Hebrew adjective · H8003
שָׁלֵם
shalemshaw-lame'
complete
28 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: shâlêm
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8003is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 12 of 39Old Testament books
- 17spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8003
complete (literally or figuratively); especially friendly
The King James renders it: full, just, made ready, peaceable, perfect(-ed), quiet, Shalem (by mistake for a name), whole.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
shalem is rendered "complete". It stands 28 times in the Hebrew text, across twelve books.
- Five of the uses stand in 1 Kings, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Genesis 15:16In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
- The Greek text spells it seventeen different ways.
The first use
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
Genesis 15:16שָׁלֵ֛ם
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
The word stands in twelve of the 39 Old Testament books.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- complete22
- full2
- perfect2
- at peace1
- safe1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| שָׁלַח | shalach | to send: depart | Uses845 |
| שָׁלוֹשׁ | shalosh | three | Uses432 |
| שָׁלוֹם | shalom | peace | Uses236 |
| שָׁלַךְ | shalak | to throw | Uses125 |
| שָׁלַם | shalam | to complete | Uses116 |
| שָׁלָל | shalal | spoil | Uses73 |
| שָׁלַף | shalaph | to draw | Uses25 |
| שָׁלִישׁ | shalish | third | Uses20 |
| שָׁלַל | shalal | to take | Uses16 |
| שָׁלַשׁ | shalash | to do three | Uses9 |
| שָׁלֵו | shalev | at ease | Uses8 |
| שָׁלַט | shalat | to domineer | Uses8 |
and 9 more on the stem.
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
The words it stands beside
All 28, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
17 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- שָׁלֵ֔ם5
- שָׁלֵם֙4
- שָׁלֵ֛ם3
- שָׁלֵ֖ם2
- שָׁלֵֽם׃2
- שָׁלֵ֜ם1
- שְׁלֵמָ֤ה1
- שְׁלֵמָ֛ה1
- שְׁלֵמָ֗ה1
- שְׁלֵמָ֥ה1
- שְׁלֵמָ֣ה1
- שְׁלֵמָ֖ה1
and 5 more spellings in the ledger below.
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine singular17HAamsa
- adjective · feminine singular7HAafsa
- adjective · feminine plural2HAafpa
- adjective · masculine plural2HAampa
Genesis
three uses
In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
- שָׁלֵ֛םshalemadjective · masculine singulartagged: complete
After Jacob had come from Paddan-aram, he arrived safely at the city of Shechem in the land of Canaan, and he camped just outside the city.
- שָׁלֵ֜םshalemadjective · masculine singulartagged: safe
“These men are at peace with us. Let them live and trade in our land; indeed, it is large enough for them. Let us take their daughters in marriage and give our daughters to them.
- שְֽׁלֵמִ֧יםshelemimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: at peace
Deuteronomy
three uses
You must maintain accurate and honest weights and measures, so that you may live long in the land that the LORD your God is giving you.
- שְׁלֵמָ֤הshelemahadjective · feminine singulartagged: full
- שְׁלֵמָ֛הshelemahadjective · feminine singulartagged: full
You shall build the altar of the LORD your God with uncut stones and offer upon it burnt offerings to the LORD your God.
- שְׁלֵמוֹת֙shelemotadjective · feminine pluraltagged: complete
Joshua
one use
just as Moses the servant of the LORD had commanded the Israelites. He built it according to what is written in the Book of the Law of Moses: “an altar of uncut stones on which no iron tool has been used.” And on it they offered burnt offerings to the LORD, and they sacrificed peace offerings.
- שְׁלֵמ֔וֹתshelemotadjective · feminine pluraltagged: complete
Ruth
one use
May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
- שְׁלֵמָ֗הshelemahadjective · feminine singulartagged: complete
1 Kings
five uses
The temple was constructed using finished stones cut at the quarry, so that no hammer or chisel or any other iron tool was heard in the temple while it was being built.
