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Strong's H7999 שָׁלַם (shalam)

Shalam means “make amends” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H7999
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 107
Books 25

Strong's H7999 Quick Answer

Strong's H7999 שָׁלַם (shalam) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shalam (shaw-lam') v. 1. to be safe (in mind, body or estate) 2. (figuratively) to be completed It has 107 linked Bible usages across 25 books. Visible English usage signals include make, have, and mind. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
shalam (shaw-lam') v. 1. to be safe (in mind, body or estate) 2. (figuratively) to be completed
Usage
107 linked usages
Books
25 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
make, have, and mind

Meaning and Definition

shalam (shaw-lam') v. 1. to be safe (in mind, body or estate) 2. (figuratively) to be completed 3. (causatively) to make completed 4. (by implication) to be friendly 5. (by extension) to reciprocate (in various applications) [a primitive root] KJV: make amends, (make an) end, finish, full, give again, make good, (re-)pay (again), (make) (to) (be at) peace(-able), that is perfect, perform, (make) prosper(-ous), recompense, render, requite, make restitution, restore, reward, X surely.

Original Word
שָׁלַם
Transliteration
shalam
Derivation
Root: שׁלם
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7999. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to complete

Usage: 1) to be complete, be sound 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to be complete, be finished, be ended 1a2) to be sound, be uninjured 1b) (Piel) 1b1) to complete, finish 1b2) to make safe 1b3) to make whole or good, restore, make compensation 1b4) to make good, pay 1b5) to requite, recompense, reward 1c) (Pual) 1c1) to be performed 1c2) to be repaid, be requited 1d) (Hiphil) 1d1) to complete, perform 1d2) to make an end of Aramaic equivalent: she.lam (שְׁלֵם "be complete" H8000)

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How Strong's H7999 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shalam, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

make Exodus 21:34 16× have Genesis 44:4 mind Job 34:33

How Strong's H7999 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 107 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7999 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H7999 in the Old Testament

107 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 44:4 KJV

And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?

Exodus 21:34 KJV

The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.

Exodus 21:36 KJV

Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.

Usage Excerpts

First 107 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7999.

