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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. Ezekiel 7:13יָשׁ֔וּב · recover; יָשׁ֔וּב · be revoked
    The seller will surely not recover what he sold while both remain alive. For the vision concerning the whole multitude will not be revoked, and because of their iniquity, not one of them will preserve his life.
  2. Ezekiel 8:6תָּשׁ֣וּב
    “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see what they are doing—the great abominations that the house of Israel is committing—to drive Me far from My sanctuary? Yet you will see even greater abominations.”
  3. Ezekiel 8:13תָּשׁ֥וּב
    Again, He told me, “You will see them committing even greater abominations.”
  4. Ezekiel 8:15תָּשׁ֥וּב
    “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Yet you will see even greater abominations than these.”
  5. Ezekiel 8:17וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ · and continually
    “Son of man,” He said to me, “do you see this? Is it not enough for the house of Judah to commit the abominations they are practicing here, that they must also fill the land with violence and continually provoke Me to anger? Look, they are even putting the branch to their nose!
  6. Ezekiel 9:11מֵשִׁ֥יב · reported back
    Then the man clothed in linen with the writing kit at his side reported back, “I have done as You commanded.”
  7. Ezekiel 13:22שׁ֛וּב · to turn
    Because you have disheartened the righteous with your lies, even though I have caused them no grief, and because you have encouraged the wicked not to turn from their evil ways to save their lives,
  8. Ezekiel 14:6שׁ֣וּבוּ · Repent; וְהָשִׁ֔יבוּ · and turn away; הָשִׁ֥יבוּ · away
    Therefore tell the house of Israel that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘Repent and turn away from your idols; turn your faces away from all your abominations.
  9. Ezekiel 16:53וְשַׁבְתִּי֙ · But I will restore
    But I will restore Sodom and her daughters from captivity, as well as Samaria and her daughters. And I will restore you along with them.
  10. Ezekiel 16:55תָּשֹׁ֣בְןָ · will return; תָּשֹׁ֖בְןָ · will also return; תְּשֻׁבֶ֖ינָה
    And your sisters, Sodom with her daughters and Samaria with her daughters, will return to their former state. You and your daughters will also return to your former state.
  11. Ezekiel 18:7יָשִׁ֔יב · but restores
    He does not oppress another, but restores the pledge to the debtor. He does not commit robbery, but gives his bread to the hungry and covers the naked with clothing.
  12. Ezekiel 18:8יָשִׁ֣יב
    He does not engage in usury or take excess interest, but he withholds his hand from iniquity and executes true justice between men.
  13. Ezekiel 18:12יָשִׁ֑יב · restore
    He oppresses the poor and needy; he commits robbery and does not restore a pledge. He lifts his eyes to idols; he commits abominations.
  14. Ezekiel 18:17הֵשִׁ֣יב · He withholds
    He withholds his hand from harming the poor and takes no interest or usury. He keeps My ordinances and follows My statutes. Such a man will not die for his father’s iniquity. He will surely live.
  15. Ezekiel 18:21יָשׁוּב֙ · turns
    But if the wicked man turns from all the sins he has committed, keeps all My statutes, and does what is just and right, he will surely live; he will not die.
  16. Ezekiel 18:23בְּשׁוּב֥וֹ · that he turn
    Do I take any pleasure in the death of the wicked? declares the Lord GOD. Wouldn’t I prefer that he turn from his ways and live?
  17. Ezekiel 18:24וּבְשׁ֨וּב · turns
    But if a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, committing the same abominations as the wicked, will he live? None of the righteous acts he did will be remembered. Because of the unfaithfulness and sin he has committed, he will die.
  18. Ezekiel 18:26בְּשׁוּב־ · turns
    If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and practices iniquity, he will die for this. He will die because of the iniquity he has committed.
  19. Ezekiel 18:27וּבְשׁ֣וּב · turns
    But if a wicked man turns from the wickedness he has committed and does what is just and right, he will save his life.
  20. Ezekiel 18:28וַיָּשׁוֹב · and turned
    Because he considered and turned from all the transgressions he had committed, he will surely live; he will not die.
  21. Ezekiel 18:30שׁ֤וּבוּ · Repent; וְהָשִׁ֙יבוּ֙ · and turn
    Therefore, O house of Israel, I will judge you, each according to his ways, declares the Lord GOD. Repent and turn from all your transgressions, so that your iniquity will not become your downfall.
