שָׁלַם shâlam

Meaning

to be safe (in mind, body or estate); figuratively, to be (causatively, make) completed; by implication, to be friendly; by extension, to reciprocate (in various applications)

In the King James Version: 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, [idiom] surely.

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Genesis 44:4 They had not gone far from the city when Joseph told his steward, “Pursue the men at once, and when you overtake them, ask, ‘Why have you repaid good with evil?
• Exodus 21:34 the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
• Exodus 21:36 But if it was known that the ox had a habit of goring, yet its owner failed to restrain it, he shall pay full compensation, ox for ox, and the dead animal will be his.
• Exodus 22:1 “If a man steals an ox or a sheep and slaughters or sells it, he must repay five oxen for an ox and four sheep for a sheep.
• Exodus 22:3 But if it happens after sunrise, there is guilt for his bloodshed. A thief must make full restitution; if he has nothing, he himself shall be sold for his theft.
• Exodus 22:4 If what was stolen is actually found alive in his possession—whether ox or donkey or sheep—he must pay back double.
• Exodus 22:5 If a man grazes his livestock in a field or vineyard and allows them to stray so that they graze in someone else’s field, he must make restitution from the best of his own field or vineyard.
• Exodus 22:6 If a fire breaks out and spreads to thornbushes so that it consumes stacked or standing grain, or the whole field, the one who started the fire must make full restitution.
• Exodus 22:7 If a man gives his neighbor money or goods for safekeeping and they are stolen from the neighbor’s house, the thief, if caught, must pay back double.
• Exodus 22:9 In all cases of illegal possession of an ox, a donkey, a sheep, a garment, or any lost item that someone claims, ‘This is mine,’ both parties shall bring their cases before the judges. The one whom the judges find guilty must pay back double to his neighbor.
• Exodus 22:11 an oath before the LORD shall be made between the parties to determine whether or not the man has taken his neighbor’s property. The owner must accept the oath and require no restitution.
• Exodus 22:12 But if the animal was actually stolen from the neighbor, he must make restitution to the owner.
• Exodus 22:13 If the animal was torn to pieces, he shall bring it as evidence; he need not make restitution for the torn carcass.
• Exodus 22:14 If a man borrows an animal from his neighbor and it is injured or dies while its owner is not present, he must make full restitution.
• Exodus 22:15 If the owner was present, no restitution is required. If the animal was rented, the fee covers the loss.
• Leviticus 5:16 Regarding any holy thing he has harmed, he must make restitution by adding a fifth of its value to it and giving it to the priest, who will make atonement on his behalf with the ram as a guilt offering, and he will be forgiven.
• Leviticus 6:5 or anything else about which he has sworn falsely. He must make restitution in full, add a fifth of the value, and pay it to the owner on the day he acknowledges his guilt.
• Leviticus 24:18 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution—life for life.
• Leviticus 24:21 Whoever kills an animal must make restitution, but whoever kills a man must be put to death.
• Deuteronomy 7:10 But those who hate Him He repays to their faces with destruction; He will not hesitate to repay to his face the one who hates Him.
• Deuteronomy 20:12 But if they refuse to make peace with you and wage war against you, lay siege to that city.
• Deuteronomy 23:21 If you make a vow to the LORD your God, do not be slow to keep it, because He will surely require it of you, and you will be guilty of sin.
• Deuteronomy 32:41 when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
• Joshua 10:1 Now Adoni-zedek king of Jerusalem heard that Joshua had captured Ai and devoted it to destruction—doing to Ai and its king as he had done to Jericho and its king—and that the people of Gibeon had made peace with Israel and were living near them.
• Joshua 10:4 “Come up and help me. We will attack Gibeon, because they have made peace with Joshua and the Israelites.”
• Joshua 11:19 No city made peace with the Israelites except the Hivites living in Gibeon; all others were taken in battle.