- שְׁלֵמָ֥הshelemahadjective · feminine singulartagged: perfect
So let your heart be fully devoted to the LORD our God, as it is this day, to walk in His statutes and to keep His commandments.”
- שָׁלֵ֔םshalemadjective · masculine singulartagged: complete
For when Solomon grew old, his wives turned his heart after other gods, and he was not wholeheartedly devoted to the LORD his God, as his father David had been.
- שָׁלֵם֙shalemadjective · masculine singulartagged: complete
And Abijam walked in all the sins that his father before him had committed, and his heart was not as fully devoted to the LORD his God as the heart of David his forefather had been.
- שָׁלֵם֙shalemadjective · masculine singulartagged: complete
The high places were not removed, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted to the LORD all his days.
- שָׁלֵ֛םshalemadjective · masculine singulartagged: complete
2 Kings
one use
“Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- שָׁלֵ֔םshalemadjective · masculine singulartagged: complete
1 Chronicles
four uses
All these men of war, arrayed for battle, came to Hebron fully determined to make David king over all Israel. And all the rest of the Israelites were of one mind to make David king.
- שָׁלֵם֙shalemadjective · masculine singulartagged: complete
As for you, Solomon my son, know the God of your father and serve Him wholeheartedly and with a willing mind, for the LORD searches every heart and understands the intent of every thought. If you seek Him, He will be found by you; but if you forsake Him, He will reject you forever.
- שָׁלֵם֙shalemadjective · masculine singulartagged: complete
And the people rejoiced at the willing response of their leaders, for they had given to the LORD freely and wholeheartedly. And King David also rejoiced greatly.
- שָׁלֵ֔םshalemadjective · masculine singulartagged: complete
And give my son Solomon a whole heart to keep and carry out all Your commandments, decrees, and statutes, and to build Your palace for which I have made provision.”
- שָׁלֵ֔םshalemadjective · masculine singulartagged: complete
2 Chronicles
five uses
Thus all the work of Solomon was carried out, from the day the foundation was laid for the house of the LORD until it was finished. So the house of the LORD was completed.
- שָׁלֵ֖םshalemadjective · masculine singulartagged: complete
The high places were not removed from Israel, but Asa’s heart was fully devoted all his days.
- שָׁלֵ֖םshalemadjective · masculine singulartagged: complete
For the eyes of the LORD roam to and fro over all the earth, to show Himself strong on behalf of those whose hearts are fully devoted to Him. You have acted foolishly in this matter. From now on, therefore, you will be at war.”
- שָׁלֵ֛םshalemadjective · masculine singulartagged: complete
He commanded them, saying, “You must serve faithfully and wholeheartedly in the fear of the LORD.
- שָׁלֵֽם׃shalemadjective · masculine singulartagged: complete
And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, but not wholeheartedly.
- שָׁלֵֽם׃shalemadjective · masculine singulartagged: complete
Proverbs
one use
Dishonest scales are an abomination to the LORD, but an accurate weight is His delight.
- שְׁלֵמָ֣הshelemahadjective · feminine singulartagged: perfect
Isaiah
one use
saying, “Please, O LORD, remember how I have walked before You faithfully and with wholehearted devotion; I have done what was good in Your sight.” And Hezekiah wept bitterly.
- שָׁלֵ֔םshalemadjective · masculine singulartagged: complete
Amos
two uses
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Gaza, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they exiled a whole population, delivering them up to Edom.
- שְׁלֵמָ֖הshelemahadjective · feminine singulartagged: complete
This is what the LORD says: “For three transgressions of Tyre, even four, I will not revoke My judgment, because they delivered up a whole congregation of exiles to Edom and broke a covenant of brotherhood.
- שְׁלֵמָה֙shelemahadjective · feminine singulartagged: complete
Nahum
one use
This is what the LORD says: “Though they are allied and numerous, yet they will be cut down and pass away. Though I have afflicted you, O Judah, I will afflict you no longer.
- שְׁלֵמִים֙shelemimadjective · masculine pluraltagged: complete
The letters
Gematria 370· 930 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.