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What does "Shalom" mean in Hebrew?

By The Context Bible team on June 16, 2026

"Shalom" is the most-used Hebrew greeting in the world, but it is not just "hello." Its root means wholeness, completeness, fullness — peace not as the absence of conflict but as the presence of everything God intends.

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