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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 39:2וְשֹׁבַבְתִּ֙יךָ֙ · I will turn you around
    I will turn you around, drive you along, bring you up from the far north, and send you against the mountains of Israel.
  2. Ezekiel 39:25אָשִׁיב֙ · I will restore
    Therefore this is what the Lord GOD says: Now I will restore Jacob from captivity and will have compassion on the whole house of Israel, and I will be jealous for My holy name.
  3. Ezekiel 39:27בְּשׁוֹבְבִ֤י · When I bring them back
    When I bring them back from the peoples and gather them out of the lands of their enemies, I will show My holiness in them in the sight of many nations.
  4. Ezekiel 44:1וַיָּ֣שֶׁב · The man then brought me back
    The man then brought me back to the outer gate of the sanctuary that faced east, but it was shut.
  5. Ezekiel 46:9יָשׁ֗וּב · is to return
    When the people of the land come before the LORD at the appointed feasts, whoever enters by the north gate to worship must go out by the south gate, and whoever enters by the south gate must go out by the north gate. No one is to return through the gate by which he entered, but each must go out by the opposite gate.
  6. Ezekiel 46:17וְשָׁבַ֖ת · then it will revert
    But if he gives a gift from his inheritance to one of his servants, it will belong to that servant until the year of freedom; then it will revert to the prince. His inheritance belongs only to his sons; it shall be theirs.
  7. Ezekiel 47:1וַיְשִׁבֵנִי֮ · Then [the man] brought me back
    Then the man brought me back to the entrance of the temple, and I saw water flowing from under the threshold of the temple toward the east (for the temple faced east). The water was coming down from under the south side of the temple, south of the altar.
  8. Ezekiel 47:6וַיְשִׁבֵ֖נִי · back
    “Son of man, do you see this?” he asked. Then he led me back to the bank of the river.
  9. Ezekiel 47:7בְּשׁוּבֵ֕נִי · When I arrived
    When I arrived, I saw a great number of trees along both banks of the river.
  10. Daniel 9:13לָשׁוּב֙ · by turning
    Just as it is written in the Law of Moses, all this disaster has come upon us, yet we have not sought the favor of the LORD our God by turning from our iniquities and giving attention to Your truth.
  11. Daniel 9:16יָֽשָׁב־ · may turn away
    O Lord, in keeping with all Your righteous acts, I pray that Your anger and wrath may turn away from Your city Jerusalem, Your holy mountain; for because of our sins and the iniquities of our fathers, Jerusalem and Your people are a reproach to all around us.
  12. Daniel 9:25לְהָשִׁיב֙ · to restore; תָּשׁוּב֙ · It will be rebuilt
    Know and understand this: From the issuance of the decree to restore and rebuild Jerusalem until the Messiah, the Prince, there will be seven weeks and sixty-two weeks. It will be rebuilt with streets and a trench, but in times of distress.
  13. Daniel 10:20אָשׁ֔וּב · I must return
    “Do you know why I have come to you?” he said. “I must return at once to fight against the prince of Persia, and when I have gone forth, behold, the prince of Greece will come.
  14. Daniel 11:9וְשָׁ֖ב · and then return
    …who will invade the realm of the king of the South and then return to his own land.
  15. Daniel 11:10וְיָשֹׁ֥ב · and will again
    But his sons will stir up strife and assemble a great army, which will advance forcefully, sweeping through like a flood, and will again carry the battle as far as his fortress.
  16. Daniel 11:13וְשָׁב֙ · another
    For the king of the North will raise another army, larger than the first, and after some years he will advance with a great army and many supplies.
  17. Daniel 11:18וְיָשֵׁב · Then he will turn; יָשִׁ֥יב · and will turn it back
    Then he will turn his face to the coastlands and capture many of them. But a commander will put an end to his reproach and will turn it back upon him.
  18. Daniel 11:19וְיָשֵׁ֣ב
    After this, he will turn back toward the fortresses of his own land, but he will stumble and fall and be no more.
  19. Daniel 11:28וְיָשֹׁ֤ב · The king of the North will return; וְשָׁ֥ב · and return
    The king of the North will return to his land with great wealth, but his heart will be set against the holy covenant; so he will do damage and return to his own land.
  20. Daniel 11:29יָשׁ֖וּב · again
    At the appointed time he will invade the South again, but this time will not be like the first.
