שִׁלּוּם
shilum · recompense
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7966 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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shilum (שִׁלּוּם) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “recompense”.
Payment given to each according to what he did; also a bribe.
How to say it
shi·lum
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Punishment matching the wrong done.
- Payment to bend a judgment.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- judges for a reward ×1
- recompense ×1
- retribution ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Isaiah 34:8
For it is a day of vengeance for YHWH, a year of recompense for the cause of Zion.
- Hosea 9:7
The days of punishment have come, the days of retribution have come; Israel will know it. The prophet is a fool, the man of the spirit is mad, because of the abundance of your iniquity, and the hostility is great.
- Micah 7:3
Evil is in both hands, to do it well; the official asks, and the judge judges for a reward, and the great man, he speaks the perverse desire of his soul; and they weave it together.