# sar shalom (שַׂר שָׁלוֹם)

pronounced: sar sha-LOM


**“Prince of Peace” — one of the titles Isaiah gives the coming Messiah, built on shalom, wholeness rather than merely the absence of war**

## In Scripture

> For to us a child is born. To us a son is given; and the government will be on his shoulders. His name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
> — Isaiah 9:6 (A title for the coming Messiah, built on shalom — wholeness, not merely the end of fighting)

> Then Gideon built an altar there to Yahweh, and called it “Yahweh is Peace.” To this day it is still in Ophrah of the Abiezrites.
> — Judges 6:24 (The title Prince of Peace grows within Scripture’s larger confession that Yahweh himself is shalom.)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/sar-shalom/