Strong’s H7999 · Hebrew

שָׁלַם
shâlam
shaw-lam'

Definition

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)

Etymology

a primitive root;

How the KJV renders it

  • 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

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.