Genesis 44:4 Old Testament, KJV
And when they were gone out of the city, and not yet far off, Joseph said unto his steward, Up, follow after the men; and when thou dost overtake them, say unto them, Wherefore have ye rewarded evil for good?
Exodus 21:34 Old Testament, KJV
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
Exodus 21:36 Old Testament, KJV
Or if it be known that the ox hath used to push in time past, and his owner hath not kept him in; he shall surely pay ox for ox; and the dead shall be his own.
Exodus 22:1 Old Testament, KJV
If a man shall steal an ox, or a sheep, and kill it, or sell it; he shall restore five oxen for an ox, and four sheep for a sheep.
Exodus 22:3 Old Testament, KJV
If the sun be risen upon him, there shall be blood shed for him; for he should make full restitution; if he have nothing, then he shall be sold for his theft.
Exodus 22:4 Old Testament, KJV
If the theft be certainly found in his hand alive, whether it be ox, or ass, or sheep; he shall restore double.
Exodus 22:5 Old Testament, KJV
If a man shall cause a field or vineyard to be eaten, and shall put in his beast, and shall feed in another man's field; of the best of his own field, and of the best of his own vineyard, shall he make restitution.
Exodus 22:6 Old Testament, KJV
If fire break out, and catch in thorns, so that the stacks of corn, or the standing corn, or the field, be consumed therewith; he that kindled the fire shall surely make restitution.
Exodus 22:7 Old Testament, KJV
If a man shall deliver unto his neighbour money or stuff to keep, and it be stolen out of the man's house; if the thief be found, let him pay double.
Exodus 22:9 Old Testament, KJV
For all manner of trespass, whether it be for ox, for ass, for sheep, for raiment, or for any manner of lost thing which another challengeth to be his, the cause of both parties shall come before the judges; and whom the judges shall condemn, he shall pay double unto his neighbour.
Exodus 22:11 Old Testament, KJV
Then shall an oath of the LORD be between them both, that he hath not put his hand unto his neighbour's goods; and the owner of it shall accept thereof, and he shall not make it good.
Exodus 22:12 Old Testament, KJV
And if it be stolen from him, he shall make restitution unto the owner thereof.
Exodus 22:13 Old Testament, KJV
If it be torn in pieces, then let him bring it for witness, and he shall not make good that which was torn.
Exodus 22:14 Old Testament, KJV
And if a man borrow ought of his neighbour, and it be hurt, or die, the owner thereof being not with it, he shall surely make it good.
Exodus 22:15 Old Testament, KJV
But if the owner thereof be with it, he shall not make it good: if it be an hired thing, it came for his hire.
Leviticus 5:16 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall make amends for the harm that he hath done in the holy thing, and shall add the fifth part thereto, and give it unto the priest: and the priest shall make an atonement for him with the ram of the trespass offering, and it shall be forgiven him.
Leviticus 6:5 Old Testament, KJV
Or all that about which he hath sworn falsely; he shall even restore it in the principal, and shall add the fifth part more thereto, and give it unto him to whom it appertaineth, in the day of his trespass offering.
Leviticus 24:18 Old Testament, KJV
And he that killeth a beast shall make it good; beast for beast.
Leviticus 24:21 Old Testament, KJV
And he that killeth a beast, he shall restore it: and he that killeth a man, he shall be put to death.
Deuteronomy 7:10 Old Testament, KJV
And repayeth them that hate him to their face, to destroy them: he will not be slack to him that hateth him, he will repay him to his face.
Deuteronomy 20:12 Old Testament, KJV
And if it will make no peace with thee, but will make war against thee, then thou shalt besiege it:
Deuteronomy 23:21 Old Testament, KJV
When thou shalt vow a vow unto the LORD thy God, thou shalt not slack to pay it: for the LORD thy God will surely require it of thee; and it would be sin in thee.
Deuteronomy 32:41 Old Testament, KJV
If I whet my glittering sword, and mine hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine enemies, and will reward them that hate me.
Joshua 10:1 Old Testament, KJV
Now it came to pass, when Adonizedec king of Jerusalem had heard how Joshua had taken Ai, and had utterly destroyed it; as he had done to Jericho and her king, so he had done to Ai and her king; and how the inhabitants of Gibeon had made peace with Israel, and were among them;
Joshua 10:4 Old Testament, KJV
Come up unto me, and help me, that we may smite Gibeon: for it hath made peace with Joshua and with the children of Israel.
Joshua 11:19 Old Testament, KJV
There was not a city that made peace with the children of Israel, save the Hivites the inhabitants of Gibeon: all other they took in battle.
Judges 1:7 Old Testament, KJV
