Quick Definition
to prosper
Strong's Definition
to be tranquil, i.e. secure or successful
Derivation: or שָׁלַו; (Job 3:26), a primitive root;
KJV Usage: be happy, prosper, be in safety.
TWOT Reference: 2392
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שָׁלָה (sha.lah) — to prosper. 1) to be at rest, prosper, be quiet, be at ease 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be or have quiet 1a2) to be at ease, prosper Aramaic equivalent: she.lah (שְׁלֵה "safe" H7954)
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · שָׁלֵו · שָׁלוּ · שַׁלְוָה · שְׁלִי · שִׁלְיָה · שְׁלֵה
Confident | verb qal | ≈ בַּטֻּחֹות · נוח · שָׁלֹום · שׁקט | ≠ רֹגֶז
to be at ease, to be at peace = state in which humans can live without fear or concerns, which is either or not appropriate depending on the situation
Lazy | verb nif
to be negligent literally: to be at ease; hence: = state in which humans are unconcerned about matters to the extent that it becomes problematic
Confident | verb hif
to give false hopes = causative action by which humans take away other humans' concern about a certain matter without a good reason
verb
Dead | verb qal | ≈ בצע
Collocation: שׁלה נֶפֶשׁ
to take away (someone's) life = causative action by which deities cause a person's life to end
1 JOB 27:8 RSV NIV NJPS NRSV REB ESV | NJB "raises ... soul" = נשׂא | GNT "demands ... life" = שׁאל
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[שָׁלָה, שָׁלֵו] vb. be quiet, at ease Qal be (have) quiet
be at ease, prosper
Niph. be not negligent
Hiph. do not mislead me
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