Salem שָׁלֵם

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Salem
שָׁלֵם
Transliterationsalem
Strong's numberH7999 (H7999A, H7999B)
LanguageHebrew
Part of speechverb
Glossto complete
Occurrences116 in 107 verses
Most frequent inPsalms (17)

Salem (Hebrew שָׁלֵם, Strong's H7999) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to complete”. It occurs 116 times in 107 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

H7999A: 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)

H7999B: 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

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

KJVpay (17), peace (11), restore (8), recompense (8), render (7), good (6), repay (5), reward (4), perform (4), rewarded (3), restitution (3), finished (3), and 24 other renderings
BSBrepay (6), fulfill (5), i will fulfill (5), i will repay (4), he must make restitution (3), was completed (3), must pay back (2), must make restitution (2), he repays (2), they made peace (2), he must pay (2), pay (2), and 67 other renderings

Verses

Every verse with Salem, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

Exodus

Leviticus

Deuteronomy

Joshua

Judges

Ruth

1 Samuel

2 Samuel

1 Kings

2 Kings

1 Chronicles

2 Chronicles

Nehemiah

Job

Psalms

Proverbs

Ecclesiastes

Isaiah

Jeremiah

Ezekiel

Hosea

Joel

Jonah

Nahum

Notes

  1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
  2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).
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