H5545 סָלַח (çâlach) saw-lakh'

Hebrew

Verb (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

to forgive

Strong's Definition

to forgive

Derivation: a primitive root;

KJV Usage: forgive, pardon, spare.

TWOT Reference: 1505

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) to forgive, pardon

1a) (Qal) to forgive, pardon

1b) (Niphal) to be forgiven

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G851 G863 G2433 G2436 G2511 G3403

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

סָלַח (sa.lach) — to forgive. 1) to forgive, pardon 1a) (Qal) to forgive, pardon 1b) (Niphal) to be forgiven

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

סלח (H5545)

verb · סַלָּח · סְלִיחָה

Innocent | verb qal, verb nif

to forgive = action by which deities let go of any anger or resentment with regard to the wrongdoing of humans

EXO 34:9 · LEV 4:20 · LEV 4:26 · LEV 4:31 · LEV 4:35 · LEV 5:10 · LEV 5:13 · LEV 5:16 · LEV 5:18 · LEV 5:26 · LEV 19:22 · NUM 14:19 · NUM 14:20 · NUM 15:25 · NUM 15:26 · NUM 15:28 · NUM 30:6 · NUM 30:9 · NUM 30:13 · DEU 29:19 · 1KI 8:30 · 1KI 8:34 · 1KI 8:36 · 1KI 8:39 · 1KI 8:50 · 2KI 5:18 · 2KI 5:18 · 2KI 24:4 · 2CH 6:21 · 2CH 6:25 · 2CH 6:27 · 2CH 6:30 · 2CH 6:39 · 2CH 7:14 · PSA 25:11 · PSA 103:3 · ISA 55:7 · JER 5:1 · JER 5:7 · JER 31:34 · JER 33:8 · JER 36:3 · JER 50:20 · LAM 3:42 · DAN 9:19 · AMO 7:2

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[סָלַח] vb. forgive, pardon Qal forgive, pardon

Niph. term.techn. in code of P, it shall be forgiven him

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Bible Occurrences (45)

34:9

4:20 4:26 4:31 4:35 5:10 5:13 5:16 5:18 6:7 19:22

14:19 14:20 15:25 15:26 15:28 30:5 30:8 30:12

29:20

8:30 8:34 8:36 8:39 8:50

5:18 24:4

6:21 6:25 6:27 6:30 6:39 7:14

25:11 103:3

55:7

5:1 5:7 31:34 33:8 36:3 50:20

3:42

9:19

7:2

Exodus 34:9

O Lord, he said, if I have indeed found favor in Your sight, my Lord, please go... with us. Although this is a stiff-necked... people, forgive our iniquity and sin, and take us as Your inheritance.

Leviticus 4:20

He shall offer this bull just as he did the bull for the sin offering; in this way the priest will make atonement on their behalf, and they will be forgiven....

Leviticus 4:26

He must burn all its fat on the altar, like the fat of the peace offerings; thus the priest will make atonement for that man’s sin, and he will be forgiven.

Leviticus 4:31

Then he is to remove all the fat, just as [it] is removed from the peace offering, and the priest is to burn it on the altar as a pleasing aroma to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him, and he will be forgiven.

Leviticus 4:35

And he shall remove all the fat, just as the fat of the lamb is removed from the peace offerings, and [he] shall burn it on the altar along with the food offerings to the LORD. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.

Leviticus 5:10

And [the priest] must prepare the second [bird] as a burnt offering according to the ordinance. In this way the priest will make atonement for him for the sin he has committed, and he will be forgiven.

Leviticus 5:13

In this way the priest will make atonement for him for any of these sins he has committed, and he will be forgiven. The remainder will belong to the priest, like the grain offering.

Leviticus 5:16

Regarding any holy thing he has harmed..., he must make restitution by adding a fifth of its value to it and giving it to the priest, [who] will make atonement on his behalf with the ram as a guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.