Hebrew · Strong's H7999 · Verb
שָׁלֵם
sa·lem
to complete
103times used
94verses
23books
How it's translated
- he will repay7
- he will make restitution7
- i will pay5
- and i will repay4
- he will make compensation3
- i will repay3
- and it was complete3
- certainly make compensation2
Definition
1) to be complete, be sound
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be complete, be finished, be ended
1a2) to be sound, be uninjured
1b) (Piel)
1b1) to complete, finish
1b2) to make safe
1b3) to make whole or good, restore, make compensation
The forms it takes
Stem
Form
- Imperfect (yiqtol) 53% incomplete: ongoing, future or possible
- Weqatal (“and he will”) 9% and then …: future or instructions
- Infinitive 9% “to …”, or for emphasis
- Participle 9% one who is doing
- Perfect (qatal) 7% a complete action, usually past
- Wayyiqtol (“and he did”) 6% and then …: the storyteller’s past
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Between Hebrew and Greek
The Greek Old Testament (the Septuagint), the Bible the first Christians often quoted, translates this word as:
Where it appears
Genesisacross the Old TestamentMalachi
- Psalms16
- Exodus14
- Job9
- Proverbs9
- Isaiah9
- Jeremiah8
- Leviticus4
- 2 Samuel4
- Deuteronomy3
- 1 Kings2
…and 13 more books.
Every verse
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