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שָׁלֵם

sa.lemto completeHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb116 occurrences25 books107 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications)
Traditional renderings: make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-) pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, × surely.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שָׁלֵם:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

116 total
  1. Isaiah 66:6מְשַׁלֵּ֥ם · repaying
    Hear the uproar from the city; listen to the voice from the temple! It is the voice of the LORD, repaying His enemies what they deserve!
  2. Jeremiah 16:18וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֣י · repay them
    And I will first repay them double their iniquity and their sin, because they have defiled My land with the carcasses of their detestable idols, and they have filled My inheritance with their abominations.”
  3. Jeremiah 18:20הַיְשֻׁלַּ֤ם · be repaid
    Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
  4. Jeremiah 25:14וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֥י · and I will repay
    For many nations and great kings will enslave them, and I will repay them according to their deeds and according to the work of their hands.’”
  5. Jeremiah 32:18וּמְשַׁלֵּם֙ · but lay
    You show loving devotion to thousands but lay the iniquity of the fathers into the laps of their children after them, O great and mighty God whose name is the LORD of Hosts,
  6. Jeremiah 50:29שַׁלְּמוּ־ · Repay
    Summon the archers against Babylon, all who string the bow. Encamp all around her; let no one escape. Repay her according to her deeds; do to her as she has done. For she has defied the LORD, the Holy One of Israel.
  7. Jeremiah 51:6מְשַׁלֵּ֖ם · will pay
    Flee from Babylon! Escape with your lives! Do not be destroyed in her punishment. For this is the time of the LORD’s vengeance; He will pay her what she deserves.
  8. Jeremiah 51:24וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֨י · I will repay
    Before your very eyes I will repay Babylon and all the dwellers of Chaldea for all the evil they have done in Zion,” declares the LORD.
  9. Jeremiah 51:56שַׁלֵּ֥ם · He will repay in full; יְשַׁלֵּֽם׃
    For a destroyer is coming against her—against Babylon. Her warriors will be captured, and their bows will be broken, for the LORD is a God of retribution; He will repay in full.
  10. Ezekiel 33:15יְשַׁלֵּ֔ם · makes restitution
    …if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.
  11. Hosea 14:2וּֽנְשַׁלְּמָ֥ה · that we may present
    Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.
  12. Joel 2:25וְשִׁלַּמְתִּ֤י · I will repay
    I will repay you for the years eaten by locusts—the swarming locust, the young locust, the destroying locust, and the devouring locust—My great army that I sent against you.
  13. Joel 3:4מְשַׁלְּמִ֣ים · rendering
    Now what do you have against Me, O Tyre, Sidon, and all the regions of Philistia? Are you rendering against Me a recompense? If you retaliate against Me, I will swiftly and speedily return your recompense upon your heads.
  14. Jonah 2:9אֲשַׁלֵּ֑מָה · I will fulfill
    But I, with the voice of thanksgiving, will sacrifice to You. I will fulfill what I have vowed. Salvation is from the LORD!”
  15. Nahum 1:15שַׁלְּמִ֣י · fulfill
    Look to the mountains—the feet of one who brings good news, who proclaims peace! Celebrate your feasts, O Judah; fulfill your vows. For the wicked will never again march through you; they will be utterly cut off.