Prosperity
שָׁ֫לוּStrong’s H7959shelev (she-lev)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Shelev is the Hebrew word usually translated “prosperity my”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“And in my prosperity I said, I shall never be moved.”
Meaning
- Ease, prosperity
How it's translated
- in prosperity my 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 1
1 book in all.
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Hebrew dictionary
שָׁ֫לוּ shelev · prosperity
ease, prosperity
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “prosperity” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PROSPER'ITY, noun
[Latin prosperitas.]
Advance or gain in any thing good or desirable; successful progress in any business or enterprise; success; attainment of the object desired; as the prosperity of arts; agricultural or commercial prosperity; national prosperity Our disposition to abuse the blessings of providence renders prosperity dangerous.
- “The prosperity of fools shall destroy them” Proverbs 1:32
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 Hebrew, not from any one translation.