Peace
שָׁלוֹםStrong’s H7965shalom (sha-lom)
Appears in 209 verses of the Old Testament
In short
More than the absence of trouble: wholeness, health and everything being as it should be. Priests blessed Israel with it: "The LORD ... give thee peace" (Numbers 6:26).
“The LORD lift up his countenance upon thee, and give thee peace.”
Meaning
- Completeness, soundness, welfare, peacecompleteness (in number) · safety, soundness (in body) · welfare, health, prosperity · peace, quiet, tranquillity, contentment · peace, friendship · peace (from war) · peace (as adjective)
How it's translated
- peace 116
- in peace 31
- to welfare 12
- to peace 10
- welfare of 6
- and peace 6
- well-being 6
- health 5
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 27
- Isaiah 25
- Jeremiah 25
- 1 Samuel 16
- 2 Samuel 14
- 2 Kings 14
31 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 10:19In contextAnd said, O man greatly beloved, fear not: peace be unto thee, be strong, yea, be strong. And when he had spoken unto me, I was strengthened, and said, Let my lord speak; for thou hast strengthened me.
- Zechariah 6:13In contextEven he shall build the temple of the LORD; and he shall bear the glory, and shall sit and rule upon his throne; and he shall be a priest upon his throne: and the counsel of peace shall be between them both.
- Zechariah 8:10In contextFor before these days there was no hire for man, nor any hire for beast; neither was there any peace to him that went out or came in because of the affliction: for I set all men every one against his neighbour.
- Zechariah 8:12In contextFor the seed shall be prosperous; the vine shall give her fruit, and the ground shall give her increase, and the heavens shall give their dew; and I will cause the remnant of this people to possess all these things.
- Zechariah 8:16In contextThese are the things that ye shall do; Speak ye every man the truth to his neighbour; execute the judgment of truth and peace in your gates:
- Zechariah 8:19In contextThus saith the LORD of hosts; The fast of the fourth month, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth, shall be to the house of Judah joy and gladness, and cheerful feasts; therefore love the truth and peace.
All 209 verses, by book
- Leviticus 1
- 26:6
- Ezra 1
- 9:12
- Psalms 27
- 4:828:329:1134:1435:2035:2737:1137:3738:341:955:1855:2069:2272:372:773:385:885:10119:165120:6120:7122:6122:7122:8125:5128:6147:14
- Ecclesiastes 1
- 3:8
- Song of Solomon 1
- 8:10
- Isaiah 25
- 9:69:726:326:1227:532:1732:1833:738:1739:841:345:748:1848:2252:753:554:1054:1355:1257:257:1957:2159:860:1766:12
- Jeremiah 25
- 4:106:148:118:159:812:512:1213:1914:1314:1915:516:520:1023:1725:3728:929:729:1130:533:633:934:538:438:2243:12
- Lamentations 1
- 3:17
- Daniel 1
- 10:19
- Obadiah 1
- 1:7
- Nahum 1
- 1:15
- Haggai 1
- 2:9
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁלוֹם shalom · peace
: peace 1) completeness, soundness, welfare, peace 1a) completeness (in number) 1b) safety, soundness (in body) 1c) welfare, health, prosperity 1d) peace, quiet, tranquillity, contentment 1e) peace, friendship 1e1) of human relationships 1e2) with God especially in covenant relationship 1f) peace (from war) 1g) peace (as adjective)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “peace” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PEACE, noun
[Latin pax, paco, to appease.]
- In a general sense, a state of quiet or tranquillity; freedom from disturbance or agitation; applicable to society, to individuals, or to the temper of the mind.
- Freedom from war with a foreign nation; public quiet.
- Freedom from internal commotion or civil war.
- Freedom from private quarrels, suits or disturbance.
All definitions
- Freedom from agitation or disturbance by the passions, as from fear, terror, anger, anxiety or the like; quietness of mind; tranquillity; calmness; quiet of conscience.“Great peace have they that love the law” Psalms 119:165
- Heavenly rest; the happiness of heaven.
- Harmony; concord; a state of reconciliation between parties at variance.
- Public tranquillity; that quiet, order and security which is guaranteed by the laws; as, to keep the peace; to break the peace
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.