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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. Proverbs 26:11שָׁ֣ב · returns
    As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.
  2. Proverbs 26:15לַֽהֲשִׁיבָ֥הּ · to bring it back
    The slacker buries his hand in the dish; it wearies him to bring it back to his mouth.
  3. Proverbs 26:16מְשִׁ֣יבֵי · who answer
    The slacker is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer discreetly.
  4. Proverbs 26:27תָּשֽׁוּב׃ · will have it roll back
    He who digs a pit will fall into it, and he who rolls a stone will have it roll back on him.
  5. Proverbs 27:11וְאָשִׁ֖יבָה · so that I can answer
    Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.
  6. Proverbs 29:8יָשִׁ֥יבוּ · turn away
    Mockers inflame a city, but the wise turn away anger.
  7. Proverbs 30:30יָ֝שׁ֗וּב · to retreat
    …a lion, mighty among beasts, refusing to retreat before anything;
  8. Ecclesiastes 1:6שָׁ֥ב · ever returning
    The wind blows southward, then turns northward; round and round it swirls, ever returning on its course.
  9. Ecclesiastes 1:7שָׁבִ֖ים · again
    All the rivers flow into the sea, yet the sea is never full; to the place from which the streams come, there again they flow.
  10. Ecclesiastes 3:20שָׁ֥ב · return
    All go to one place; all come from dust, and all return to dust.
  11. Ecclesiastes 4:1וְשַׁ֣בְתִּֽי · Again [I looked]
    Again I looked, and I considered all the oppression taking place under the sun. I saw the tears of the oppressed, and they had no comforter; the power lay in the hands of their oppressors, and there was no comforter.
  12. Ecclesiastes 4:7וְשַׁ֧בְתִּי · Again
    Again, I saw futility under the sun.
  13. Ecclesiastes 5:15יָשׁ֥וּב · again
    As a man came from his mother’s womb, so he will depart again, naked as he arrived. He takes nothing for his labor to carry in his hands.
  14. Ecclesiastes 9:11שַׁ֜בְתִּי · something else
    I saw something else under the sun: The race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong; neither is the bread to the wise, nor the wealth to the intelligent, nor the favor to the skillful. For time and chance happen to all.
  15. Ecclesiastes 12:2וְשָׁ֥בוּ · return
    …before the light of the sun, moon, and stars is darkened, and the clouds return after the rain,
  16. Ecclesiastes 12:7וְיָשֹׁ֧ב · returns; תָּשׁ֔וּב · returns
    …before the dust returns to the ground from which it came and the spirit returns to God who gave it.
  17. Song of Solomon 6:13שׁ֤וּבִי · Come back; שׁ֙וּבִי֙ · come back; שׁ֥וּבִי · Come back; שׁ֖וּבִי · come back
    Come back, come back, O Shulammite! Come back, come back, that we may gaze upon you. Why do you look at the Shulammite, as on the dance of Mahanaim?
  18. Isaiah 1:25וְאָשִׁ֤יבָה · I will turn
    I will turn My hand against you; I will thoroughly purge your dross; I will remove all your impurities.
  19. Isaiah 1:26וְאָשִׁ֤יבָה · I will restore
    I will restore your judges as at first, and your counselors as at the beginning. After that you will be called the City of Righteousness, the Faithful City.”
  20. Isaiah 1:27וְשָׁבֶ֖יהָ · her repentant ones
    Zion will be redeemed with justice, her repentant ones with righteousness.
  21. Isaiah 5:25שָׁ֣ב · turned away
    Therefore the anger of the LORD burns against His people; His hand is raised against them to strike them down. The mountains quake, and the corpses lie like refuse in the streets. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  22. Isaiah 6:10וָשָׁ֖ב · and turn
    Make the hearts of this people calloused; deafen their ears and close their eyes. Otherwise they might see with their eyes, hear with their ears, understand with their hearts, and turn and be healed.”
  23. Isaiah 6:13וְשָׁ֖בָה · again
    And though a tenth remains in the land, it will be burned again. As the terebinth and oak leave stumps when felled, so the holy seed will be a stump in the land.”
