Strong H7951שָׁלָה
to prosper
- Transliteration
- shâlâh shâlav
- Pronunciation
- {shaw-law'} shaw-lav'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
The second form being used in ; a primitive root; to be {tranquil} that {is} secure or successful : - be {happy} {prosper} be in safety.
Detailed definition
1) to be at rest, prosper, be quiet, be at ease
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be or have quiet
1a2) to be at ease, prosper
Aramaic equivalent: she.lah (שְׁלֵה "safe" H7954)
1a) (Qal)
1a1) to be or have quiet
1a2) to be at ease, prosper
Aramaic equivalent: she.lah (שְׁלֵה "safe" H7954)
In the Bible
Strong H7951 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- prosper3
- happy1
- safety1
First verses
- Job 3:26I was not in safety, neither had I rest, neither was I quiet; yet trouble came.
- Job 12:6The tabernacles of robbers prosper, and they that provoke God are secure; into whose hand God bringeth abundantly.
- Psalms 122:6Pray for the peace of Jerusalem: they shall prosper that love thee.
- Jeremiah 12:1Righteous 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 1:5Her 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.