H7951: שָׁלָה
shâlâh · pronounced shaw-law' · “to prosper”
Definition
to be tranquil, i.e. secure or successful
KJV translates it as: be happy, prosper, be in safety.
Word origin: or שָׁלַו; (Job 3:26), a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be or have quiet
1a2) to be at ease, prosper
Aramaic equivalent: she.lah (שְׁלֵה "safe" H7954)
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7951 is translated
- i am at ease ×1
- they are at peace ×1
- may they be at ease ×1
- are they at ease? ×1
- they are at ease ×1
Bible verses with H7951 (shâlâh)
Shâlâh appears in 5 verses.
- Job 3:26
I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
- Job 12:6
The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
- Psalms 122:6
Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
- Jeremiah 12:1
Righteous art thou, O Lord, when I plead with thee: yet let me talk with thee of thy judgments: Wherefore doth the way of the wicked prosper? wherefore are all they happy that deal very treacherously?
- Lamentations 1:5
Her adversaries are the chief, her enemies prosper; for the Lord hath afflicted her for the multitude of her transgressions: her children are gone into captivity before the enemy.