H7951 שָׁלָה

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 5 KJV occurrences

שָׁלָה

shâlâh · shaw-law'

Definition

to be tranquil, i.e. secure or successful

KJV Renderings

be happy, prosper, be in safety.

Derivation / Etymology

or שָׁלַו; (Job 3:26), a primitive root;

KJV Verses (5)

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.