סָלַח salach

Hebrew word for “to forgive” · Strong’s H5545 · used 46 times in 45 verses

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Meaning

1) to forgive, pardon; 1a) (Qal) to forgive, pardon; 1b) (Niphal) to be forgiven

How it is translated

Glosses given for salach in context, with how often each is used:

• will forgive 19
• will be forgiven 13
• forgive 5
• have forgiven 2
• may he forgive 2
• may forgive 2
• who forgives 1
• will i forgive 1
• forgive ! 1

Where it is used

Also in 1 more book.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 8 (5), 2 Chronicles 6 (5), Leviticus 4 (4), Leviticus 5 (4), Numbers 15 (3), Numbers 30 (3), Numbers 14 (2), Jeremiah 5 (2), Exodus 34 (1), Leviticus 6 (1)

Forms

• ונסלח 13
• וסלחת 12
• יסלח 5
• סלח 3
• אסלח 3
• ואסלח 2
• וסלחתי 2
• סלחתי 1
• לסלח 1
• הסלח 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with salach more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חַטָּאת chattat “sin” 16
• כִּפֶּר kipher “to atone” 12
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 15
• שָׁמַיִם shamayim “heaven” 11
• כֹּהֵן kohen “priest” 12
• חָטָא chata “to sin” 9
• עָוֺן avan “iniquity” 8
• שְׁגָגָה shegagah “unintentionally” 4
• אַתָּה attah “you(m.s.)” 9
• הָ ha “her” 7
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 7
• מָכוֹן makhon “foundation” 3

Key verses

The verses using salach that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Leviticus 4:31 — And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat is taken away from off the sacrifice of peace offerings; and the priest shall burn it upon the altar for…
• Leviticus 4:35 — And he shall take away all the fat thereof, as the fat of the lamb is taken away from the sacrifice of the peace offerings; and the priest shall burn them upon…
• Deuteronomy 29:20 — The LORD will not spare him, but then the anger of the LORD and his jealousy shall smoke against that man, and all the curses that are written in this book…
• 2 Chronicles 7:14 — If my people, which are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then will I hear from heaven,…
• Psalms 103:3 — Who forgiveth all thine iniquities; who healeth all thy diseases;
• Isaiah 55:7 — Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he…
• Jeremiah 5:1 — Run ye to and fro through the streets of Jerusalem, and see now, and know, and seek in the broad places thereof, if ye can find a man, if there be any that…
• Jeremiah 5:7 — How shall I pardon thee for this? thy children have forsaken me, and sworn by them that are no gods: when I had fed them to the full, they then committed…
• Jeremiah 31:34 — And they shall teach no more every man his neighbour, and every man his brother, saying, Know the LORD: for they shall all know me, from the least of them unto…
• Jeremiah 36:3 — It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive…
• Jeremiah 50:20 — In those days, and in that time, saith the LORD, the iniquity of Israel shall be sought for, and there shall be none; and the sins of Judah, and they shall not…
• Daniel 9:19 — O Lord, hear; O Lord, forgive; O Lord, hearken and do; defer not, for thine own sake, O my God: for thy city and thy people are called by thy name.

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.