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שׁוּב

shuvto return: returnHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb1,057 occurrences38 books950 verses

Definition

a primitive root; to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
Traditional renderings: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) × again, (cause to) answer ( again), × in any case (wise), × at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, × certainly, come again (back), × consider, continually, convert, deliver (again), deny, draw back, fetch home again, × fro, get (oneself) (back) again, × give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, × needs, be past, × pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, × surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שׁוּב:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,057 total
  1. Nehemiah 4:4וְהָשֵׁ֥ב · Turn
    Hear us, O God, for we are despised. Turn their scorn back upon their own heads, and let them be taken as plunder to a land of captivity.
  2. Nehemiah 4:12תָּשׁ֥וּבוּ · you turn
    At that time the Jews who lived nearby came and told us ten times over, “Wherever you turn, they will attack us.”
  3. Nehemiah 4:15וַנָּשׁוּב · of us returned
    When our enemies heard that we were aware of their scheme and that God had frustrated it, each of us returned to his own work on the wall.
  4. Nehemiah 5:11הָשִׁיבוּ֩ · restore
    Please restore to them immediately their fields, vineyards, olive groves, and houses, along with the percentage of the money, grain, new wine, and oil that you have been assessing them.”
  5. Nehemiah 5:12נָשִׁ֗יב · We will restore [it]
    “We will restore it,” they replied, “and will require nothing more from them. We will do as you say.” So I summoned the priests and required of the nobles and officials an oath that they would do what they had promised.
  6. Nehemiah 6:4וָאָשִׁ֥יב · and each time I gave
    Four times they sent me the same message, and each time I gave the same reply.
  7. Nehemiah 7:6וַיָּשׁ֧וּבוּ · They returned
    These are the people of the province who came up from the captivity of the exiles carried away to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar its king. They returned to Jerusalem and Judah, each to his own town,
  8. Nehemiah 8:17הַשָּׁבִ֨ים · that had returned
    The whole assembly that had returned from exile made booths and lived in them. From the days of Joshua son of Nun until that day, the Israelites had not celebrated like this. And there was great rejoicing.
  9. Nehemiah 9:17לָשׁ֥וּב · to return them
    They refused to listen and failed to remember the wonders You performed among them. They stiffened their necks and appointed a leader to return them to their bondage in Egypt. But You are a forgiving God, gracious and compassionate, slow to anger and rich in loving devotion, and You did not forsake them.
  10. Nehemiah 9:26לַהֲשִׁיבָ֣ם · to return
    But they were disobedient and rebelled against You; they flung Your law behind their backs. They killed Your prophets, who had admonished them to return to You. They committed terrible blasphemies.
  11. Nehemiah 9:28יָשׁ֕וּבוּ · they again; וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ · to You again
    But as soon as they had rest, they again did evil in Your sight. So You abandoned them to the hands of their enemies, who had dominion over them. When they cried out to You again, You heard from heaven, and You delivered them many times in Your compassion.
  12. Nehemiah 9:29לַהֲשִׁיבָ֣ם · to turn back
    You admonished them to turn back to Your law, but they were arrogant and disobeyed Your commandments. They sinned against Your ordinances, by which a man will live if he practices them. They turned a stubborn shoulder; they stiffened their necks and would not obey.
  13. Nehemiah 9:35שָׁ֔בוּ · or turn
    For even while they were in their kingdom, with the abundant goodness that You had given them, and in the spacious and fertile land that You had set before them, they would not serve You or turn from their wicked ways.
  14. Nehemiah 13:9וָאָשִׁ֣יבָה · restored
    Then I ordered that the rooms be purified, and I had the articles of the house of God restored to them, along with the grain offerings and frankincense.
  15. Esther 2:14שָׁבָ֞ה · would return
    She would go there in the evening, and in the morning she would return to a second harem under the care of Shaashgaz, the king’s eunuch in charge of the concubines. She would not return to the king unless he delighted in her and summoned her by name.
  16. Esther 4:13לְהָשִׁ֣יב · this reply
    …he sent back to her this reply: “Do not imagine that because you are in the king’s palace you alone will escape the fate of all the Jews.
  17. Esther 4:15לְהָשִׁ֥יב · sent
    Then Esther sent this reply to Mordecai:
