Jehovah-Shalom

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."

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Bibliography Information

Orr, James, M.A., D.D. General Editor. "Entry for 'JEHOVAH-SHALOM'".  "International Standard Bible Encyclopedia".  1915.