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שָׁלוֹם
shâlôwm · Hebrew · Strong's H7965 · 237 occurrences
The KJV renders 25 different Hebrew and Greek words as “rest”
What it means
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
or שָׁלֹם; from H7999 (שָׁלַם);
How the KJV renders it
familiar, favour, health, such as be at peaceable, ably, prosperity, ous, rest, safe, salute, welfare, be well
Where that flattens a distinction
The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.
“rest”
also renders kataskēnóō (G2681), sabbatismós (G4520), epíloipos (G1954), eirḗnē (G1515), ánesis (G425), hēsycházō (G2270), katapaúō (G2664), katápausis (G2663), loipoí (G3062), anápausis (G372), dᵉmîy (H1824), dâmam (H1826), châdal (H2308), chûwl (H2342), chârash (H2790), mânôwach (H4494), mᵉnûwchâh (H4496), margôwaʻ (H4771), pûwgâh (H6314), shᵉʼâr (H7606), shᵉʼêrîyth (H7611), shabbâthôwn (H7677), shâkan (H7931), sârîyd (H8300)
“favour”
“health”
“prosperity”
also renders ṭôwb (H2896)
“ous”
also renders chará (G5479)
“safe”
also renders asphalḗs (G804)
“welfare”
also renders ṭôwb (H2896)
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Where it appears
237 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.
1 Chronicles 12:17 · HR/Ncmsa
David went out to meet them, and answered them, “If you have come peaceably to me to help me, my heart will be united with you; but if you have come to betray me to my adversaries, since there is no wrong in my hands, may the God of our fathers see this and rebuke it.”
1 Chronicles 12:18 · HC/Ncmsa
Then the Spirit came on Amasai, who was chief of the thirty, and he said, “We are yours, David, and on your side, you son of Jesse. Peace, peace be to you, and peace be to your helpers; for your God helps you.” Then David received them and made them captains of the band.
1 Chronicles 18:10 · HR/Ncmsa
he sent Hadoram his son to King David to greet him and to bless him, because he had fought against Hadadezer and struck him (for Hadadezer had wars with Tou); and he had with him all kinds of vessels of gold and silver and bronze.
1 Chronicles 22:9 · HC/Ncmsa
Behold, a son shall be born to you, who shall be a man of peace. I will give him rest from all his enemies all around; for his name shall be Solomon, and I will give peace and quietness to Israel in his days.
1 Kings 2:5 · HR/Ncmsa
“Moreover you know also what Joab the son of Zeruiah did to me, even what he did to the two captains of the armies of Israel, to Abner the son of Ner and to Amasa the son of Jether, whom he killed, and shed the blood of war in peace, and put the blood of war on his sash that was around his waist and in his sandals that were on his feet.
1 Kings 2:6 · HR/Ncmsa
Do therefore according to your wisdom, and don’t let his gray head go down to Sheol in peace.
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