And Adonibezek said, Threescore and ten kings, having their thumbs and their great toes cut off, gathered their meat under my table: as I have done, so God hath requited me. And they brought him to Jerusalem, and there he died.
Ruth 2:12 Old Testament, KJV
The LORD recompense thy work, and a full reward be given thee of the LORD God of Israel, under whose wings thou art come to trust.
1 Samuel 24:19 Old Testament, KJV
For if a man find his enemy, will he let him go well away? wherefore the LORD reward thee good for that thou hast done unto me this day.
2 Samuel 3:39 Old Testament, KJV
And I am this day weak, though anointed king; and these men the sons of Zeruiah be too hard for me: the LORD shall reward the doer of evil according to his wickedness.
2 Samuel 10:19 Old Testament, KJV
And when all the kings that were servants to Hadarezer saw that they were smitten before Israel, they made peace with Israel, and served them. So the Syrians feared to help the children of Ammon any more.
2 Samuel 12:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he shall restore the lamb fourfold, because he did this thing, and because he had no pity.
2 Samuel 15:7 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass after forty years, that Absalom said unto the king, I pray thee, let me go and pay my vow, which I have vowed unto the LORD, in Hebron.
2 Samuel 20:19 Old Testament, KJV
I am one of them that are peaceable and faithful in Israel: thou seekest to destroy a city and a mother in Israel: why wilt thou swallow up the inheritance of the LORD?
1 Kings 7:51 Old Testament, KJV
So was ended all the work that king Solomon made for the house of the LORD. And Solomon brought in the things which David his father had dedicated; even the silver, and the gold, and the vessels, did he put among the treasures of the house of the LORD.
1 Kings 9:25 Old Testament, KJV
And three times in a year did Solomon offer burnt offerings and peace offerings upon the altar which he built unto the LORD, and he burnt incense upon the altar that was before the LORD. So he finished the house.
1 Kings 22:44 Old Testament, KJV
And Jehoshaphat made peace with the king of Israel.
2 Kings 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then she came and told the man of God. And he said, Go, sell the oil, and pay thy debt, and live thou and thy children of the rest.
2 Kings 9:26 Old Testament, KJV
Surely I have seen yesterday the blood of Naboth, and the blood of his sons, saith the LORD; and I will requite thee in this plat, saith the LORD. Now therefore take and cast him into the plat of ground, according to the word of the LORD.
1 Chronicles 19:19 Old Testament, KJV
And when the servants of Hadarezer saw that they were put to the worse before Israel, they made peace with David, and became his servants: neither would the Syrians help the children of Ammon any more.
2 Chronicles 5:1 Old Testament, KJV
Thus all the work that Solomon made for the house of the LORD was finished: and Solomon brought in all the things that David his father had dedicated; and the silver, and the gold, and all the instruments, put he among the treasures of the house of God.
Nehemiah 6:15 Old Testament, KJV
So the wall was finished in the twenty and fifth day of the month Elul, in fifty and two days.
Job 5:23 Old Testament, KJV
For thou shalt be in league with the stones of the field: and the beasts of the field shall be at peace with thee.
Job 8:6 Old Testament, KJV
If thou wert pure and upright; surely now he would awake for thee, and make the habitation of thy righteousness prosperous.
Job 9:4 Old Testament, KJV
He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
Job 21:19 Old Testament, KJV
God layeth up his iniquity for his children: he rewardeth him, and he shall know it.
Job 21:31 Old Testament, KJV
Who shall declare his way to his face? and who shall repay him what he hath done?
Job 22:21 Old Testament, KJV
Acquaint now thyself with him, and be at peace: thereby good shall come unto thee.
Job 22:27 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shalt make thy prayer unto him, and he shall hear thee, and thou shalt pay thy vows.
Job 23:14 Old Testament, KJV
For he performeth the thing that is appointed for me: and many such things are with him.
Job 34:11 Old Testament, KJV
For the work of a man shall he render unto him, and cause every man to find according to his ways.
Job 34:33 Old Testament, KJV
Should it be according to thy mind? he will recompense it, whether thou refuse, or whether thou choose; and not I: therefore speak what thou knowest.
Job 41:11 Old Testament, KJV
Who hath prevented me, that I should repay him? whatsoever is under the whole heaven is mine.
Psalms 7:4 Old Testament, KJV
If I have rewarded evil unto him that was at peace with me; (yea, I have delivered him that without cause is mine enemy:)
Psalms 22:25 Old Testament, KJV
My praise shall be of thee in the great congregation: I will pay my vows before them that fear him.
