What does Shalom mean?

Shalom (שָׁלוֹם, Strong's H7965) is a Hebrew word. Strong's defines it as safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace. The King James Bible translates it as × do, familiar, × fare, favour, friend, × great, (good) health, (× perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, (× all is, be) well, × wholly.

What is the Strong's number for Shalom?

The Strong's number for Shalom (שָׁלוֹם) is H7965. It is a Hebrew word from Strong's public-domain dictionary keyed to the King James Bible.

Bible word study

Shalom (Strong’s H7965): Meaning in the Bible

Shalom (שָׁלוֹם) is the Hebrew word numbered H7965 in Strong’s concordance of the Bible. Strong’s defines it as safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace. In the King James Bible it is translated familiar, favour, friend, (good) health, such as be at) peace(-able.

שָׁלוֹם

shâlôwm · Hebrew

Strong’s H7965 · shaw-lome'

Original wordשָׁלוֹם
Transliterationshâlôwm
Pronunciationshaw-lome'
Part of speechnoun (masculine) (n-m)
Strong’s numberH7965
LanguageHebrew

The full Strong’s definition

safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace

Derivation. or שָׁלֹם; from H7999;

How the King James Bible translates it

× do, familiar, × fare, favour, friend, × great, (good) health, (× perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, (× all is, be) well, × wholly. (The × marks places where the word shapes the phrasing rather than being rendered by a single English word.)

And Christ

Shalom is the world as it was meant to be, whole and unbroken. Isaiah calls the coming child the Prince of Peace, and Christians believe Jesus makes shalom by bearing what is broken in us.

The lexical data on this page comes from the public-domain Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890), a Hebrew and Greek dictionary keyed to the King James Bible. It is a reference tool, not a settled verdict: no single word decides a doctrine, and meaning is finally shaped by how a word is used in its sentences. Read the passages themselves, prayerfully, and in full.

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