Complete
שָׁלֵםStrong’s H8003shalem (sha-lem)
Appears in 27 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Shalem is the Hebrew word usually translated “complete”, “full” and “perfect”. It appears in 27 verses of the Old Testament.
“But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.”
Meaning
- Complete, safe, peaceful, perfect, whole, full, at peacecomplete · safe, unharmed · peace (of covenant of peace, mind)
How it's translated
- complete 22
- full 2
- perfect 2
- safe 1
- at peace 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- 1 Kings 5
- 2 Chronicles 5
- 1 Chronicles 4
- Genesis 3
- Deuteronomy 2
- Amos 2
12 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Genesis 33:18And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padanaram; and pitched his tent before the city.
- Genesis 34:21These men are peaceable with us; therefore let them dwell in the land, and trade therein; for the land, behold, it is large enough for them; let us take their daughters to us for wives, and let us give them our daughters.
- Deuteronomy 25:15But thou shalt have a perfect and just weight, a perfect and just measure shalt thou have: that thy days may be lengthened in the land which the LORD thy God giveth thee.
- Deuteronomy 27:6Thou shalt build the altar of the LORD thy God of whole stones: and thou shalt offer burnt offerings thereon unto the LORD thy God:
- Joshua 8:31As Moses the servant of the LORD commanded the children of Israel, as it is written in the book of the law of Moses, an altar of whole stones, over which no man hath lift up any iron: and they offered thereon burnt offerings unto the LORD, and sacrificed peace offerings.
- Ruth 2:12The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
Hebrew dictionary
שָׁלֵם shalem · complete
1) complete, safe, peaceful, perfect, whole, full, at peace 1a) complete 1a1) full, perfect 1a2) finished 1b) safe, unharmed 1c) peace (of covenant of peace, mind) 1c1) perfect, complete (of keeping covenant relation)
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.