Psalms 31:23 Old Testament, KJV
O love the LORD, all ye his saints: for the LORD preserveth the faithful, and plentifully rewardeth the proud doer.
Psalms 35:12 Old Testament, KJV
They rewarded me evil for good to the spoiling of my soul.
Psalms 37:21 Old Testament, KJV
The wicked borroweth, and payeth not again: but the righteous sheweth mercy, and giveth.
Psalms 38:20 Old Testament, KJV
They also that render evil for good are mine adversaries; because I follow the thing that good is.
Psalms 41:10 Old Testament, KJV
But thou, O LORD, be merciful unto me, and raise me up, that I may requite them.
Psalms 50:14 Old Testament, KJV
Offer unto God thanksgiving; and pay thy vows unto the most High:
Psalms 56:12 Old Testament, KJV
Thy vows are upon me, O God: I will render praises unto thee.
Psalms 61:8 Old Testament, KJV
So will I sing praise unto thy name for ever, that I may daily perform my vows.
Psalms 62:12 Old Testament, KJV
Also unto thee, O Lord, belongeth mercy: for thou renderest to every man according to his work.
Psalms 65:1 Old Testament, KJV
Praise waiteth for thee, O God, in Sion: and unto thee shall the vow be performed.
Psalms 66:13 Old Testament, KJV
I will go into thy house with burnt offerings: I will pay thee my vows,
Psalms 76:11 Old Testament, KJV
Vow, and pay unto the LORD your God: let all that be round about him bring presents unto him that ought to be feared.
Psalms 116:14 Old Testament, KJV
I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
Psalms 116:18 Old Testament, KJV
I will pay my vows unto the LORD now in the presence of all his people.
Psalms 137:8 Old Testament, KJV
O daughter of Babylon, who art to be destroyed; happy shall he be, that rewardeth thee as thou hast served us.
Proverbs 6:31 Old Testament, KJV
But if he be found, he shall restore sevenfold; he shall give all the substance of his house.
Proverbs 7:14 Old Testament, KJV
I have peace offerings with me; this day have I payed my vows.
Proverbs 11:31 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the righteous shall be recompensed in the earth: much more the wicked and the sinner.
Proverbs 13:13 Old Testament, KJV
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
Proverbs 13:21 Old Testament, KJV
Evil pursueth sinners: but to the righteous good shall be repayed.
Proverbs 16:7 Old Testament, KJV
When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
Proverbs 19:17 Old Testament, KJV
He that hath pity upon the poor lendeth unto the LORD; and that which he hath given will he pay him again.
Proverbs 20:22 Old Testament, KJV
Say not thou, I will recompense evil; but wait on the LORD, and he shall save thee.
Proverbs 22:27 Old Testament, KJV
If thou hast nothing to pay, why should he take away thy bed from under thee?
Proverbs 25:22 Old Testament, KJV
For thou shalt heap coals of fire upon his head, and the LORD shall reward thee.
Ecclesiastes 5:4 Old Testament, KJV
When thou vowest a vow unto God, defer not to pay it; for he hath no pleasure in fools: pay that which thou hast vowed.
Ecclesiastes 5:5 Old Testament, KJV
Better is it that thou shouldest not vow, than that thou shouldest vow and not pay.
Isaiah 19:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD shall be known to Egypt, and the Egyptians shall know the LORD in that day, and shall do sacrifice and oblation; yea, they shall vow a vow unto the LORD, and perform it.
Isaiah 38:12 Old Testament, KJV
Mine age is departed, and is removed from me as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Isaiah 38:13 Old Testament, KJV
I reckoned till morning, that, as a lion, so will he break all my bones: from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.
Isaiah 42:19 Old Testament, KJV
Who is blind, but my servant? or deaf, as my messenger that I sent? who is blind as he that is perfect, and blind as the LORD's servant?
Isaiah 44:26 Old Testament, KJV
That confirmeth the word of his servant, and performeth the counsel of his messengers; that saith to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be inhabited; and to the cities of Judah, Ye shall be built, and I will raise up the decayed places thereof:
Isaiah 44:28 Old Testament, KJV
That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.
Isaiah 57:18 Old Testament, KJV
I have seen his ways, and will heal him: I will lead him also, and restore comforts unto him and to his mourners.
Isaiah 59:18 Old Testament, KJV
According to their deeds, accordingly he will repay, fury to his adversaries, recompence to his enemies; to the islands he will repay recompence.
Isaiah 60:20 Old Testament, KJV
Thy sun shall no more go down; neither shall thy moon withdraw itself: for the LORD shall be thine everlasting light, and the days of thy mourning shall be ended.
Isaiah 65:6 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, it is written before me: I will not keep silence, but will recompense, even recompense into their bosom,
Isaiah 66:6 Old Testament, KJV
