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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. 1 Samuel 29:4וְיָשֹׁב֙ · and let him return
    But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?
  2. 1 Samuel 29:7שׁ֖וּב · Therefore turn back
    Therefore turn back now and go in peace, so that you will not do anything to displease the leaders of the Philistines.”
  3. 1 Samuel 29:11לָשׁ֖וּב · to return
    So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.
  4. 1 Samuel 30:12וַתָּ֥שָׁב · and was revived
    …a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.
  5. 1 Samuel 30:19הֵשִׁ֥יב · back
    Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.
  6. 2 Samuel 1:1שָׁ֔ב · returned
    After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.
  7. 2 Samuel 1:22תָשׁ֖וּב · return
    From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not retreat, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.
  8. 2 Samuel 2:26לָשׁ֖וּב · to stop
    Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”
  9. 2 Samuel 2:30שָׁ֚ב · returned
    When Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,
  10. 2 Samuel 3:11לְהָשִׁ֥יב · to say
    And for fear of Abner, Ish-bosheth did not dare to say another word to him.
  11. 2 Samuel 3:16שׁ֖וּב · Go back; וַיָּשֹֽׁב׃ · So he returned [home]
    Her husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back.” So he returned home.
  12. 2 Samuel 3:26וַיָּשִׁ֥בוּ · who brought him back
    As soon as Joab had left David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah. But David was unaware of it.
  13. 2 Samuel 3:27וַיָּ֤שָׁב · returned
    When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.
  14. 2 Samuel 6:20וַיָּ֥שָׁב · returned
    When David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”
  15. 2 Samuel 8:3לְהָשִׁ֥יב · to restore
    David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.
  16. 2 Samuel 8:13בְּשֻׁב֕וֹ · when he returned
    And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.
  17. 2 Samuel 9:7וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֣י · I will restore
    “Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”
  18. 2 Samuel 10:5וְשַׁבְתֶּֽם׃ · and [then] return
    When this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet the men, since they had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”
  19. 2 Samuel 10:14וַיָּ֣שָׁב · returned
    When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.
  20. 2 Samuel 11:4וַתָּ֖שָׁב · Then she returned
    Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.
  21. 2 Samuel 11:15וְשַׁבְתֶּ֥ם · then withdraw
    In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”
  22. 2 Samuel 12:23לַהֲשִׁיב֖וֹ · I bring him back; יָשׁ֥וּב · return
    But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”
  23. 2 Samuel 12:31וַיָּ֧שָׁב · returned
    David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.
  24. 2 Samuel 14:13הָשִׁ֥יב · brought back
    The woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son?
  25. 2 Samuel 14:21הָשֵׁ֥ב · bring back
    Then the king said to Joab, “I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”
  26. 2 Samuel 15:8יָשִׁיב · indeed; יְשִׁיבֵ֤נִי · brings me back
    For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”
  27. 2 Samuel 15:19שׁ֣וּב · Go back
    Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.
  28. 2 Samuel 15:20שׁ֣וּב · Go back; וְהָשֵׁ֧ב · and take
    In fact, you arrived only yesterday; should I make you wander around with us today while I do not know where I am going? Go back and take your brothers with you. May the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness.”
  29. 2 Samuel 15:25הָשֵׁ֛ב · Return; וֶהֱשִׁבַ֕נִי · He will bring me back
    Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.
  30. 2 Samuel 15:27שֻׁ֥בָה · Return
    The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.
  31. 2 Samuel 15:29וַיָּ֨שֶׁב · returned
    So Zadok and Abiathar returned the ark of God to Jerusalem and stayed there.
  32. 2 Samuel 15:34תָּשׁ֗וּב · you return
    But you can thwart the counsel of Ahithophel for me if you return to the city and say to Absalom: ‘I will be your servant, my king; in the past I was your father’s servant, but now I will be your servant.’
  33. 2 Samuel 16:3יָשִׁ֤יבוּ · will restore
    “Where is your master’s grandson?” asked the king. And Ziba answered, “Indeed, he is staying in Jerusalem, for he has said, ‘Today, the house of Israel will restore to me the kingdom of my grandfather.’”
  34. 2 Samuel 16:8הֵשִׁיב֩ · has paid you back
    The LORD has paid you back for all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned, and the LORD has delivered the kingdom into the hand of your son Absalom. See, you have come to ruin because you are a man of bloodshed!”
  35. 2 Samuel 16:12וְהֵשִׁ֨יב · and repay
    Perhaps the LORD will see my affliction and repay me with good for the cursing I receive today.”
  36. 2 Samuel 17:3וְאָשִׁ֥יבָה · back; כְּשׁ֣וּב · returning to her husband
    …and bring all the people back to you as a bride returning to her husband. You seek the life of only one man; then all the people will be at peace.”
  37. 2 Samuel 17:20וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ · so they returned
    When Absalom’s servants came to the woman at the house, they asked, “Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan?” “They have crossed over the brook,” she replied. The men searched but did not find them, so they returned to Jerusalem.
  38. 2 Samuel 18:16וַיָּ֣שָׁב · broke off
    Then Joab blew the ram’s horn, and the troops broke off their pursuit of Israel because Joab had restrained them.
  39. 2 Samuel 19:10לְהָשִׁ֥יב · about restoring
    But Absalom, the man we anointed over us, has died in battle. So why do you say nothing about restoring the king?”
  40. 2 Samuel 19:11לְהָשִׁ֥יב · to restore
    Then King David sent this message to Zadok and Abiathar, the priests: “Say to the elders of Judah, ‘Why should you be the last to restore the king to his palace, since the talk of all Israel has reached the king at his quarters?
  41. 2 Samuel 19:12לְהָשִׁ֥יב · to restore
    You are my brothers, my own flesh and blood. So why should you be the last to restore the king?’
  42. 2 Samuel 19:14שׁ֥וּב · Return
    So he swayed the hearts of all the men of Judah as though they were one man, and they sent word to the king: “Return, you and all your servants.”
  43. 2 Samuel 19:15וַיָּ֣שָׁב · returned
    So the king returned, and when he arrived at the Jordan, the men of Judah came to Gilgal to meet him and escort him across the Jordan.
  44. 2 Samuel 19:37יָֽשָׁב־ · return
    Please let your servant return, that I may die in my own city near the tomb of my father and mother. But here is your servant Chimham. Let him cross over with my lord the king, and do for him what is good in your sight.”