  22. Ezekiel 18:32וְהָשִׁ֖יבוּ · So repent
    For I take no pleasure in anyone’s death, declares the Lord GOD. So repent and live!
  23. Ezekiel 20:22וַהֲשִׁבֹ֙תִי֙ · But I withheld
    But I withheld My hand and acted for the sake of My name, so that it would not be profaned in the eyes of the nations in whose sight I had brought them out.
  24. Ezekiel 21:5תָשׁ֖וּב · to return it
    Then all flesh will know that I, the LORD, have taken My sword from its sheath, not to return it again.’
  25. Ezekiel 21:30הָשַׁ֖ב · Return [the sword]
    Return the sword to its sheath! In the place where you were created, in the land of your origin, I will judge you.
  26. Ezekiel 27:15הֵשִׁ֖יבוּ · they paid you with
    The men of Dedan were your clients; many coastlands were your market; they paid you with ivory tusks and ebony.
  27. Ezekiel 29:14וְשַׁבְתִּי֙ · I will restore; וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֤י · and bring them back
    I will restore Egypt from captivity and bring them back to the land of Pathros, the land of their origin. There they will be a lowly kingdom.
  28. Ezekiel 33:9לָשׁ֣וּב · to turn; שָׁ֖ב · turn
    But if you warn the wicked man to turn from his way, and he does not turn from it, he will die in his iniquity, but you will have saved your life.
  29. Ezekiel 33:11בְּשׁ֥וּב · should turn; שׁ֣וּבוּ · Turn; שׁ֜וּבוּ · Turn
    Say to them: ‘As surely as I live, declares the Lord GOD, I take no pleasure in the death of the wicked, but rather that the wicked should turn from their ways and live. Turn! Turn from your evil ways! For why should you die, O house of Israel?’
  30. Ezekiel 33:12שׁוּב֣וֹ · he turns
    Therefore, son of man, say to your people: ‘The righteousness of the righteous man will not deliver him in the day of his transgression; neither will the wickedness of the wicked man cause him to stumble on the day he turns from his wickedness. Nor will the righteous man be able to survive by his righteousness on the day he sins.’
  31. Ezekiel 33:14וְשָׁב֙ · and he turns
    But if I tell the wicked man, ‘You will surely die,’ and he turns from his sin and does what is just and right—
  32. Ezekiel 33:15יָשִׁ֤יב · restores
    …if he restores a pledge, makes restitution for what he has stolen, and walks in the statutes of life without practicing iniquity—then he will surely live; he will not die.
  33. Ezekiel 33:18בְּשׁוּב־ · turns
    If a righteous man turns from his righteousness and commits iniquity, he will die for it.
  34. Ezekiel 33:19וּבְשׁ֤וּב · turns
    But if a wicked man turns from his wickedness and does what is just and right, he will live because of this.
  35. Ezekiel 34:4הֲשֵׁבֹתֶ֔ם · brought back
    You have not strengthened the weak, healed the sick, bound up the injured, brought back the strays, or searched for the lost. Instead, you have ruled them with violence and cruelty.
  36. Ezekiel 34:16אָשִׁ֔יב · bring back
    I will seek the lost, bring back the strays, bind up the broken, and strengthen the weak; but the sleek and strong I will destroy. I will shepherd them with justice.’
  37. Ezekiel 35:7וָשָֽׁב׃ · those who come
    I will make Mount Seir a desolate waste and will cut off from it those who come and go.
  38. Ezekiel 38:4וְשׁ֣וֹבַבְתִּ֔יךָ · I will turn you around
    I will turn you around, put hooks in your jaws, and bring you out with all your army—your horses, your horsemen in full armor, and a great company armed with shields and bucklers, all brandishing their swords.
  39. Ezekiel 38:8מְשׁוֹבֶ֣בֶת · that has recovered
    After a long time you will be summoned. In the latter years you will enter a land that has recovered from war, whose people were gathered from many nations to the mountains of Israel, which had long been desolate. They had been brought out from the nations, and all now dwell securely.
  40. Ezekiel 38:12לְהָשִׁ֨יב · to turn
    …in order to seize the spoil and carry off the plunder, to turn a hand against the desolate places now inhabited and against a people gathered from the nations, who have acquired livestock and possessions and who live at the center of the land.’