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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. Jeremiah 15:19וַאֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֙ · I will restore you; יָשֻׁ֤בוּ · who must turn; תָשׁ֥וּב · turn
    Therefore this is what the LORD says: “If you return, I will restore you; you will stand in My presence. And if you speak words that are noble instead of worthless, you will be My spokesman. It is they who must turn to you, but you must not turn to them.
  2. Jeremiah 16:15וַהֲשִֽׁבֹתִים֙ · For I will return them
    Instead they will say, ‘As surely as the LORD lives, who brought the Israelites up out of the land of the north and all the other lands to which He had banished them.’ For I will return them to their land that I gave to their forefathers.
  3. Jeremiah 18:4וְשָׁ֗ב
    But the vessel that he was shaping from the clay became flawed in his hand; so he formed it into another vessel, as it seemed best for him to do.
  4. Jeremiah 18:8וְשָׁב֙ · turns
    But if that nation I warned turns from its evil, then I will relent of the disaster I had planned to bring.
  5. Jeremiah 18:11שׁ֣וּבוּ · Turn
    Now therefore, tell the men of Judah and the residents of Jerusalem that this is what the LORD says: ‘Behold, I am planning a disaster for you and devising a plan against you. Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways, and correct your ways and deeds.’
  6. Jeremiah 18:20לְהָשִׁ֥יב · to turn
    Should good be repaid with evil? Yet they have dug a pit for me. Remember how I stood before You to speak good on their behalf, to turn Your wrath from them.
  7. Jeremiah 22:10יָשׁוּב֙ · return
    Do not weep for him who is dead; do not mourn his loss. Weep bitterly for him who is exiled, for he will never return to see his native land.
  8. Jeremiah 22:11יָשׁ֥וּב · return
    For this is what the LORD says concerning Shallum son of Josiah, king of Judah, who succeeded his father Josiah but has gone forth from this place: “He will never return,
  9. Jeremiah 22:27לָשׁ֣וּב; יָשֽׁוּבוּ׃ס · return
    You will never return to the land for which you long.”
  10. Jeremiah 23:3וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֥י · and I will return them
    Then I Myself will gather the remnant of My flock from all the lands to which I have banished them, and I will return them to their pasture, where they will be fruitful and multiply.
  11. Jeremiah 23:14שָׁ֔בוּ · turns his back
    And among the prophets of Jerusalem I have seen a horrible thing: They commit adultery and walk in lies. They strengthen the hands of evildoers, so that no one turns his back on wickedness. They are all like Sodom to Me; the people of Jerusalem are like Gomorrah.”
  12. Jeremiah 23:20יָשׁוּב֙ · turn back
    The anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this clearly.
  13. Jeremiah 23:22וִֽישִׁבוּם֙ · and turned them back
    But if they had stood in My council, they would have proclaimed My words to My people and turned them back from their evil ways and deeds.”
  14. Jeremiah 24:6וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֖ים · and will return them
    I will keep My eyes on them for good and will return them to this land. I will build them up and not tear them down; I will plant them and not uproot them.
  15. Jeremiah 24:7יָשֻׁ֥בוּ · they will return
    I will give them a heart to know Me, that I am the LORD. They will be My people, and I will be their God, for they will return to Me with all their heart.
  16. Jeremiah 25:5שֽׁוּבוּ־ · Turn
    The prophets told you, ‘Turn now, each of you, from your evil ways and deeds, and you can dwell in the land that the LORD has given to you and your fathers forever and ever.
  17. Jeremiah 26:3וְיָשֻׁ֕בוּ · and turn
    Perhaps they will listen and turn—each from his evil way of life—so that I may relent of the disaster I am planning to bring upon them because of the evil of their deeds.
  18. Jeremiah 27:16מוּשָׁבִ֥ים · will be brought back
    Then I said to the priests and to all this people, “This is what the LORD says: Do not listen to the words of your prophets who prophesy to you, saying, ‘Look, very soon now the articles from the house of the LORD will be brought back from Babylon.’ They are prophesying to you a lie.
  19. Jeremiah 27:22וַהֲשִׁ֣יבֹתִ֔ים · and restore them
    ‘They will be carried to Babylon and will remain there until the day I attend to them again,’ declares the LORD. ‘Then I will bring them back and restore them to this place.’”
  20. Jeremiah 28:3מֵשִׁיב֙ · will restore
    Within two years I will restore to this place all the articles of the house of the LORD that Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon removed from here and carried to Babylon.
  21. Jeremiah 28:4מֵשִׁ֛יב · will restore
    And I will restore to this place Jeconiah son of Jehoiakim king of Judah, along with all the exiles from Judah who went to Babylon,’ declares the LORD, ‘for I will break the yoke of the king of Babylon.’”
  22. Jeremiah 28:6לְהָשִׁ֞יב · and may He restore
    “Amen!” Jeremiah said. “May the LORD do so! May the LORD fulfill the words you have prophesied, and may He restore the articles of His house and all the exiles back to this place from Babylon.
