Genesis 43:27
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
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Welfare
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Jeremiah 38:4
Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
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שָׁלוֹם
shâlôwm · shaw-lome'
5 times translated as this KJV form229 total Strong's occurrences
safe, i.e. (figuratively) well, happy, friendly; also (abstractly) welfare, i.e. health, prosperity, peace
Strong's KJV usage: × do, familiar, × fare, favour, friend, × great, (good) health, (× perfect, such as be at) peace(-able, -ably), prosper(-ity, -ous), rest, safe(-ty), salute, welfare, (× all is, be) well, × wholly.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Genesis 43:27Strong's last: Jeremiah 38:4
Open full H7965 profile →טוֹב
ṭôwb · tobe
1 times translated as this KJV form558 total Strong's occurrences
good (as an adjective) in the widest sense; used likewise as a noun, both in the masculine and the feminine, the singular and the plural (good, a good or good thing, a good man or woman; the good, goods or good things, good men or women), also as an adverb (well)
Strong's KJV usage: beautiful, best, better, bountiful, cheerful, at ease, × fair (word), (be in) favour, fine, glad, good (deed, -lier, -liest, -ly, -ness, -s), graciously, joyful, kindly, kindness, liketh (best), loving, merry, × most, pleasant, pleaseth, pleasure, precious, prosperity, ready, sweet, wealth, welfare, (be) well(-favoured).
Strong's first: Nehemiah 2:10Strong's last: Nehemiah 2:10
Open full H2896 profile →יְשׁוּעָה
yᵉshûwʻâh · yesh-oo'-aw
1 times translated as this KJV form78 total Strong's occurrences
something saved, i.e. (abstractly) deliverance; hence, aid, victory, prosperity
Strong's KJV usage: deliverance, health, help(-ing), salvation, save, saving (health), welfare.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 30:15Strong's last: Job 30:15
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H7965
And he asked them of their welfare, and said, Is your father well, the old man of whom ye spake? Is he yet alive?
H7965
And Moses went out to meet his father in law, and did obeisance, and kissed him; and they asked each other of their welfare; and they came into the tent.
H7965
He sent Hadoram his son to king David, to inquire of his welfare, and to congratulate him, because he had fought against Hadarezer, and smitten him; (for Hadarezer had war with Tou;) and with him all manner of vessels of gold and silver and brass.
H2896
When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
H3444
Terrors are turned upon me: they pursue my soul as the wind: and my welfare passeth away as a cloud.
H7965
Let their table become a snare before them: and that which should have been for their welfare, let it become a trap.
H7965
Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
English meaning and historical usage.
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welfare
WELFARE, noun [well and fare, a good faring; G.]
1. Exemption from misfortune, sickness, calamity or evil; the enjoyment of health and the common blessings of life; prosperity; happiness; applied to persons.
2. Exemption from any unusual evil or calamity; the enjoyment of peace and prosperity, or the ordinary blessings of society and civil government; applied to states.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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