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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. Joshua 19:27וְשָׁ֨ב · then turned
    …then turned eastward toward Beth-dagon, touched Zebulun and the Valley of Iphtah-el, and went north to Beth-emek and Neiel, passing Cabul on the left.
  2. Joshua 19:29וְשָׁ֤ב · then turned back; וְשָׁ֤ב · turned
    The border then turned back toward Ramah as far as the fortified city of Tyre, turned toward Hosah, and came out at the Sea in the region of Achzib,
  3. Joshua 19:34וְשָׁ֨ב · turned
    Then the border turned westward to Aznoth-tabor and ran from there to Hukkok, touching Zebulun on the south side, Asher on the west, and Judah at the Jordan on the east.
  4. Joshua 20:6יָשׁ֣וּב · may return
    He is to stay in that city until he stands trial before the assembly and until the death of the high priest serving at that time. Then the manslayer may return to his own home in the city from which he fled.”
  5. Joshua 22:8שׁ֤וּבוּ · Return
    …saying, “Return to your homes with your great wealth, with immense herds of livestock, with silver, gold, bronze, iron, and very many clothes. Divide with your brothers the spoil of your enemies.”
  6. Joshua 22:9וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ
    So the Reubenites, the Gadites, and the half-tribe of Manasseh left the Israelites at Shiloh in the land of Canaan to return to their own land of Gilead, which they had acquired according to the command of the LORD through Moses.
  7. Joshua 22:16לָשׁ֣וּב · by turning away
    “This is what the whole congregation of the LORD says: ‘What is this breach of faith you have committed today against the God of Israel by turning away from the LORD and building for yourselves an altar, that you might rebel against the LORD this day?
  8. Joshua 22:18תָּשֻׁ֣בוּ · turn away
    And now, would you turn away from the LORD? If you rebel today against the LORD, tomorrow He will be angry with the whole congregation of Israel.
  9. Joshua 22:23לָשׁ֖וּב · to turn away
    If we have built for ourselves an altar to turn away from Him and to offer burnt offerings and grain offerings on it, or to sacrifice peace offerings on it, may the LORD Himself hold us accountable.
  10. Joshua 22:29וְלָשׁ֤וּב · and turn away
    Far be it from us to rebel against the LORD and turn away from Him today by building an altar for burnt offerings, grain offerings, or sacrifices, other than the altar of the LORD our God, which stands before His tabernacle.”
  11. Joshua 22:32וַיָּ֣שָׁב · returned; וַיָּשִׁ֥בוּ · and brought back
    Then Phinehas son of Eleazar the priest, together with the other leaders, returned to the Israelites in the land of Canaan and brought back a report regarding the Reubenites and Gadites in the land of Gilead.
  12. Joshua 23:12שׁ֣וֹב · you turn away; תָּשׁ֗וּבוּ
    For if you turn away and cling to the rest of these nations that remain among you, and if you intermarry and associate with them,
  13. Joshua 24:20וְשָׁ֨ב · He will turn
    If you forsake the LORD and serve foreign gods, He will turn and bring disaster on you and consume you, even after He has been good to you.”
  14. Judges 2:19יָשֻׁ֙בוּ֙
    But when the judge died, the Israelites became even more corrupt than their fathers, going after other gods to serve them and bow down to them. They would not give up their evil practices and stubborn ways.
  15. Judges 3:19שָׁ֗ב · turned back
    But upon reaching the idols near Gilgal, he himself turned back and said, “I have a secret message for you, O king.” “Silence,” said the king, and all his attendants left him.
  16. Judges 5:29תָּשִׁ֥יב · keeps
    Her wisest ladies answer; indeed she keeps telling herself,
  17. Judges 6:18שׁוּבֶֽךָ׃ · you return
    Please do not depart from this place until I return to You. Let me bring my offering and set it before You.” And the LORD said, “I will stay until you return.”
  18. Judges 7:3יָשֹׁ֥ב · may turn back; וַיָּ֣שָׁב · turned back
    Now, therefore, proclaim in the hearing of the men: ‘Whoever is fearful and trembling may turn back and leave Mount Gilead.’” So twenty-two thousand of them turned back, but ten thousand remained.
  19. Judges 7:15וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ · He returned
    When Gideon heard the dream and its interpretation, he bowed in worship. He returned to the camp of Israel and said, “Get up, for the LORD has delivered the camp of Midian into your hand.”
  20. Judges 8:9בְּשׁוּבִ֣י · When I return
    So Gideon told the men of Penuel, “When I return in triumph, I will tear down this tower!”
  21. Judges 8:13וַיָּ֛שָׁב · returned
    After this, Gideon son of Joash returned from the battle along the Ascent of Heres.
  22. Judges 8:33וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ · turned
    And as soon as Gideon was dead, the Israelites turned and prostituted themselves with the Baals, and they set up Baal-berith as their god.
