The meaning of “שְׁלֹמֹה”
Understanding Shᵉlômôh reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
Solomon. - § Solomon = "peace" - Shelomah, David's successor 1) son of David by Bathsheba and 3rd king of Israel; author...
שְׁלֹמֹה
Solomon. - § Solomon = "peace" - Shelomah, David's successor 1) son of David by Bathsheba and 3rd king of Israel; author of Proverbs and Song of Songs
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| 2 Samuel 12:24 | “And David comforted Bath–sheba his wife, and went in unto her, and lay with her: and she bare a son, and he called his name Solomon: and the Lord loved him.” Word: שְׁלֹמֹה (Shᵉlômôh) | |
| 2 Kings 24:13 | “And he carried out thence all the treasures of the house of the Lord, and the treasures of the king’s house, and cut in pieces all the vessels of gold which Solomon king of Israel had made in the temple of the Lord, as the Lord had said.” Word: שְׁלֹמֹה (Shᵉlômôh) | |
| 2 Chronicles 8:6 | “And Baalath, and all the store cities that Solomon had, and all the chariot cities, and the cities of the horsemen, and all that Solomon desired to build in Jerusalem, and in Lebanon, and throughout all the land of his dominion.” Word: שְׁלֹמֹה (Shᵉlômôh) | |
| Nehemiah 11:3 | “Now these are the chief of the province that dwelt in Jerusalem: but in the cities of Judah dwelt every one in his possession in their cities, to wit, Israel, the priests, and the Levites, and the Nethinims, and the children of Solomon’s servants.” Word: שְׁלֹמֹה (Shᵉlômôh) | |
| Proverbs 10:1 | “The proverbs of Solomon. A wise son maketh a glad father: but a foolish son is the heaviness of his mother.” Word: שְׁלֹמֹה (Shᵉlômôh) |