To prosper
צְלַחStrong’s H6744tselach (tse-lach)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Tselach is the Aramaic word usually translated “prospering”, “caused to prosper” and “prospered”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“Then the king promoted Shadrach, Meshach, and Abednego, in the province of Babylon.”
Meaning
- To prosper(Aphel)
How it's translated
- and prospering 2
- he caused to prosper 1
- he prospered 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 2
- Daniel 2
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 6:28In contextSo this Daniel prospered in the reign of Darius, and in the reign of Cyrus the Persian.
- Ezra 5:8Be it known unto the king, that we went into the province of Judea, to the house of the great God, which is builded with great stones, and timber is laid in the walls, and this work goeth fast on, and prospereth in their hands.
- Ezra 6:14And the elders of the Jews builded, and they prospered through the prophesying of Haggai the prophet and Zechariah the son of Iddo. And they builded, and finished it, according to the commandment of the God of Israel, and according to the commandment of Cyrus, and Darius, and Artaxerxes king of Persia.
Aramaic dictionary
צְלַח tselach · to prosper
1) to prosper 1a) (Aphel) 1a1) to cause to prosper 1a2) show prosperity, be prosperous, have success, be successful
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “prosper” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PROS'PER, verb transitive
[Latin prospero, from prosperus, from the Gr. to carry to or toward; to bear.]
To favor; to render successful.
All definitions and other forms of “prosper”
PROS'PER, verb intransitive
To be successful; to succeed.
- “The Lord made all that he did to prosper in his hand” Genesis 39:3“He that covereth his sins, shall not prosper” Proverbs 28:13
- To grow or increase; to thrive; to make gain; as, to prosper in business.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.