To complete
שָׁלֵםStrong’s H7999salem (sa-lem)
Appears in 107 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Salem is the Hebrew word usually translated “repay”, “make restitution” and “make compensation”. It appears in 107 verses of the Old Testament.
“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?”
Meaning
- To be complete, be sound(Qal) · (Piel) · (Pual) · (Hiphil)
- To be in a covenant of peace, be at peace(Qal) · (Pual) one in covenant of peace (participle) · (Hiphil) · (Hophal) to live in peace
How it's translated
- he will repay 9
- he will make restitution 9
- he will make compensation 5
- and i will repay 5
- i will pay 5
- certainly 4
- i will repay 3
- and it was complete 3
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Psalms 17
- Exodus 14
- Job 11
- Isaiah 11
- Proverbs 10
- Jeremiah 8
25 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 21:34The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
- Exodus 21:36Or 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 22:1If 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 22:3If 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 22:4If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
- Exodus 22:5If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man’s field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
All 107 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁלֵם salem · to complete
1) to be complete, be sound 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be complete, be finished, be ended 1a2) to be sound, be uninjured 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to complete, finish 1b2) to make safe 1b3) to make whole or good, restore, make compensation 1b4) to make good, pay 1b5) to requite, recompense, reward 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be performed 1c2) to be repaid, be requited 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to complete, perform 1d2) to make an end of Aramaic equivalent: she.lam (שְׁלֵם "be complete" H8000)
שָׁלַם shalam · to ally
1) to be in a covenant of peace, be at peace 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be at peace 1a2) peaceful one (participle) 1b) (Pual) one in covenant of peace (participle) 1c) (Hiphil) 1c1) to make peace with 1c2) to cause to be at peace 1d) (Hophal) to live in peace
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “complete” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
COMPLETE, adjective
- Having no deficiency; perfect.“And ye are complete in him who is the head of all principality and power” Colossians 2:10
- Finished; ended; concluded; as, the edifice is complete
- In botany, a complete flower is one furnished with a calyx and corolla.
All definitions and other forms of “complete”
COMPLETE, verb transitive
- To finish; to end; to perfect; as, to complete a bridge, or an edifice; to complete an education.
- To fill to accomplish; as, to complete hopes or desires.
- To fulfil; to accomplish; to perform; as, the prophecy of Daniel is completed.
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.