Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H7951
שָׁלָה
sha.lah · “to prosper”
Used 5 times across 4 books
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)
Where it appears
Job2
Psalms1
Jeremiah1
Lamentations1
In the text
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.
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