H7962 - שַׁלְוָה (shalvâh)

H7962 שַׁלְוָה (shalvâh) shal-vaw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

ease

Strong's Definition

security (genuine or false)

Derivation: from H7951 (שָׁלָה);

KJV Usage: abundance, peace(-ably), prosperity, quietness.

TWOT Reference: 2392d

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) quietness, ease, prosperity

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

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

G1515 G1819

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

quietness, ease, prosperity Aramaic equivalent: she.le.vah (שְׁלֵוָה "ease" H7963)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

שַׁלְוָה shalvâh BDB Definition: 1) quietness, ease, prosperity Part of Speech: noun feminine A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: from H7951 Same Word by TWOT Number: 2392d Total KJV Occurrences: 8

Bible Occurrences (8)

122:7

1:32 17:1

22:21

16:49

8:25 11:21 11:24

Proverbs 1:32

For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Proverbs 17:1

Better a dry morsel in quietness than a house full of feasting with strife.

Jeremiah 22:21

I warned you when you were secure. You said, I will not listen. This has been your way from youth, that you have not obeyed My voice.

Ezekiel 16:49

Now this was the iniquity of your sister Sodom: She and her daughters... were arrogant, overfed..., and complacent...; they did not help the poor and needy.

Daniel 8:25

Through his craft and by his hand, he will cause deceit to prosper, and in his own mind he will make himself great. In a time of peace he will destroy many, and he will even stand against the Prince of princes. Yet he will be broken off, but not by [human] hands.

Daniel 11:21

In his place a despicable person will arise; royal honors will not be given to him, but he will come in a time of peace and seize the kingdom by intrigue.

Daniel 11:24

In a time of peace, he will invade the richest provinces and do what his fathers and forefathers... never did. He will lavish plunder, loot, and wealth [on his followers],... and he will plot... against the strongholds — but only for a time.