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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. Deuteronomy 4:39וַהֲשֵׁבֹתָ֮ · and take
    Know therefore this day and take to heart that the LORD is God in heaven above and on the earth below; there is no other.
  2. Deuteronomy 5:30שׁ֥וּבוּ · Return
    Go and tell them: ‘Return to your tents.’
  3. Deuteronomy 13:17יָשׁ֨וּב · will turn
    Nothing devoted to destruction shall cling to your hands, so that the LORD will turn from His fierce anger, grant you mercy, show you compassion, and multiply you as He swore to your fathers,
  4. Deuteronomy 17:16יָשִׁ֤יב · back; לָשׁ֛וּב · to go back
    But the king must not acquire many horses for himself or send the people back to Egypt to acquire more horses, for the LORD has said, ‘You are never to go back that way again.’
  5. Deuteronomy 20:5וְיָשֹׁ֣ב
    Furthermore, the officers are to address the army, saying, “Has any man built a new house and not dedicated it? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man dedicate it.
  6. Deuteronomy 20:6וְיָשֹׁ֣ב
    Has any man planted a vineyard and not begun to enjoy its fruit? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man enjoy its fruit.
  7. Deuteronomy 20:7וְיָשֹׁ֣ב
    Has any man become pledged to a woman and not married her? Let him return home, or he may die in battle and another man marry her.”
  8. Deuteronomy 20:8וְיָשֹׁ֣ב
    Then the officers shall speak further to the army, saying, “Is any man afraid or fainthearted? Let him return home, so that the hearts of his brothers will not melt like his own.”
  9. Deuteronomy 22:1הָשֵׁ֥ב · be sure to return it; תְּשִׁיבֵ֖ם
    If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.
  10. Deuteronomy 22:2וַהֲשֵׁבֹת֖וֹ · then you can return it
    If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to remain with you until your brother comes seeking it; then you can return it to him.
  11. Deuteronomy 23:13וְשַׁבְתָּ֖
    And you must have a digging tool in your equipment so that when you relieve yourself you can dig a hole and cover up your excrement.
  12. Deuteronomy 23:14וְשָׁ֖ב · and turn away
    For the LORD your God walks throughout your camp to protect you and deliver your enemies to you. Your camp must be holy, lest He see anything unclean among you and turn away from you.
  13. Deuteronomy 24:4לָשׁ֨וּב
    …then the husband who divorced her first may not remarry her after she has been defiled, for that is an abomination to the LORD. You must not bring sin upon the land that the LORD your God is giving you as an inheritance.
  14. Deuteronomy 24:13הָשֵׁב֩ · be sure to return; תָּשִׁ֨יב
    …be sure to return it to him by sunset, so that he may sleep in his own cloak and bless you, and this will be credited to you as righteousness before the LORD your God.
  15. Deuteronomy 24:19תָשׁוּב֙ · go back
    If you are harvesting in your field and forget a sheaf there, do not go back to get it. It is to be left for the foreigner, the fatherless, and the widow, so that the LORD your God may bless you in all the work of your hands.
  16. Deuteronomy 28:31יָשׁ֖וּב · returned
    Your ox will be slaughtered before your eyes, but you will not eat any of it. Your donkey will be taken away and not returned to you. Your flock will be given to your enemies, and no one will save you.
  17. Deuteronomy 28:60וְהֵשִׁ֣יב · He will afflict you again
    He will afflict you again with all the diseases you dreaded in Egypt, and they will cling to you.
  18. Deuteronomy 28:68וֶֽהֱשִֽׁיבְךָ֨ · will return you
    The LORD will return you to Egypt in ships by a route that I said you should never see again. There you will sell yourselves to your enemies as male and female slaves, but no one will buy you.”
  19. Deuteronomy 30:1וַהֲשֵׁבֹתָ֙ · and you call [them]
    “When all these things come upon you—the blessings and curses I have set before you—and you call them to mind in all the nations to which the LORD your God has banished you,
  20. Deuteronomy 30:2וְשַׁבְתָּ֞ · return
    …and when you and your children return to the LORD your God and obey His voice with all your heart and all your soul according to everything I am giving you today,
  21. Deuteronomy 30:3וְשָׁ֨ב · will restore; וְשָׁ֗ב
    …then He will restore you from captivity and have compassion on you and gather you from all the nations to which the LORD your God has scattered you.
  22. Deuteronomy 30:8תָשׁ֔וּב · will again
    And you will again obey the voice of the LORD and follow all His commandments I am giving you today.
