׁ׳ בין Zc 6:13; יֹעֲצֵי שׁ׳ Pr 12:20; (אֵת, עִם) דבּר שׁ׳ ψ 28:3; 35:20 Je 9:7; בקּשׁ שׁ׳ ψ 34:15; ידע שׁ׳ Is 59:8; דֶּרֶךְ שׁ׳ v 8; שׁלּח בשׁ׳ Gn 26:29 (J); הלך בשׁ׳ v 31 (J), 1 S 29:7 + 4 times; שׁוב בשׁ׳ 2 S 15:27; ‖ צדקה in Mess. reign ψ 72:3. e.g. Jeremiah 20:10
- b. peace with God, especially in covt. relation: Is 54:10 ברית covt. of my peace, cf. Nu 25:12 (P), Ez 34:25; 37:26, also Mal 2:5; י׳ שׁ׳ as name of altar Ju 6:24; י׳ subj. שָׂם שׁ׳ לְ Nu 6:26 (P); בֵּרַךְ בשׁ׳ ψ 29:11; חפץ שׁ׳ 35:27; עשׂה שׁ׳ לְ Je 33:9; אָסַף שׁ׳ מֵאֵת Je 16:5 (‖ חסד); דבּר שׁ׳ אֶל ψ 85:9; נתן שׁ׳ Hg 2:9; מחשׁבות שׁ׳ Je 29:11; man subj. עשׂה שׁ׳ ל׳ Is 27:5(×2); הלך בשׁ׳ Mal 2:6. In this sense ‖ צֶדֶק ψ 85:11, ‖ צְדָקָה Is 54:13; 60:17, ‖ שִׂמְחָה 55:12, is like a river 48:18; 66:12; שׁ׳ עַל־ישׂראל ψ 125:5; 128:6, שׁ׳ רָב לְאֹהֲבֵי תוֹרָתֶ֑ךָ 119:165; מוּסַר שׁ׳ Is 53:5 chastisement for our peace (but SS Buhl שִׁלֻּמֵינוּ). e.g. Isaiah 54:10
- 6. peace from war: (ל) עשׂה שׁ׳ make peace (with) Jos 9:15; Jb 25:2; נתן שׁ׳ בארץ Lv 26:6 (H); †שׁ׳ בין ובין Ju 4:17; 1 S 7:14; 1 K 5:26; †קרא (ל)שׁ׳ Dt 20:10; Ju 21:13; Mi 3:5; †שׁוב בשׁ׳ Jos 10:21; Ju 8:9; 11:31 (cf. v 13); בא בשׁ׳ 2 S 19:25, 31 + 7 times; †היה שׁ׳ לְ 1 K 5:4 + 3 times, cf. 2 S 17:3 (v. Dr); בקּשׁ שׁ׳ Ez 7:25; מלאכי שׁ׳ Is 33:7; נתן שׁ׳ וָשֶׁקֶט 1 Ch 22:9; מוֹצְאֵת שׁ׳ Ct 8:10; †שׁ׳(ו)אמת Is 39:8 = 2 K 20:19 + 3 times, cf. Zc 8:19; עֵת שׁ׳ Ec 3:8; בְּשׁ׳ 1 K 2:5 in time of peace; שַׂר שׁ׳ Is 9:5 (Mess. title), cf. זֶה שׁ׳ Mi 5:4. e.g. Joshua 9:15
- 7. as adj. שְׁלֹמָיו ψ 55:21 those at peace with him (read שֹֽׁלְמָיו Bae Buhl Du, or שְׁלֵמָיו SS; 𝔊 appar. שִׁלּוּמָיו). e.g. Psalms 55:21
Senses from the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon (Brown, Driver, Briggs; Oxford 1906 — public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). Full attribution on Sources.
Word origin
n.m. Is 54:13 completeness, soundness, welfare, peace (LagBN 174);—שׁ׳ Gn 29:6 +; שָׁלֹם (rare) Ez 13:16 +; cstr. שְׁלוֹם Gn 37:14 +; sf. שְׁלוֹמִי ψ 41:10 +, etc.; pl. (all dub.) שְׁלוֹמִים Je 13:19 ψ 69:23; sf. שְׁלֹמָיו 55:21;—
— Brown-Driver-Briggs (Oxford 1906, public domain), digitized via Sefaria, supplemented by the OpenScriptures HebrewLexicon (CC BY 4.0). See Sources.
Derived from שלם (shâlam) (H7999) — to be at peace.
