Hebrew · yeh-ho-VAH shah-LOME
Jehovah-Shalom
יְהוָה שָׁלוֹם
The LORD is peace — wholeness, nothing missing or broken
Symbol: The dove — peace settling where fear once nested
“So Gideon built an altar to the LORD there and called it Jehovah-Shalom.”
Judges 6:24
Gideon named God 'Peace' while hiding in a winepress, before a single enemy had moved. Peace came as a Person before it came as a circumstance.
What the name means
Shalom is not the absence of trouble but the presence of wholeness — health, harmony, completeness, restored relationship.
God gives peace by giving Himself: 'He himself is our peace' (Ephesians 2:14).
This peace guards like a garrison; Philippians says it stands sentry over heart and mind.
How to pray this name
- Pray it slowly over anxious thoughts, one breath per phrase.
- Speak it over homes, conversations and sleep.
Jehovah-Shalom, be my peace before my circumstances change. Guard my heart and mind and make me whole. In the Mighty Name of Jesus! Amen.
Declaration
The Lord is my peace — nothing missing, nothing broken, no room for fear.
Study further
Isaiah 9:6 · John 14:27 · Philippians 4:7 · Ephesians 2:14