  23. Jeremiah 29:10לְהָשִׁ֣יב · to restore
    For this is what the LORD says: “When Babylon’s seventy years are complete, I will attend to you and confirm My promise to restore you to this place.
  24. Jeremiah 29:14וְשַׁבְתִּ֣י · and I will restore you; וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֣י · I will restore
    I will be found by you, declares the LORD, and I will restore you from captivity and gather you from all the nations and places to which I have banished you, declares the LORD. I will restore you to the place from which I sent you into exile.”
  25. Jeremiah 30:3וְ֠שַׁבְתִּי · when I will restore; וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֗ים · I will restore them
    For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it.’”
  26. Jeremiah 30:10וְשָׁ֧ב · will return
    As for you, O Jacob My servant, do not be afraid, declares the LORD, and do not be dismayed, O Israel. For I will surely save you out of a distant place, your descendants from the land of their captivity! Jacob will return to quiet and ease, with no one to make him afraid.
  27. Jeremiah 30:18שָׁב֙ · I will restore
    This is what the LORD says: “I will restore the fortunes of Jacob’s tents and have compassion on his dwellings. And the city will be rebuilt on her own ruins, and the palace will stand in its rightful place.
  28. Jeremiah 30:24יָשׁ֗וּב · turn back
    The fierce anger of the LORD will not turn back until He has fully accomplished the purposes of His heart. In the days to come you will understand this.
  29. Jeremiah 31:8יָשׁ֥וּבוּ · They will return
    Behold, I will bring them from the land of the north and gather them from the farthest parts of the earth, including the blind and the lame, expectant mothers and women in labor. They will return as a great assembly!
  30. Jeremiah 31:16וְשָׁ֖בוּ · Then [your children] will return
    This is what the LORD says: “Keep your voice from weeping and your eyes from tears, for the reward for your work will come, declares the LORD. Then your children will return from the land of the enemy.
  31. Jeremiah 31:17וְשָׁ֥בוּ · will return
    So there is hope for your future, declares the LORD, and your children will return to their own land.
  32. Jeremiah 31:18הֲשִׁיבֵ֣נִי · Restore me; וְאָשׁ֔וּבָה · that I may return
    I have surely heard Ephraim’s moaning: ‘You disciplined me severely, like an untrained calf. Restore me, that I may return, for You are the LORD my God.
  33. Jeremiah 31:19שׁוּבִי֙ · I returned
    After I returned, I repented; and after I was instructed, I struck my thigh in grief. I was ashamed and humiliated because I bore the disgrace of my youth.’
  34. Jeremiah 31:21שׁ֚וּבִי · Return; שֻׁ֖בִי · return
    “Set up the road markers, put up the signposts. Keep the highway in mind, the road you have traveled. Return, O Virgin Israel, return to these cities of yours.
  35. Jeremiah 31:23בְּשׁוּבִ֖י · When I restore
    This is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: “When I restore them from captivity, they will once again speak this word in the land of Judah and in its cities: ‘May the LORD bless you, O righteous dwelling place, O holy mountain.’
  36. Jeremiah 32:37וַהֲשִֽׁבֹתִים֙ · and I will return them
    I will surely gather My people from all the lands to which I have banished them in My furious anger and great wrath, and I will return them to this place and make them dwell in safety.
  37. Jeremiah 32:40אָשׁוּב֙ · turn away
    I will make an everlasting covenant with them: I will never turn away from doing good to them, and I will put My fear in their hearts, so that they will never turn away from Me.
  38. Jeremiah 32:44אָשִׁ֥יב · I will restore them
    Fields will be purchased with silver, and deeds will be signed, sealed, and witnessed in the land of Benjamin, in the areas surrounding Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah—the cities of the hill country, the foothills, and the Negev—because I will restore them from captivity, declares the LORD.”
  39. Jeremiah 33:7וַהֲשִֽׁבֹתִי֙ · I will restore
    I will restore Judah and Israel from captivity and will rebuild them as in former times.
  40. Jeremiah 33:11אָשִׁ֧יב · I will restore
    …the sounds of joy and gladness, the voices of the bride and bridegroom, and the voices of those bringing thank offerings into the house of the LORD, saying: ‘Give thanks to the LORD of Hosts, for the LORD is good; His loving devotion endures forever.’ For I will restore the land from captivity as in former times, says the LORD.
  41. Jeremiah 33:26אָשׁוּב · I will restore them
    …then I would also reject the descendants of Jacob and of My servant David, so as not to take from his descendants rulers over the descendants of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob. For I will restore them from captivity and will have compassion on them.”
  42. Jeremiah 34:11וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ · they changed their minds; וַיָּשִׁ֗בוּ · and took back
    …but later they changed their minds and took back the menservants and maidservants they had freed, and they forced them to become slaves again.