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International Standard Bible Encyclopedia · 1915

Jehovah-shalom

je-ho'-va sha'-lom (yahweb shalom, "Yahweh is peace"):

This was the name given by Gideon to the altar he built at Ophra, in allusion to the word spoken to him by the Lord, "Peace be unto thee" (Judges 6:24). It is equivalent to "Yahweh is well disposed."

The International Standard Bible Encyclopedia, James Orr, general editor (Chicago: Howard-Severance, 1915). Public domain. Text as published by biblestudytools.com. From the Encyclosphere, the open network of encyclopedias run by the Knowledge Standards Foundation. Changed for Deep Dive Bible: links to 1, 2, and 3 John that our source pointed at the Gospel of John corrected; our source’s section marks set as headings.