Peace
שְׁלָםStrong’s H8001shelam (she-lam)
Appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shelam is the Aramaic word usually translated “peace your”, “peace” and “peace the”. It appears in 4 verses of the Old Testament.
“Nebuchadnezzar the king, unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.”
Meaning
- Welfare, prosperity, peace, well-being
How it's translated
- peace your 2
- peace 1
- peace the 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 6:25In contextThen king Darius wrote unto all people, nations, and languages, that dwell in all the earth; Peace be multiplied unto you.
- Ezra 4:17Then sent the king an answer unto Rehum the chancellor, and to Shimshai the scribe, and to the rest of their companions that dwell in Samaria, and unto the rest beyond the river, Peace, and at such a time.
- Ezra 5:7They sent a letter unto him, wherein was written thus; Unto Darius the king, all peace.
Aramaic dictionary
שְׁלָם shelam · peace
welfare, prosperity, peace, well-being Aramaic of sha.lom (שָׁלוֹם ": peace" H7965)
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 Aramaic, not from any one translation.