שְׁלֹמֹה shelomoh
Hebrew word for “Solomon” · Strong’s H8010 · used 293 times in 263 verses
Meaning
A king of the tribe of Judah living at the time of United Monarchy, first mentioned at 2Sa.5.14;
How it is translated
Glosses given for shelomoh in context, with how often each is used:
- solomon 289
- belonged to solomon 3
- which belongs to solomon 1
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Kings | 158 | 12.0 | |
| 2 Chronicles | 85 | 6.4 | |
| 1 Chronicles | 24 | 2.2 | |
| Song of Solomon | 7 | 5.6 | |
| Nehemiah | 5 | 0.9 | |
| 2 Kings | 4 | 0.3 | |
| Proverbs | 3 | 0.4 | |
| 2 Samuel | 2 | 0.2 | |
| Ezra | 2 | 0.5 | |
| Psalms | 2 | 0.1 | |
| Jeremiah | 1 | 0.0 |
Chapters where it is used most
1 Kings 1 (21), 1 Kings 11 (18), 2 Chronicles 9 (17), 1 Kings 9 (16), 1 Kings 2 (13), 1 Kings 10 (13), 1 Kings 4 (12), 2 Chronicles 8 (12), 1 Kings 5 (11), 2 Chronicles 1 (11)
Forms
- שׁלמה 242
- לשׁלמה 35
- ושׁלמה 7
- ולשׁלמה 5
- בשׁלמה 2
- משׁלמה 1
- שׁלשׁלמה 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with shelomoh more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- דָּוִד david “David” 51
- בָּנָה banah “to build” 35
- יְרוּשָׁלִַם yerushalaim “Jerusalem” 32
- חִירָם chiram “Hiram” 14
- זָהָב zahav “gold” 23
- מֵאָה meah “hundred” 23
- עִם im “with” 27
- אָב av “father” 28
- עֶבֶד eved “servant/slave” 24
- מָלַךְ malakh “to reign” 18
- אֶלֶף eleph “thousand” 18
- רְחַבְעָם rechavam “Rehoboam” 11
Key verses
The verses using shelomoh that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- 1 Kings 3:6 — And Solomon said, Thou hast shewed unto thy servant David my father great mercy, according as he walked before thee in truth, and in righteousness, and in…
- 1 Kings 4:21 — And Solomon reigned over all kingdoms from the river unto the land of the Philistines, and unto the border of Egypt: they brought presents, and served Solomon…
- 1 Kings 9:15 — And this is the reason of the levy which king Solomon raised; for to build the house of the LORD, and his own house, and Millo, and the wall of Jerusalem, and…
- 1 Kings 10:1 — And when the queen of Sheba heard of the fame of Solomon concerning the name of the LORD, she came to prove him with hard questions.
- 1 Kings 11:4 — For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other gods: and his heart was not perfect with the LORD his God, as was…
- 1 Kings 11:7 — Then did Solomon build an high place for Chemosh, the abomination of Moab, in the hill that is before Jerusalem, and for Molech, the abomination of the…
- 1 Chronicles 28:9 — And thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the LORD searcheth all hearts, and…
- 1 Chronicles 28:11 — Then David gave to Solomon his son the pattern of the porch, and of the houses thereof, and of the treasuries thereof, and of the upper chambers thereof, and…
- Psalms 72:1 — [A Psalm for Solomon.] Give the king thy judgments, O God, and thy righteousness unto the king’s son.
- Psalms 127:1 — [A Song of degrees for Solomon.] Except the LORD build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the LORD keep the city, the watchman waketh but in…
- Song of Solomon 1:5 — I am black, but comely, O ye daughters of Jerusalem, as the tents of Kedar, as the curtains of Solomon.
- Song of Solomon 3:11 — Go forth, O ye daughters of Zion, and behold king Solomon with the crown wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the…
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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.