  24. Isaiah 9:12שָׁ֣ב · turned away
    Aram from the east and Philistia from the west have devoured Israel with open mouths. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  25. Isaiah 9:13שָׁ֖ב · return
    But the people did not return to Him who struck them; they did not seek the LORD of Hosts.
  26. Isaiah 9:17שָׁ֣ב · turned away
    Therefore the Lord takes no pleasure in their young men; He has no compassion on their fatherless and widows. For every one of them is godless and wicked, and every mouth speaks folly. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  27. Isaiah 9:21שָׁ֣ב · turned away
    Manasseh devours Ephraim, and Ephraim Manasseh; together they turn against Judah. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  28. Isaiah 10:4שָׁ֣ב · turned away
    Nothing will remain but to crouch among the captives or fall among the slain. Despite all this, His anger is not turned away; His hand is still upraised.
  29. Isaiah 10:21יָשׁ֖וּב · will return
    A remnant will return—a remnant of Jacob—to the Mighty God.
  30. Isaiah 10:22יָשׁ֣וּב · will return
    Though your people, O Israel, be like the sand of the sea, only a remnant will return. Destruction has been decreed, overflowing with righteousness.
  31. Isaiah 12:1יָשֹׁ֥ב · has turned away
    In that day you will say: “O LORD, I will praise You. Although You were angry with me, Your anger has turned away, and You have comforted me.
  32. Isaiah 14:27יְשִׁיבֶֽנָּה׃פ · can turn it back
    The LORD of Hosts has purposed, and who can thwart Him? His hand is outstretched, so who can turn it back?
  33. Isaiah 19:22וְשָׁ֙בוּ֙ · They will turn
    And the LORD will strike Egypt with a plague; He will strike them but heal them. They will turn to the LORD, and He will hear their prayers and heal them.
  34. Isaiah 21:12שֻׁ֥בוּ · yet again
    The watchman replies, “Morning has come, but also the night. If you would inquire, then inquire. Come back yet again.”
  35. Isaiah 23:17וְשָׁבָ֖ה · Then she will return
    And at the end of seventy years, the LORD will restore Tyre. Then she will return to hire as a prostitute and sell herself to all the kingdoms on the face of the earth.
  36. Isaiah 28:6מְשִׁיבֵ֥י · to those who repel
    …a spirit of justice to him who sits in judgment, and a strength to those who repel the onslaught at the gate.
  37. Isaiah 29:17וְשָׁ֥ב · become
    In a very short time, will not Lebanon become an orchard, and the orchard seem like a forest?
  38. Isaiah 31:6שׁ֗וּבוּ · Return
    Return to the One against whom you have so blatantly rebelled, O children of Israel.
  39. Isaiah 35:10יְשֻׁב֗וּן · will return
    So the redeemed of the LORD will return and enter Zion with singing, crowned with everlasting joy. Gladness and joy will overtake them, and sorrow and sighing will flee.
  40. Isaiah 36:9תָּשִׁ֗יב · can you repel
    For how can you repel a single officer among the least of my master’s servants when you depend on Egypt for chariots and horsemen?
  41. Isaiah 37:7וְשָׁ֣ב · and return
    Behold, I will put a spirit in him so that he will hear a rumor and return to his own land, where I will cause him to fall by the sword.’”
  42. Isaiah 37:8וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ · he withdrew
    When the Rabshakeh heard that the king of Assyria had left Lachish, he withdrew and found the king fighting against Libnah.
  43. Isaiah 37:29וַהֲשִׁ֣יבֹתִ֔יךָ · I will send you back
    Because your rage and arrogance against Me have reached My ears, I will put My hook in your nose and My bit in your mouth; I will send you back the way you came.’
  44. Isaiah 37:34יָשׁ֑וּב · He will go back
    He will go back the way he came, and he will not enter this city,’ declares the LORD.
  45. Isaiah 37:37וַיָּ֖שָׁב · He returned
    So Sennacherib king of Assyria broke camp and withdrew. He returned to Nineveh and stayed there.
  46. Isaiah 38:8מֵשִׁ֣יב · I will make
    I will make the sun’s shadow that falls on the stairway of Ahaz go back ten steps.’” So the sunlight went back the ten steps it had descended.