שָׁלַם

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)

Etymology & 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.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to be in a covenant of peace, be at peace
• 2.(qal)
• 3.(qal)
• 4.(piel)
• 5.(pual) one in covenant of peace (participle)
• 6.to be complete, be sound
• 7.(hiphil)
• 8.(pual)
• 9.(hophal) to live in peace
• 10.(hiphil)

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: shâlam; Pronunciation: shaw-lam'