• Judges 1:7 Then Adoni-bezek said, “Seventy kings with their thumbs and big toes cut off have gathered the scraps under my table. As I have done to them, so God has repaid me.” And they brought him to Jerusalem, where he died.
• Ruth 2:12 May the LORD repay your work, and may you receive a rich reward from the LORD, the God of Israel, under whose wings you have taken refuge.”
• 1 Samuel 24:19 When a man finds his enemy, does he let him go away unharmed? May the LORD reward you with good for what you have done for me this day.
• 2 Samuel 3:39 And I am weak this day, though anointed as king, and these men, the sons of Zeruiah, are too fierce for me. May the LORD repay the evildoer according to his evil!”
• 2 Samuel 10:19 When all the kings who were subject to Hadadezer saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with Israel and became subject to them. So the Arameans were afraid to help the Ammonites anymore.
• 2 Samuel 12:6 Because he has done this thing and has shown no pity, he must pay for the lamb four times over.”
• 2 Samuel 15:7 After four years had passed, Absalom said to the king, “Please let me go to Hebron to fulfill a vow I have made to the LORD.
• 2 Samuel 20:19 I am among the peaceable and faithful in Israel, but you are trying to destroy a city that is a mother in Israel. Why would you swallow up the LORD’s inheritance?”
• 1 Kings 7:51 So all the work that King Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of the LORD.
• 1 Kings 9:25 Three times a year Solomon offered burnt offerings and peace offerings on the altar he had built for the LORD, burning incense with them before the LORD. So he completed the temple.
• 1 Kings 22:44 Jehoshaphat also made peace with the king of Israel.
• 2 Kings 4:7 She went and told the man of God, and he said, “Go, sell the oil, and pay your debt. Then you and your sons can live on the remainder.”
• 2 Kings 9:26 ‘As surely as I saw the blood of Naboth and the blood of his sons yesterday, declares the LORD, so will I repay you on this plot of ground, declares the LORD.’ Now then, according to the word of the LORD, pick him up and throw him on the plot of ground.”
• 1 Chronicles 19:19 When Hadadezer’s subjects saw that they had been defeated by Israel, they made peace with David and became subject to him. So the Arameans were unwilling to help the Ammonites anymore.
• 2 Chronicles 5:1 So all the work that Solomon had performed for the house of the LORD was completed. Then Solomon brought in the items his father David had dedicated—the silver, the gold, and all the furnishings—and he placed them in the treasuries of the house of God.
• Nehemiah 6:15 So the wall was completed in fifty-two days, on the twenty-fifth of Elul.
• Job 5:23 For you will have a covenant with the stones of the field, and the wild animals will be at peace with you.
• Job 8:6 if you are pure and upright, even now He will rouse Himself on your behalf and restore your righteous estate.
• Job 9:4 God is wise in heart and mighty in strength. Who has resisted Him and prospered?
• Job 21:19 It is said that God lays up one’s punishment for his children. Let God repay the man himself, so he will know it.
• Job 21:31 Who denounces his behavior to his face? Who repays him for what he has done?
• Job 22:21 Reconcile now and be at peace with Him; thereby good will come to you.
• Job 22:27 You will pray to Him, and He will hear you, and you will fulfill your vows.
• Job 23:14 For He carries out His decree against me, and He has many such plans.
• Job 34:11 For according to a man’s deeds He repays him; according to a man’s ways He brings consequences.
• Job 34:33 Should God repay you on your own terms when you have disavowed Him? You must choose, not I; so tell me what you know.
• Job 41:11 Who has given to Me that I should repay him? Everything under heaven is Mine.
• Psalms 7:4 if I have rewarded my ally with evil, if I have plundered my foe without cause,
• Psalms 22:25 My praise for You resounds in the great assembly; I will fulfill my vows before those who fear You.
• Psalms 31:23 Love the LORD, all His saints. The LORD preserves the faithful, but fully repays the arrogant.
• Psalms 35:12 They repay me evil for good, to the bereavement of my soul.
• Psalms 37:21 The wicked borrow and do not repay, but the righteous are gracious and giving.
• Psalms 38:20 Those who repay my good with evil attack me for pursuing the good.
• Psalms 41:10 But You, O LORD, be gracious to me and raise me up, that I may repay them.