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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. Genesis 42:25וּלְהָשִׁ֤יב · to return
    Then Joseph gave orders to fill their bags with grain, to return each man’s silver to his sack, and to give them provisions for their journey. This order was carried out,
  2. Genesis 42:28הוּשַׁ֣ב · has been returned
    “My silver has been returned!” he said to his brothers. “It is here in my sack.” Their hearts sank, and trembling, they turned to one another and said, “What is this that God has done to us?”
  3. Genesis 42:37אֲשִׁיבֶ֥נּוּ · will return him
    Then Reuben said to his father, “You may kill my two sons if I fail to bring him back to you. Put him in my care, and I will return him.”
  4. Genesis 43:2שֻׁ֖בוּ · Go back
    So when Jacob’s sons had eaten all the grain they had brought from Egypt, their father said to them, “Go back and buy us a little more food.”
  5. Genesis 43:10שַׁ֖בְנוּ · we could have come and gone
    If we had not delayed, we could have come and gone twice by now.”
  6. Genesis 43:12הַמּוּשָׁ֨ב · you may return; תָּשִׁ֣יבוּ · that was put back
    Take double the silver with you so that you may return the silver that was put back into the mouths of your sacks. Perhaps it was a mistake.
  7. Genesis 43:13שׁ֥וּבוּ · and return
    Take your brother as well, and return to the man at once.
  8. Genesis 43:18הַשָּׁ֤ב · that was returned
    But the brothers were frightened that they had been taken to Joseph’s house. “We have been brought here because of the silver that was returned in our bags the first time,” they said. “They intend to overpower us and take us as slaves, along with our donkeys.”
  9. Genesis 43:21וַנָּ֥שֶׁב · and we have brought it back
    But when we came to the place we lodged for the night, we opened our sacks and, behold, each of us found his silver in the mouth of his sack! It was the full amount of our silver, and we have brought it back with us.
  10. Genesis 44:8הֱשִׁיבֹ֥נוּ · We even brought back
    We even brought back to you from the land of Canaan the silver we found in the mouths of our sacks. Why would we steal silver or gold from your master’s house?
  11. Genesis 44:13וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ · and returned
    Then they all tore their clothes, loaded their donkeys, and returned to the city.
  12. Genesis 44:25שֻׁ֖בוּ · Go back
    Then our father said, ‘Go back and buy us some food.’
  13. Genesis 48:21וְהֵשִׁ֣יב · and bring
    Then Israel said to Joseph, “Look, I am about to die, but God will be with you and bring you back to the land of your fathers.
  14. Genesis 50:5וְאָשֽׁוּבָה׃ · and then return
    …my father made me swear an oath when he said, ‘I am about to die. You must bury me in the tomb that I dug for myself in the land of Canaan.’ Now let me go and bury my father, and then return.”
  15. Genesis 50:14וַיָּ֨שָׁב · he returned
    After Joseph had buried his father, he returned to Egypt with his brothers and all who had gone with him to bury his father.
  16. Genesis 50:15וְהָשֵׁ֤ב · Then he will surely repay; יָשִׁיב֙
    When Joseph’s brothers saw that their father was dead, they said, “What if Joseph bears a grudge? Then he will surely repay us for all the evil that we did to him.”
  17. Exodus 4:7הָשֵׁ֤ב · back; וַיָּ֥שֶׁב · back; שָׁ֖בָה · it was restored
    “Put your hand back inside your cloak,” said the LORD. So Moses put his hand back inside his cloak, and when he took it out, it was restored, like the rest of his skin.
  18. Exodus 4:18וַיָּ֣שָׁב׀ · back; וְאָשׁ֙וּבָה֙ · let me return
    Then Moses went back to his father-in-law Jethro and said to him, “Please let me return to my brothers in Egypt to see if they are still alive.” “Go in peace,” Jethro replied.
  19. Exodus 4:19שֻׁ֣ב · back
    Now the LORD had said to Moses in Midian, “Go back to Egypt, for all the men who sought to kill you are dead.”
  20. Exodus 4:20וַיָּ֖שָׁב · and headed back
    So Moses took his wife and sons, put them on a donkey, and headed back to Egypt. And he took the staff of God in his hand.
  21. Exodus 4:21לָשׁ֣וּב · back
    The LORD instructed Moses, “When you go back to Egypt, see that you perform before Pharaoh all the wonders that I have put within your power. But I will harden his heart so that he will not let the people go.