  23. Judges 9:56וַיָּ֣שֶׁב · repaid
    In this way God repaid the wickedness that Abimelech had done to his father in murdering his seventy brothers.
  24. Judges 9:57הֵשִׁ֥יב · also brought
    And God also brought all the wickedness of the men of Shechem back upon their own heads. So the curse of Jotham son of Jerubbaal came upon them.
  25. Judges 11:8שַׁ֣בְנוּ · turn
    They answered Jephthah, “This is why we now turn to you, that you may go with us, fight the Ammonites, and become leader over all of us who live in Gilead.”
  26. Judges 11:9מְשִׁיבִ֨ים · take me back
    But Jephthah asked them, “If you take me back to fight the Ammonites and the LORD gives them to me, will I really be your leader?”
  27. Judges 11:13הָשִׁ֥יבָה · restore
    The king of the Ammonites answered Jephthah’s messengers, “When Israel came up out of Egypt, they seized my land, from the Arnon to the Jabbok and all the way to the Jordan. Now, therefore, restore it peaceably.”
  28. Judges 11:31בְּשׁוּבִ֥י · return
    …then whatever comes out the door of my house to greet me on my triumphant return from the Ammonites will belong to the LORD, and I will offer it up as a burnt offering.”
  29. Judges 11:35לָשֽׁוּב׃ · take it back
    As soon as Jephthah saw her, he tore his clothes and said, “No! Not my daughter! You have brought me to my knees! You have brought great misery upon me, for I have given my word to the LORD and cannot take it back.”
  30. Judges 11:39וַתָּ֙שָׁב֙ · she returned
    After two months, she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. And she had never had relations with a man. So it has become a custom in Israel
  31. Judges 14:8וַיָּ֤שָׁב · When [Samson] returned
    When Samson returned later to take her, he left the road to see the lion’s carcass, and in it was a swarm of bees, along with their honey.
  32. Judges 15:19וַתָּ֥שָׁב · returned
    So God opened up the hollow place in Lehi, and water came out of it. When Samson drank, his strength returned, and he was revived. That is why he named it En-hakkore, and it remains in Lehi to this day.
  33. Judges 17:3וַיָּ֛שֶׁב · And when he had returned; אֲשִׁיבֶ֥נּוּ · return it
    And when he had returned the eleven hundred shekels of silver to his mother, she said, “I wholly dedicate the silver to the LORD for my son’s benefit, to make a graven image and a molten idol. Therefore I will now return it to you.”
  34. Judges 17:4וַיָּ֥שֶׁב · So he returned
    So he returned the silver to his mother, and she took two hundred shekels of silver and gave them to a silversmith, who made them into a graven image and a molten idol. And they were placed in the house of Micah.
  35. Judges 18:26וַיָּ֥שָׁב · to go back
    So the Danites went on their way, and Micah turned to go back home, because he saw that they were too strong for him.
  36. Judges 19:3לַהֲשִׁיבוֹ · and bring her back
    …her husband got up and went after her to speak kindly to her and bring her back, taking his servant and a pair of donkeys. So the girl brought him into her father’s house, and when her father saw him, he gladly welcomed him.
  37. Judges 19:7וַיָּ֖שָׁב
    The man got up to depart, but his father-in-law persuaded him, so he stayed there that night.
  38. Judges 20:48שָׁ֣בוּ · turned back
    And the men of Israel turned back against the other Benjamites and put to the sword all the cities, including the animals and everything else they found. And they burned down all the cities in their path.
  39. Judges 21:14וַיָּ֤שָׁב · returned
    And at that time the Benjamites returned and were given the women who were spared from Jabesh-gilead. But there were not enough women for all of them.
  40. Judges 21:23וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ · back
    The Benjamites did as instructed and carried away the number of women they needed from the dancers they caught. They went back to their own inheritance, rebuilt their cities, and settled in them.
  41. Ruth 1:6וַתָּ֖שָׁב · to leave
    When Naomi heard in Moab that the LORD had attended to His people by providing them with food, she and her daughters-in-law prepared to leave the land of Moab.
  42. Ruth 1:7לָשׁ֖וּב · leading back
    Accompanied by her two daughters-in-law, she left the place where she had been living and set out on the road leading back to the land of Judah.
  43. Ruth 1:8שֹּׁ֔בְנָה · back
    Then Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, “Go back, each of you to your mother’s home. May the LORD show you loving devotion, as you have shown to your dead and to me.
  44. Ruth 1:10נָשׁ֖וּב · we will return
    …and said, “Surely we will return with you to your people.”
  45. Ruth 1:11שֹׁ֣בְנָה · Return home
    But Naomi replied, “Return home, my daughters. Why would you go with me? Are there still sons in my womb to become your husbands?