  23. Deuteronomy 30:9יָשׁ֣וּב · will again
    So the LORD your God will make you abound in all the work of your hands and in the fruit of your womb, the offspring of your livestock, and the produce of your land. Indeed, the LORD will again delight in your prosperity, as He delighted in that of your fathers,
  24. Deuteronomy 30:10תָשׁוּב֙ · you turn
    …if you obey the LORD your God by keeping His commandments and statutes that are written in this Book of the Law, and if you turn to Him with all your heart and with all your soul.
  25. Deuteronomy 32:41אָשִׁ֤יב · I will take
    …when I sharpen My flashing sword, and My hand grasps it in judgment, I will take vengeance on My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
  26. Deuteronomy 32:43יָשִׁ֣יב · He will take
    Rejoice, O heavens, with Him, and let all God’s angels worship Him. Rejoice, O nations, with His people; for He will avenge the blood of His children. He will take vengeance on His adversaries and repay those who hate Him; He will cleanse His land and His people.
  27. Joshua 1:15וְשַׁבְתֶּ֞ם · Then you may return
    …until the LORD gives them rest as He has done for you, and your brothers also possess the land that the LORD your God is giving them. Then you may return to the land of your inheritance and take possession of that which Moses the servant of the LORD gave you on the east side of the Jordan.”
  28. Joshua 2:16שׁ֣וֹב · have returned
    “Go to the hill country,” she said, “so that your pursuers will not find you. Hide yourselves there for three days until they have returned; then go on your way.”
  29. Joshua 2:22שָׁ֖בוּ · had returned
    So the spies went out into the hill country and stayed there three days, until their pursuers had returned without finding them, having searched all along the road.
  30. Joshua 2:23וַיָּשֻׁ֜בוּ · started back
    Then the two men started back, came down from the hill country, and crossed the river. So they came to Joshua son of Nun and reported all that had happened to them.
  31. Joshua 4:18וַיָּשֻׁ֤בוּ · returned
    When the priests carrying the ark of the covenant of the LORD came up out of the Jordan and their feet touched the dry land, the waters of the Jordan returned to their course and overflowed all the banks as before.
  32. Joshua 5:2וְשׁ֛וּב · once again
    At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel once again.”
  33. Joshua 6:14וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ · and returned
    So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.
  34. Joshua 7:3וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ · On returning
    On returning to Joshua, they reported, “There is no need to send all the people; two or three thousand men are enough to go up and attack Ai. Since the people of Ai are so few, you need not wear out all our people there.”
  35. Joshua 7:26וַיָּ֥שָׁב · turned
    And they heaped over Achan a large pile of rocks that remains to this day. So the LORD turned from His burning anger. Therefore that place is called the Valley of Achor to this day.
  36. Joshua 8:21וַיָּשֻׁ֕בוּ · they turned around
    When Joshua and all Israel saw that the men in ambush had captured the city and that smoke was rising from it, they turned around and struck down the men of Ai.
  37. Joshua 8:24וַיָּשֻׁ֤בוּ · returned
    When Israel had finished killing all the men of Ai who had pursued them into the field and wilderness, and when every last one of them had fallen by the sword, all the Israelites returned to Ai and put it to the sword as well.
  38. Joshua 8:26הֵשִׁ֣יב · draw back
    Joshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.
  39. Joshua 10:15וַיָּ֤שָׁב · returned
    Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.
  40. Joshua 10:21וַיָּשֻׁבוּ֩ · returned
    The whole army returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one dared to utter a word against the Israelites.
  41. Joshua 10:38וַיָּ֧שָׁב · turned
    Finally Joshua and all Israel with him turned toward Debir and fought against it.
  42. Joshua 10:43וַיָּ֤שָׁב · returned
    Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.
  43. Joshua 11:10וַיָּ֨שָׁב · turned back
    At that time Joshua turned back and captured Hazor and put its king to the sword, because Hazor was formerly the head of all these kingdoms.
  44. Joshua 14:7וָאָשֵׁ֤ב · and I brought back
    I was forty years old when Moses the servant of the LORD sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land, and I brought back to him an honest report.
  45. Joshua 18:8וְשׁ֣וּבוּ · and return
    As the men got up to go out, Joshua commanded them to map out the land, saying, “Go and survey the land, map it out, and return to me. Then I will cast lots for you here in Shiloh in the presence of the LORD.”
  46. Joshua 19:12וְשָׁ֣ב · it turned
    From Sarid it turned eastward along the border of Chisloth-tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.