שְׁלֵוָה
shᵉlêvâh · H7963 · Aramaic · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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at ease, at peace
State in which humans can live without fear or concerns, which is either or not appropriate depending on the situation
ExamplesDaniel 4:27 ‘Therefore, O king, may my advice be pleasing to you: wipe away your sin by doing righteousness, and your wrongdoings by showing mercy to the poor, in case there may be a prolonging of your prosperity.’
How it’s used In 2 roles
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
Whose, or of whatGenitive or possessive
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- ךָyour 1
After prepositionsPrepositional phrases
1 occurrences in 1 groups
- לto/for 2
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 1 word
- מְנוּחָה mᵉnûwchâh · H4496 · rest, peace of mind, peace
- Hebrew noun denoting rest and tranquillity, semantically overlaps with the state of quietness/tranquillity expressed by שְׁלֵוָה
Contrasting words 2 words
- מְהוּמָה mᵉhûwmâh · H4103 · consternation
- Hebrew term for tumult and confusion, the direct opposite of tranquillity/quietness
- רֹגֶז rôgez · H7267 · turmoil, excitement, anger
- Hebrew noun denoting agitation and turmoil, lexical opposite of the tranquillity expressed by שְׁלֵוָה
In the other Testament 2 words
- εἰρήνη eirḗnē · G1515 · peace, tranquility, freedom from worry
- Greek standard term for peace and tranquillity, direct translation equivalent for the Hebrew concept of שְׁלֵוָה (tranquillity/quiet state)
- ἡσυχία hēsychía · G2271 · quiet circumstances, undisturbed life, silence
- Greek term specifically denoting quietness and tranquillity, closely matches the semantic range of שְׁלֵוָה
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Confident002001002003
- Daniel 4:27 recounts that “wipe away your sin by doing righteousness... in case there may be a prolonging of your prosperity.”
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7963. shelevah [שְׁלֵוָה] noun feminine ease, prosperity; — suffix שְׁלֵוְתָךְ Dan 4:24.
[שְׁלֵוָה] noun feminine ease, prosperity; — suffix שְׁלֵוְתָךְ Dan 4:24.
Brown, Driver and Briggs, A Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain
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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