Word Study · Strong's H8001 · Hebrew
שְׁלָם
shelam
shel-awm'
Strong's 1890 spelling: shᵉlâm
“prosperity”
Strong's Dictionary · 1890 · public domain
prosperity
Rendered in the KJV as
peace.
- 4occurrencesin the Old Testament
- 2 of 39Old Testament bookswhere the word stands
- 3inflected formsdistinct spellings
Across 4 occurrences
The word itself
Inflected forms · 3
- שְׁלָמְכ֥וֹן2
- שְׁלָ֖ם1
- שְׁלָמָ֥א1
How it is rendered · 3
- peace your2
- peace1
- peace the1
The sense the word carries at each spot — how the translators read it there, not a fixed translation.
How it parses · 3
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural2
- noun · masculine or feminine singular1
- noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)1
Show the grammar codes as tagged
- ANcbsc/Sp2mp · 2
- ANcbsa · 1
- ANcbsd/Ta · 1
All 4, in canonical order
The ledger of occurrences
Where this word lives
Ezra carries the most and opens below; every other book is one click.
Ezra2 occurrences
- Ezra 4:17שְׁלָ֖םshelamnoun · masculine or feminine singularThen the king sent this reply: To Rehum the commander, Shimshai the scribe, and the rest of your associates living in Samaria and elsewhere in the region west of the Euphrates: Greetings.here: peace
- Ezra 5:7שְׁלָמָ֥אshelama'noun · masculine or feminine singular · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)The report they sent him read as follows: To King Darius: All peace.here: peace the
Daniel2 occurrences
- Daniel 4:1שְׁלָמְכ֥וֹןshelamekhonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralKing Nebuchadnezzar, To the people of every nation and language who dwell in all the earth: May your prosperity be multiplied.here: peace your
- Daniel 6:25שְׁלָמְכ֥וֹןshelamekhonnoun · masculine or feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluralThen King Darius wrote to the people of every nation and language throughout the land: “May your prosperity abound.here: peace your