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.
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:
- ἐπιστρέφωepistrephō“to turn”31%
- ἀποστρέφωapostrephō“to turn away”30%
- ἀναστρέφωanastrephō“to live/return”8%
- ἀποδίδωμιapodidōmi“to pay”7%
- ἀποκρίνωapokrinō“to answer”3%
- ἀποκαθίστημιapokathistēmi“to restore”2%
- ἀνταποδίδωμιantapodidōmi“to repay”2%
- ἀπέρχομαιaperchomai“to go away”2%
Usage patterns
Occurrences
1,057 total
- Malachi 1:4וְנָשׁוּב֙ · but we will rebuildThough Edom may say, “We have been devastated, but we will rebuild the ruins,” this is what the LORD of Hosts says: “They may build, but I will demolish. They will be called the Land of Wickedness, and a people with whom the LORD is indignant forever.
- Malachi 2:6הֵשִׁ֥יב · and he turnedTrue instruction was in his mouth, and nothing false was found on his lips. He walked with Me in peace and uprightness, and he turned many from iniquity.
- Malachi 3:7שׁ֤וּבוּ · Return; וְאָשׁ֣וּבָה · and I will return; נָשֽׁוּב׃ · can we returnYet from the days of your fathers, you have turned away from My statutes and have not kept them. Return to Me, and I will return to you,” says the LORD of Hosts. “But you ask, ‘How can we return?’
- Malachi 3:18וְשַׁבְתֶּם֙ · So you will againSo you will again distinguish between the righteous and the wicked, between those who serve God and those who do not.”
- Malachi 4:6וְהֵשִׁ֤יב · And he will turnAnd he will turn the hearts of the fathers to their children, and the hearts of the children to their fathers. Otherwise, I will come and strike the land with a curse.”