  21. Daniel 11:30וְשָׁ֛ב · Then he will turn back; וְשָׁ֣ב · So he will return
    Ships of Kittim will come against him, and he will lose heart. Then he will turn back and rage against the holy covenant and do damage. So he will return and show favor to those who forsake the holy covenant.
  22. Hosea 2:7וְאָשׁ֙וּבָה֙ · I will return
    She will pursue her lovers but not catch them; she will seek them but not find them. Then she will say, ‘I will return to my first husband, for then I was better off than now.’
  23. Hosea 2:9אָשׁ֔וּב · I will take back
    Therefore I will take back My grain in its time and My new wine in its season; I will take away My wool and linen, which were given to cover her nakedness.
  24. Hosea 3:5יָשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ · will return
    Afterward, the people of Israel will return and seek the LORD their God and David their king. They will come trembling to the LORD and to His goodness in the last days.
  25. Hosea 4:9אָשִׁ֥יב · and repay
    And it shall be like people, like priest. I will punish both of them for their ways and repay them for their deeds.
  26. Hosea 5:4לָשׁ֖וּב · to return
    Their deeds do not permit them to return to their God, for a spirit of prostitution is within them, and they do not know the LORD.
  27. Hosea 5:15אָשׁ֙וּבָה֙
    Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
  28. Hosea 6:1וְנָשׁ֣וּבָה · let us return
    Come, let us return to the LORD. For He has torn us to pieces, but He will heal us; He has wounded us, but He will bind up our wounds.
  29. Hosea 6:11בְּשׁוּבִ֖י · when I restore
    Also for you, O Judah, a harvest is appointed, when I restore My people from captivity.
  30. Hosea 7:10שָׁ֙בוּ֙ · return
    Israel’s arrogance testifies against them, yet they do not return to the LORD their God; despite all this, they do not seek Him.
  31. Hosea 7:16יָשׁ֣וּבוּ׀ · They turn
    They turn, but not to the Most High; they are like a faulty bow. Their leaders will fall by the sword for the cursing of their tongue; for this they will be ridiculed in the land of Egypt.
  32. Hosea 8:13יָשֽׁוּבוּ׃ · will return
    Though they offer sacrifices as gifts to Me, and though they eat the meat, the LORD does not accept them. Now He will remember their iniquity and punish their sins: They will return to Egypt.
  33. Hosea 9:3וְשָׁ֤ב · will return
    They will not remain in the land of the LORD; Ephraim will return to Egypt and eat unclean food in Assyria.
  34. Hosea 11:5יָשׁוּב֙ · return; לָשֽׁוּב׃ · to repent
    Will they not return to the land of Egypt and be ruled by Assyria because they refused to repent?
  35. Hosea 11:9אָשׁ֖וּב · again
    I will not execute the full fury of My anger; I will not destroy Ephraim again. For I am God and not man—the Holy One among you—and I will not come in wrath.
  36. Hosea 12:2יָשִׁ֥יב · and repay
    The LORD has a charge to bring against Judah. He will punish Jacob according to his ways and repay him according to his deeds.
  37. Hosea 12:6תָשׁ֑וּב · must return
    But you must return to your God; maintain love and justice, and always wait on your God.
  38. Hosea 12:14יָשִׁ֥יב · and repay
    Ephraim has provoked bitter anger, so his Lord will leave his bloodguilt upon him and repay him for his contempt.
  39. Hosea 14:1שׁ֚וּבָה · Return
    Return, O Israel, to the LORD your God, for you have stumbled by your iniquity.
  40. Hosea 14:2וְשׁ֖וּבוּ · and return
    Bring your confessions and return to the LORD. Say to Him: “Take away all our iniquity and receive us graciously, that we may present the fruit of our lips.
  41. Hosea 14:4שָׁ֥ב · has turned away
    I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.
  42. Hosea 14:7יָשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ · They will return
    They will return and dwell in his shade; they will grow grain and blossom like the vine. His renown will be like the wine of Lebanon.
  43. Joel 2:12שֻׁ֥בוּ · return
    “Yet even now,” declares the LORD, “return to Me with all your heart, with fasting, weeping, and mourning.”
  44. Joel 2:13וְשׁ֖וּבוּ · and return
    So rend your hearts and not your garments, and return to the LORD your God. For He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion. And He relents from sending disaster.
  45. Joel 2:14יָשׁ֣וּב · He may turn
    Who knows? He may turn and relent and leave a blessing behind Him—grain and drink offerings for the LORD your God.