שָׁלֵם

shâlêm · Hebrew · Strong's H8003 · 28 occurrences

The KJV renders 14 different Hebrew and Greek words as “perfect”

What it means

complete (literally or figuratively); especially friendly

from H7999 (שָׁלַם);

How the KJV renders it

full, just, made ready, peaceable, perfect, quiet, shalem, whole

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“perfect”

also renders akribōs (G199), téleios (G5046), ártios (G739), plēróō (G4137), katartízō (G2675), gâmar (H1584), gᵉmar (H1585), kûwn (H3559), kâlîyl (H3632), kâlal (H3634), taklîyth (H8503), tâm (H8535), tâmîym (H8549)

“full”

also renders korénnymi (G2880), mestós (G3324), plḗrēs (G4134), plḗthō (G4130), plḗrōma (G4138), kâlâh (H3617), mâlêʼ (H4392), rab (H7227), sâbêaʻ (H7649), shâlam (H7999), tâmîym (H8549)

“whole”

also renders hápas (G537), hólos (G3650), hygiḗs (G5199), holóklēros (G3648), pâs (G3956), hygiaínō (G5198), kôl (H3605), kôl (H3606), tâmîym (H8549), tâmam (H8552)

“quiet”

also renders ḗremos (G2263), hēsýchios (G2272), katastéllō (G2687), mᵉnûwchâh (H4496), nûwach (H5117), Nachath (H5183), shaʼănân (H7600), shâlêv (H7961)

“just”

also renders éndikos (G1738), díkaios (G1342), tsaddîyq (H6662)

“peaceable”

also renders hēsýchios (G2272), eirēnikós (G1516), shâlêv (H7961)

Where it appears

28 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 27 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 12:38 HR/Ncmsa1 Chronicles 28:9 HAamsa1 Chronicles 29:9 HAamsa1 Chronicles 29:19 HAamsa1 Kings 6:7 HAafsa1 Kings 8:61 HAamsa1 Kings 11:4 HAamsa1 Kings 15:3 HAamsa1 Kings 15:14 HAamsa2 Chronicles 8:16 HAamsa2 Chronicles 15:17 HAamsa2 Chronicles 16:9 HAamsa2 Chronicles 19:9 HAamsa2 Chronicles 25:2 HAamsa2 Kings 20:3 HAamsaAmos 1:6 HAafsaAmos 1:9 HAafsaDeuteronomy 25:15 HAafsaDeuteronomy 27:6 HAafpaGenesis 15:16 HAamsaGenesis 33:18 HAamsaGenesis 34:21 HAampaIsaiah 38:3 HAamsaJoshua 8:31 HAafpaNahum 1:12 HAampaProverbs 11:1 HAafsaRuth 2:12 HAafsa

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.