Jehovah-Shalom

American Tract Society Bible Dictionary

Jehovah of peace, or prosperity, the name given by Gideon to an altar which he built in the place where the Angel-Jehovah had appeared to him, and saluted him by saying "Peace be unto thee," Judges 6:24 .

Easton's Bible Dictionary

Judges 6:24

Holman Bible Dictionary

Judges 6:24Jehovah

Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary

The margin of the Bible renders this title of a covenant God, "The Lord send peace." It was ascribed to the Lord by Gideon, in the prospect of conquering Midian. (Judges 6:24) It proved so then, and it has proved so in numberless instances ever since. But seen with an eye to Christ, it is eminently blessed; here, indeed, JEHOVAH, in the covenant of peace founded in Christ before all worlds, may, and must be called, in the strongest emphasis, JEHOVAH SHALOM.

Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible

JEHOVAH-SHALOM . The name given by Gideon to the altar he erected in Ophrah ( Judges 6:24 ). The name means ‘J″ [Note: Jahweh.] is peace’ ( i.e. well-disposed), in allusion to J″ [Note: Jahweh.] ’s words in Judges 6:23 ‘Peace be unto thee.’

Smith's Bible Dictionary

Jeho'vah-sha'lom. (Jehovah (is) peace). Or, with an ellipsis, "Jehovah the God of peace". The altar erected by Gideon in Orphrah was so called, in memory of the salutation addressed to him, by the angel of Jehovah, "Peace be unto thee." Judges 6:24.

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

jē̇ hō´va shā´lom יהוה שׁלום yahweh shālōm Judges 6:24

Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature

(Hebrew Yehovah' Shalom', יְהוָֹה שָׁלוֹם, Jehovah gives peace, i.e. prosperity; Sept. Εἰρήνη κυρίου, Vulgate Domini pax), the appellation given by Gideon to an altar erected by him on the spot where the divine angel appeared to him and wrought the miracles which confirmed his mission; in commemoration of the success thus betokened to him ("Peace be unto thee"); stated to have been extant at a late day in Ophrah (Judges 6:24). (See Critici Sacri, 2, 949; Balthasar, De Altari Gideonis, Gryph. 1746.) (See Gideon).