Gender Masculine
Usage Biblical, English, Jewish, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek [1]
Meaning & History
From the Hebrew name שְׁלֹמֹה (Shelomo), which was derived from שָׁלוֹם (shalom) meaning "peace". As told in the Old Testament, Solomon was a king of Israel, the son of David and Bathsheba. He was renowned for his wisdom and wealth. Towards the end of his reign he angered God by turning to idolatry. Supposedly, he was the author of the Book of Proverbs, Ecclesiastes and the Song of Solomon.This name has never been overly common in the Christian world, and it is considered typically Jewish. It was however borne by an 11th-century Hungarian king.
Related Names
Rootshalom
VariantSalomon(Biblical Greek)
Other Languages & CulturesSulejman(Albanian) Sulaiman, Sulayman(Arabic) Süleyman(Azerbaijani) Salomo(Biblical Dutch) Salomon(Biblical French) Salomo(Biblical German) Shelomo(Biblical Hebrew) Salomone(Biblical Italian) Salomon(Biblical Polish) Salomón(Biblical Spanish) Sulejman, Suljo(Bosnian) Salomon(French) Shalom, Shlomo(Hebrew) Suleiman(History) Salamon(Hungarian) Sulaiman(Indonesian) Suleimen(Kazakh) Sulayman(Kyrgyz) Sulaiman(Malay) Salomão(Portuguese) Shalim(Semitic Mythology) Salomón(Spanish) Süleyman(Turkish) Süleýman(Turkmen) Souleymane(Western African)
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Sources & References
- Strong, James. The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible, entry g4672, available from https://www.blueletterbible.org/lang/lexicon/lexicon.cfm?strongs=g4672.
