שְׁלָה
shᵉlâh · H7954 · Aramaic · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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at ease, at peace
State in which humans are without fear or concerns, which is either or not appropriate depending on the situation
ExamplesDaniel 4:4 “I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and happy in my palace.
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
What is done to itIt is the object
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- הָוָאto be 1
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Near synonyms 2 words
- שָׁקַט shâqaṭ · H8252 · to be quiet, to be still
- Hebrew verb meaning 'to be quiet, to be at rest, to be undisturbed,' semantically very close to שְׁלָה in denoting a state of rest or tranquility, and not part of the שׁלה/שׁלו cognate family.
- נוּחַ nûwach · H5117 · to wait, to pause, to rest
- Hebrew verb meaning 'to rest, to settle, to be at rest,' another standard synonym for being in a state of rest or repose, distinct from the שׁלה root family.
Contrasting words 2 words
- רָגַז râgaz · H7264 · to tremble, to shake, to quake
- Hebrew verb meaning 'to tremble, to quake, to be agitated or disturbed,' the lexical opposite of being at rest or tranquil.
- הָמָה hâmâh · H1993 · to moan, to groan, to roar
- Hebrew verb meaning 'to roar, to be in commotion, to be turbulent or restless,' antonymous to the state of rest denoted by שְׁלָה.
In the other Testament 2 words
- ἡσυχάζω hēsycházō · G2270 · to rest, to live a quiet life
- Greek verb meaning 'to be quiet, to rest, to be at rest,' a standard translation equivalent for the Hebrew root שׁלה/שׁלו in its sense of being at rest or tranquil.
- ἀναπαύω anapaúō · G373 · to cause to rest, to give rest, rest
- Greek verb meaning 'to rest, to cause to rest,' commonly used to translate Hebrew terms for rest and repose, including forms from the שׁלה/שׁלו root.
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Confident002001002003
- Daniel 4:4 recounts that “I, Nebuchadnezzar, was at ease in my house and happy in my palace.”
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7954. sheleh שְׁלֵה adjective at ease (Egyptian Aramaic Cooke210); — ׳שׁ בְּ הֲוֵית Dan…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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