A voice of noise from the city, a voice from the temple, a voice of the LORD that rendereth recompence to his enemies.
Jeremiah 16:18 Old Testament, KJV
And first I will recompense their iniquity and their sin double; because they have defiled my land, they have filled mine inheritance with the carcases of their detestable and abominable things.
Jeremiah 18:20 Old Testament, KJV
Shall evil be recompensed for good? for they have digged a pit for my soul. Remember that I stood before thee to speak good for them, and to turn away thy wrath from them.
Jeremiah 25:14 Old Testament, KJV
For many nations and great kings shall serve themselves of them also: and I will recompense them according to their deeds, and according to the works of their own hands.
Jeremiah 32:18 Old Testament, KJV
Thou shewest lovingkindness unto thousands, and recompensest the iniquity of the fathers into the bosom of their children after them: the Great, the Mighty God, the LORD of hosts, is his name,
Jeremiah 50:29 Old Testament, KJV
Call together the archers against Babylon: all ye that bend the bow, camp against it round about; let none thereof escape: recompense her according to her work; according to all that she hath done, do unto her: for she hath been proud against the LORD, against the Holy One of Israel.
Jeremiah 51:6 Old Testament, KJV
Flee out of the midst of Babylon, and deliver every man his soul: be not cut off in her iniquity; for this is the time of the LORD's vengeance; he will render unto her a recompence.
Jeremiah 51:24 Old Testament, KJV
And I will render unto Babylon and to all the inhabitants of Chaldea all their evil that they have done in Zion in your sight, saith the LORD.
Jeremiah 51:56 Old Testament, KJV
Because the spoiler is come upon her, even upon Babylon, and her mighty men are taken, every one of their bows is broken: for the LORD God of recompences shall surely requite.
Ezekiel 33:15 Old Testament, KJV
If the wicked restore the pledge, give again that he had robbed, walk in the statutes of life, without committing iniquity; he shall surely live, he shall not die.
Hosea 14:2 Old Testament, KJV
Take with you words, and turn to the LORD: say unto him, Take away all iniquity, and receive us graciously: so will we render the calves of our lips.
Joel 2:25 Old Testament, KJV
And I will restore to you the years that the locust hath eaten, the cankerworm, and the caterpiller, and the palmerworm, my great army which I sent among you.
Joel 3:4 Old Testament, KJV
Yea, and what have ye to do with me, O Tyre, and Zidon, and all the coasts of Palestine? will ye render me a recompence? and if ye recompense me, swiftly and speedily will I return your recompence upon your own head;
Jonah 2:9 Old Testament, KJV
But I will sacrifice unto thee with the voice of thanksgiving; I will pay that that I have vowed. Salvation is of the LORD.
Nahum 1:15 Old Testament, KJV
Behold upon the mountains the feet of him that bringeth good tidings, that publisheth peace! O Judah, keep thy solemn feasts, perform thy vows: for the wicked shall no more pass through thee; he is utterly cut off.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7999, grouped by book.

Genesis 1 usage, Old Testament
Exodus 14 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 4 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 4 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 3 usages, Old Testament
Judges 1 usage, Old Testament
Ruth 1 usage, Old Testament
1 Samuel 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Samuel 5 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 3 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 2 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 1 usage, Old Testament
Nehemiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Job 11 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 17 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 10 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 2 usages, Old Testament
Isaiah 11 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 8 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 1 usage, Old Testament
Hosea 1 usage, Old Testament
Joel 2 usages, Old Testament
Jonah 1 usage, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament

Strong's H7999 FAQ

What does shalam (שָׁלַם) mean?

Shalam (Strong's H7999) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "make amends". shalam (shaw-lam') v. 1. to be safe (in mind, body or estate) 2. (figuratively) to be completed

How many times is shalam (שָׁלַם) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 107 linked usages for Strong's H7999 across 25 books.

Where can I study shalam (שָׁלַם) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7999 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate shalam (שָׁלַם)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as make, have, and mind. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.