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שָׁלַם H7999
H7999 is the Hebrew word שָׁלַם, transliterated shâlam and said shaw-lam'. The King James Version most often renders it pay.
What it means
to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications).
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 61 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-) pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, [idiom] surely.
Verses using שָׁלַם
The first 40 of 90 verses, quoted in full.
Genesis 44:4 · KJV
And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
Exodus 21:34 · KJV
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
Exodus 21:36 · KJV
Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
Exodus 22:1 · KJV
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
Exodus 22:3 · KJV
If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
Exodus 22:4 · KJV
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
Exodus 22:6 · KJV
If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
Exodus 22:7 · KJV
If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man’s house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
Exodus 22:9 · KJV
For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing, which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
Exodus 22:12 · KJV
And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
Exodus 22:13 · KJV
If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
Exodus 22:14 · KJV
And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
Exodus 22:15 · KJV
But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
Leviticus 5:16 · KJV
And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 6:5 · KJV
Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.
Leviticus 24:18 · KJV
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
Leviticus 24:21 · KJV
And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
Deuteronomy 7:10 · KJV
And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
Deuteronomy 20:12 · KJV
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
Deuteronomy 23:21 · KJV
When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
Deuteronomy 32:41 · KJV
If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
Joshua 10:1 · KJV
Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
Joshua 10:4 · KJV
Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
Joshua 11:19 · KJV
There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.
Judges 1:7 · KJV
And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
Ruth 2:12 · KJV
The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
1 Samuel 24:19 · KJV
For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.
2 Samuel 3:39 · KJV
And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
2 Samuel 10:19 · KJV
And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.
2 Samuel 12:6 · KJV
And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
2 Samuel 15:7 · KJV
And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.
2 Samuel 20:19 · KJV
I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
1 Kings 7:51 · KJV
So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.
1 Kings 9:25 · KJV
And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.
1 Kings 22:44 · KJV
And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
2 Kings 4:7 · KJV
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
2 Kings 9:26 · KJV
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 19:19 · KJV
And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
2 Chronicles 5:1 · KJV
Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
Nehemiah 6:15 · KJV
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
Common questions
What does Strong's H7999 mean?
H7999 is the Hebrew word שָׁלַם (shâlam), meaning to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications).
How is H7999 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it pay (16 times), restore (6 times), made peace (6 times), render (6 times), recompense (5 times), among others.
How many times does H7999 appear in the Bible?
שָׁלַם (shâlam) is tagged in 90 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H7999 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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