Be complete
שְׁלֵםStrong’s H8000shelam (she-lam)
Appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shelam is the Aramaic word usually translated “finished”, “make complete” and “has finished it”. It appears in 3 verses of the Old Testament.
“This is the interpretation of the thing: MENE; God hath numbered thy kingdom, and finished it.”
Meaning
- To be complete, be finished, be sound(P'al) finished (participle) · (Aphel) to finish, bring to an end, render in full
How it's translated
- finished 1
- make complete 1
- and he has finished it 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Ezra 2
- Daniel 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Ezra 5:16Then came the same Sheshbazzar, and laid the foundation of the house of God which is in Jerusalem: and since that time even until now hath it been in building, and yet it is not finished.
- Ezra 7:19The vessels also that are given thee for the service of the house of thy God, those deliver thou before the God of Jerusalem.
Aramaic dictionary
שְׁלֵם shelam · be complete
1) to be complete, be finished, be sound 1a) (P'al) finished (participle) 1b) (Aphel) to finish, bring to an end, render in full
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “finished” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FIN'ISHED, participle passive
- Completed; ended; done; perfected.
- adjective Complete; perfect; polished to the highest degree of excellence; as a finished poem; a finished education.
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.