Peace offering
שֶׁ֫לֶםStrong’s H8002shelem (she-lem)
Appears in 84 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shelem is the Hebrew word usually translated “peace offerings”, “peace offering” and “peace offering his”. It appears in 84 verses of the Old Testament.
“An altar of earth thou shalt make unto me, and shalt sacrifice thereon thy burnt offerings, and thy peace offerings, thy sheep, and thine oxen: in all places where I record my name I will come unto thee, and I will bless thee.”
Meaning
- Peace offering, requital, sacrifice for alliance or friendshipvoluntary sacrifice of thanks
How it's translated
- the peace offerings 25
- peace offerings 14
- the peace offering 10
- and peace offerings 7
- peace offering 6
- peace offering his 5
- peace offerings your 4
- and the peace offerings 4
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Leviticus 29
- Numbers 19
- 2 Chronicles 5
- Ezekiel 5
- Exodus 4
- 1 Kings 4
15 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Exodus 24:5And he sent young men of the children of Israel, which offered burnt offerings, and sacrificed peace offerings of oxen unto the LORD.
- Exodus 29:28And it shall be Aaron’s and his sons’ by a statute for ever from the children of Israel: for it is an heave offering: and it shall be an heave offering from the children of Israel of the sacrifice of their peace offerings, even their heave offering unto the LORD.
- Exodus 32:6And they rose up early on the morrow, and offered burnt offerings, and brought peace offerings; and the people sat down to eat and to drink, and rose up to play.
- Leviticus 3:1And if his oblation be a sacrifice of peace offering, if he offer it of the herd; whether it be a male or female, he shall offer it without blemish before the LORD.
- Leviticus 3:3And he shall offer of the sacrifice of the peace offering an offering made by fire unto the LORD; the fat that covereth the inwards, and all the fat that is upon the inwards,
- Leviticus 3:6And if his offering for a sacrifice of peace offering unto the LORD be of the flock; male or female, he shall offer it without blemish.
All 84 verses, by book
Hebrew dictionary
שֶׁ֫לֶם shelem · peace offering
1) peace offering, requital, sacrifice for alliance or friendship 1a) voluntary sacrifice of thanks
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.