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
שָׁלוֹם I
- 1. peace, salvation; salutation. Lev. R. s. 9 גדול ש׳ … חותמין בש׳ peace is something great, for all benedictions, good tidings, and consolations … close with peace. Num. R. s. 21, beg. אין כלי … אלא ש׳ no vessel contains blessing but peace; Ukts. III, 12, a. e., v. חָזַק. Ber. 14ᵃ משיב ש׳ וכ׳ may return a salutation to any person. Ib. כל הנותן ש׳ וכ׳ he who offers salutation to his neighbor before prayer, is considered as if he made him a highplace (worshipping man before God). Shebi. IV, 3 ושואלין בשְׁלוֹמָן מפני דרכי ש׳ and you must salute them (gentiles in the field) &c., v. דֶּרֶךְ; Y. ib. 35ᵇ מהו שואלין בשלומן בשְׁלוֹם ישראל ש׳ עליכם how must we salute them? As we salute Israelites, ‘peace be upon you.’ Tam. I, 3 הגיעו … אמרו ש׳ הכל ש׳ when they (the two parties patrolling the Temple) met, they said, ‘peace?’ (answer) ‘all peace’ (everything is in good order); Lev. R. l. c. Sifra Vayikra, Par. 13, ch. XVI מי שהוא ש׳ וכ׳ he who is at peace offers peace-offerings, opp. אונן; v. שָׁלֵם. Ib. the peace-offerings are called sh’lamim, שהכל ש׳ בהן because everything in them is at peace (is turned to use; Yalk. Lev. 458 מְשׁוּלָּמִים). Ber. 39ᵇ (play on the name שלמן) ש׳ אתה וכ׳ thou art peace (perfection), and thy teaching is perfect (v. שָׁלֵם); a. v. fr.—חס וש׳, v. חַס.
- 2. (adv.) safely, unimpaired. T’bul Yom IV, 7, a. e. שתעלה ש׳ that it will be brought up safely, v. שֶׁבֶר I.—Pl. שְׁלוֹמוֹת. Num. R. s. 1316 עושה שני ש׳ וכ׳ produces two conditions of peace, peace above and peace below. Yalk. Is. 340 ארבעה רוב ש׳ וכ׳ (not שלומית) four times in the Scriptures ‘peace’ appears in connection with ‘abundance.’—Ch. v. שְׁלָמָא.
שָׁלוֹם II
- אִימָּא ש׳ Imma (Mother) Shalom, wife of R. Eliezer. Y. Shebi. VI, 36ᶜ top. Erub. 63ᵃ; a. fr.
שִׁלּוּם
- , v. שִׁילּוּם
שַׁלּוּם
- (b. h.) pr. n. m. Shallum,
- 1. husband of Huldah the prophetess. Meg. 14ᵇ (counted among the prophets). Yalk. Kings 233.
- 2. name of several Amoraim. Lev. R. s. 26 רב ש׳. Pesik. R. s. 3 יהודה הלוי ברבי ש׳; ib. s. 5; a. fr.
A Dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic Literature (Marcus Jastrow; London, Luzac, 1903) — Public Domain. Digitized via Sefaria. Digitized via Sefaria. Full attribution on Sources.
Forms in the corpus
The 86 distinct written forms H7965 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that state’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 26 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H7965, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derives from
Shares the same root
- שלום shillûwm H7966 reward
- שלם shᵉlam H8000 to finish
- שלם shelem H8002 peace offering
- שלם shâlêm H8003 complete
- שלם shillêm H8005 recompense
- שלמן shalmôn H8021 reward
Derived from this word
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- משלם Mᵉshullâm H4918 Meshullam
- משלמות Mᵉshillêmôwth H4919 Meshillemoth
- משלמיה Mᵉshelemyâh H4920 Meshelemiah
- משלמית Mᵉshillêmîyth H4921 Meshillemith
- שולמית Shûwlammîyth H7759 Shulamite
- שלמה Shᵉlômôh H8010 Solomon
- שלמות Shᵉlômôwth H8013 Shelomoth
- שלמי Shᵉlômîy H8015 Shelomi
- שלמיאל Shᵉlumîyʼêl H8017 Shelumiel
- שלמית Shᵉlômîyth H8019 Shelomith
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 19 — not the complete family. 10 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 191 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 208 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 15:15
- Exodus 4:18
- Leviticus 26:6
- Numbers 6:26
- Deuteronomy 2:26
- Joshua 9:15
- Judges 4:17
- 1 Samuel 1:17
- 2 Samuel 3:21
- 1 Kings 2:5
- 2 Kings 4:23
- 1 Chronicles 12:17
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
