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Hebrew word translated 'peace' but meaning far more — complete wholeness, flourishing, harmony, and well-being in every dimension of life; the deepest form of God's blessing
lightbulbWay bigger than 'peace' — it's everything working the way it's supposed to. The way it was meant to be
4 mentions across 3 books
Far more than 'peace' — shalom means wholeness, completeness, flourishing, and right relationship with God and others. It's the way things are supposed to be. When prophets envision the future kingdom, they describe shalom — total restoration of everything sin broke.
Shalom is the Hebrew word behind David's repeated prayer for 'peace' — not merely absence of conflict but total flourishing, which is what David is asking God to pour into Jerusalem.
The Long ViewPsalms 128:5-6Shalom is the Hebrew original behind the psalm's closing 'peace,' and the text pauses here to unpack its full weight — wholeness, flourishing, everything in its right place — as the ultimate definition of the blessed life this psalm has been describing.