  18. Esther 6:12וַיָּ֥שָׁב · returned
    Then Mordecai returned to the king’s gate. But Haman rushed home, with his head covered in grief.
  19. Esther 7:8שָׁב֩ · returned
    Just as the king returned from the palace garden to the banquet hall, Haman was falling on the couch where Esther was reclining. The king exclaimed, “Would he actually assault the queen while I am in the palace?” As soon as the words had left the king’s mouth, they covered Haman’s face.
  20. Esther 8:5לְהָשִׁ֣יב · to revoke
    “If it pleases the king,” she said, “and if I have found favor in his sight, and the matter seems proper to the king, and I am pleasing in his sight, may an order be written to revoke the letters that the scheming Haman son of Hammedatha, the Agagite, wrote to destroy the Jews in all the king’s provinces.
  21. Esther 8:8לְהָשִֽׁיב׃ · be revoked
    Now you may write in the king’s name as you please regarding the Jews, and seal it with the royal signet ring. For a decree that is written in the name of the king and sealed with the royal signet ring cannot be revoked.”
  22. Esther 9:25יָשׁ֞וּב · should come back
    But when it came before the king, he commanded by letter that the wicked scheme which Haman had devised against the Jews should come back upon his own head, and that he and his sons should be hanged on the gallows.
  23. Job 1:21אָשׁ֣וּב · I will return
    …saying: “Naked I came from my mother’s womb, and naked I will return. The LORD gave, and the LORD has taken away. Blessed be the name of the LORD.”
  24. Job 6:29שֻֽׁבוּ־ · Reconsider; וְשֻׁבִי · Reconsider
    Reconsider; do not be unjust. Reconsider, for my righteousness is at stake.
  25. Job 7:7תָשׁ֥וּב · again
    Remember that my life is but a breath. My eyes will never again see happiness.
  26. Job 7:10יָשׁ֣וּב · returns
    He never returns to his house; his place remembers him no more.
  27. Job 9:12יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ · can stop Him
    If He takes away, who can stop Him? Who dares to ask Him, ‘What are You doing?’
  28. Job 9:13יָשִׁ֣יב · restrain
    God does not restrain His anger; the helpers of Rahab cower beneath Him.
  29. Job 9:18הָשֵׁ֣ב · catch
    He does not let me catch my breath, but overwhelms me with bitterness.
  30. Job 10:9תְּשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃ · Would You now return me
    Please remember that You molded me like clay. Would You now return me to dust?
  31. Job 10:16וְ֝תָשֹׁ֗ב · and again
    Should I hold my head high, You would hunt me like a lion, and again display Your power against me.
  32. Job 10:21אָשׁ֑וּב · to return
    …before I go—never to return—to a land of darkness and gloom,
  33. Job 11:10יְשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃ · can stop Him
    If He comes along to imprison you, or convenes a court, who can stop Him?
  34. Job 13:22וַהֲשִׁיבֵֽנִי׃ · and You can reply
    Then call me, and I will answer, or let me speak, and You can reply.
  35. Job 14:13שׁ֣וּב · has passed
    If only You would hide me in Sheol and conceal me until Your anger has passed! If only You would appoint a time for me and then remember me!
  36. Job 15:13תָשִׁ֣יב · you turn
    …so that you turn your spirit against God and pour such words from your mouth?
  37. Job 15:22שׁ֭וּב · his return
    He despairs of his return from darkness; he is marked for the sword.
  38. Job 16:22אָשׁ֣וּב · return
    For when only a few years are past I will go the way of no return.
  39. Job 17:10תָּ֭שֻׁבוּ · and try again
    But come back and try again, all of you. For I will not find a wise man among you.
  40. Job 20:2יְשִׁיב֑וּנִי · compel me to answer
    “So my anxious thoughts compel me to answer, because of the turmoil within me.
  41. Job 20:10תָּשֵׁ֥בְנָה · must return
    His sons will seek the favor of the poor, for his own hands must return his wealth.
  42. Job 20:18מֵשִׁ֣יב · He must return
    He must return the fruit of his labor without consuming it; he cannot enjoy the profits of his trading.
  43. Job 22:23תָּשׁ֣וּב · you return
    If you return to the Almighty, you will be restored. If you remove injustice from your tents
  44. Job 23:13יְשִׁיבֶ֑נּוּ · can oppose Him
    But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
  45. Job 30:23תְּשִׁיבֵ֑נִי · You will bring me down
    Yes, I know that You will bring me down to death, to the place appointed for all the living.
  46. Job 31:14אֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃ · will I answer
    …what will I do when God rises to judge? How will I answer when called to account?
  47. Job 32:14אֲשִׁיבֶֽנּוּ׃ · answer him
    But Job has not directed his words against me, and I will not answer him with your arguments.
  48. Job 33:5הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נִי · Refute me
    Refute me if you can; prepare your case and confront me.