  22. Exodus 5:22וַיָּ֧שָׁב · returned
    So Moses returned to the LORD and asked, “Lord, why have You brought trouble upon this people? Is this why You sent me?
  23. Exodus 10:8וַיּוּשַׁ֞ב · were brought back
    So Moses and Aaron were brought back to Pharaoh. “Go, worship the LORD your God,” he said. “But who exactly will be going?”
  24. Exodus 13:17וְשָׁ֥בוּ · and return
    When Pharaoh let the people go, God did not lead them along the road through the land of the Philistines, though it was shorter. For God said, “If the people face war, they might change their minds and return to Egypt.”
  25. Exodus 14:2וְיָשֻׁ֗בוּ · turn back
    “Tell the Israelites to turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea. You are to encamp by the sea, directly opposite Baal-zephon.
  26. Exodus 14:26וְיָשֻׁ֤בוּ · may flow back
    Then the LORD said to Moses, “Stretch out your hand over the sea, so that the waters may flow back over the Egyptians and their chariots and horsemen.”
  27. Exodus 14:27וַיָּ֨שָׁב · returned
    So Moses stretched out his hand over the sea, and at daybreak the sea returned to its normal state. As the Egyptians were retreating, the LORD swept them into the sea.
  28. Exodus 14:28וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ · flowed back
    The waters flowed back and covered the chariots and horsemen—the entire army of Pharaoh that had chased the Israelites into the sea. Not one of them survived.
  29. Exodus 15:19וַיָּ֧שֶׁב · back
    For when Pharaoh’s horses, chariots, and horsemen went into the sea, the LORD brought the waters of the sea back over them. But the Israelites walked through the sea on dry ground.
  30. Exodus 19:8וַיָּ֧שֶׁב · brought
    And all the people answered together, “We will do everything that the LORD has spoken.” So Moses brought their words back to the LORD.
  31. Exodus 21:34יָשִׁ֣יב · he must pay
    …the owner of the pit shall make restitution; he must pay its owner, and the dead animal will be his.
  32. Exodus 22:26תְּשִׁיבֶ֥נּוּ · return it
    If you take your neighbor’s cloak as collateral, return it to him by sunset,
  33. Exodus 23:4הָשֵׁ֥ב · you must return it; תְּשִׁיבֶ֖נּוּ
    If you encounter your enemy’s stray ox or donkey, you must return it to him.
  34. Exodus 24:14נָשׁ֖וּב · we return
    And he said to the elders, “Wait here for us until we return to you. Aaron and Hur are here with you. Whoever has a dispute can go to them.”
  35. Exodus 32:12שׁ֚וּב · Turn
    Why should the Egyptians declare, ‘He brought them out with evil intent, to kill them in the mountains and wipe them from the face of the earth’? Turn from Your fierce anger and relent from doing harm to Your people.
  36. Exodus 32:27וָשׁ֜וּבוּ
    He told them, “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says: ‘Each of you men is to fasten his sword to his side, go back and forth through the camp from gate to gate, and slay his brother, his friend, and his neighbor.’”
  37. Exodus 32:31וַיָּ֧שָׁב · returned
    So Moses returned to the LORD and said, “Oh, what a great sin these people have committed! They have made gods of gold for themselves.
  38. Exodus 33:11וְשָׁב֙ · Then Moses would return
    Thus the LORD would speak to Moses face to face, as a man speaks to his friend. Then Moses would return to the camp, but his young assistant Joshua son of Nun would not leave the tent.
  39. Exodus 34:31וַיָּשֻׁ֧בוּ · returned
    But Moses called out to them; so Aaron and all the leaders of the congregation returned to him, and Moses spoke to them.
  40. Exodus 34:35וְהֵשִׁ֨יב · back
    …and the Israelites would see that the face of Moses was radiant. So Moses would put the veil back over his face until he went in to speak with the LORD.
  41. Leviticus 6:4וְהֵשִׁ֨יב · he must return
    …once he has sinned and becomes guilty, he must return what he has stolen or taken by extortion, or the deposit entrusted to him, or the lost property he found,
  42. Leviticus 13:16יָשׁ֛וּב · changes
    But if the raw flesh changes and turns white, he must go to the priest.
  43. Leviticus 14:39וְשָׁ֥ב · is to return
    On the seventh day the priest is to return and inspect the house. If the mildew has spread on the walls,
  44. Leviticus 14:43יָשׁ֤וּב · reappears
    If the mildew reappears in the house after the stones have been torn out and the house has been scraped and replastered,