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# שְׁלֹמֹה

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H8010

**Solomon** — used 293 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

## Meaning

### OpenScriptures lexical index

Solomon [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8010/#m1)

### Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

שְׁלֹמֹה: n.pr.m. Solomon [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8010/#m2)

**The whole BDB entry:** n.pr.m. Solomon (Σαλωμων, rarely Σαλομων, 𝔊L mostly Σολομων; cf. LagBN 53, 96);—king of Israel, son of David and Bathsheba 2 S 12:24; 1 K 1:11 + \[name 2 times S; 162 times K; 109 times Ch; 7 times Ezr Ne\]; born in Jerus. 2 S 5:14; 1 Ch 3:5; 14:4; designated by D. as successor, anointed and proclaimed before D.’s death 1 K 1:30, 33, 34, 39 +; king after D.’s death 1 K 2:12, 17; 1 Ch 29:28; 2 Ch 1:1 + \[phr. הַמֶּלֶךְ שׁ׳ 1 K 1:34 + 36 times K, 11 times Ch, Je 52:20; Ct 3:9, 11; שׁ׳ הַמּ׳ 1 K 2:17; 12:2; 1 Ch 29:24; 2 Ch 10:2; שׁ׳ מֶלֶךְ יְהוּדָה 1 K 12:23; 2 Ch 11:3, מ׳ יִשׂ׳ 2 K 23:13; 24:13; 2 Ch 30:26; 35:3; Ne 13:26\]; builder of temple 1 K 5:22; 6:1, 2; 1 Ch 5:26 + often; wise 1 K 3:10; 5:9, 10, 14; 10:1, 2, 3, 4; 2 Ch 1:7, 11 +; author of proverbs (and songs) according to Proverbs מִשְׁלֵי שׁ׳ 1:1; 10:1; 25:1 (cf. 1 K 5:12, 13), v. also לִשׁ׳ ψ 72:1; 127:1 (titles), Ct 1:1 (title); of written provision for priests, etc. 2 Ch 35:4, cf. 8:14 Ne 12:45; elsewhere (outside of K Ch) name occurs †Je 52:20; Ct 1:5 (Wkl Altor. Forsch. ii. 196 proposes Šalmaites, Nab. שלמו Lzb 376, cf. Levy TW ii.489 Jastr 1587), 3:7, 9, 11; 8:11, 12, and in phr. בְּנֵי עַדֵי שׁ׳ Ezr 2:55, 58 = Ne 7:57, 60; Ne 11:3.

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 54 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (5 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (5 candidates)

## Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: Solomon (233); of Solomon (58); O Solomon (2).

## In the verses

[Proverbs 1:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PRO.1.1/#tree)

מִ֭שְׁלֵי שְׁלֹמֹ֣ה בֶן־דָּוִ֑ד מֶ֝֗לֶךְ יִשְׂרָאֵֽל׃

*Word for word:* the.proverbs of.Solomon the.son of.David the.king of.Israel

*JPS 1917:* THE PROVERBS of Solomon the son of David, king of Israel;

[Song of Songs 1:1](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.1/) · [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/SNG.1.1/#tree)

שִׁ֥יר הַשִּׁירִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֥ר לִשְׁלֹמֹֽה׃

*Word for word:* the.song of the.songs which \[is\].of Solomon

*JPS 1917:* THE SONG of songs, which is Solomon's.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of its meanings](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1513/8010/): every English meaning parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.

Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).