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שׁוּב

shuvH7725

to return: return

Used 1,056 times in the tagged text.

H7725G · שׁוּב · to return: return

What it means

  • to return, turn back
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : return
  • 1) to return, turn back
  • 1a) (Qal)
  • 1a1) to turn back, return
  • 1a1a) to turn back
  • 1a1b) to return, come or go back
  • 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
  • 1a1d) of dying
  • 1a1e) of human relations (fig)
  • 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
  • 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
  • 1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
  • 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
  • 1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
  • 1a1g) of inanimate things
  • 1a1h) in repetition
  • 1b) (Polel)
  • 1b1) to bring back
  • 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
  • 1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
  • 1b4) to show turning, apostatise
  • 1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
  • 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
  • 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
  • 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
  • 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
  • 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
  • 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
  • 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
  • 1d7) to turn against
  • 1d8) to bring back to mind
  • 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
  • 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
  • 1f) (Pulal) brought back

H7725H · שׁוּב · to return: rescue

What it means

  • to return, turn back
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : rescue/restore
  • 1) to return, turn back
  • 1a) (Qal)
  • 1a1) to turn back, return
  • 1a1a) to turn back
  • 1a1b) to return, come or go back
  • 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
  • 1a1d) of dying
  • 1a1e) of human relations (fig)
  • 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
  • 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
  • 1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
  • 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
  • 1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
  • 1a1g) of inanimate things
  • 1a1h) in repetition
  • 1b) (Polel)
  • 1b1) to bring back
  • 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
  • 1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
  • 1b4) to show turning, apostatise
  • 1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
  • 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
  • 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
  • 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
  • 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
  • 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
  • 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
  • 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
  • 1d7) to turn against
  • 1d8) to bring back to mind
  • 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
  • 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
  • 1f) (Pulal) brought back

H7725I · שׁוּב · to return: turn back

What it means

  • to return, turn back
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : turn_back/backslide
  • 1) to return, turn back
  • 1a) (Qal)
  • 1a1) to turn back, return
  • 1a1a) to turn back
  • 1a1b) to return, come or go back
  • 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
  • 1a1d) of dying
  • 1a1e) of human relations (fig)
  • 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
  • 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
  • 1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
  • 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
  • 1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
  • 1a1g) of inanimate things
  • 1a1h) in repetition
  • 1b) (Polel)
  • 1b1) to bring back
  • 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
  • 1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
  • 1b4) to show turning, apostatise
  • 1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
  • 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
  • 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
  • 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
  • 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
  • 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
  • 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
  • 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
  • 1d7) to turn against
  • 1d8) to bring back to mind
  • 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
  • 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
  • 1f) (Pulal) brought back

H7725J · שׁוּב · to return: again

What it means

  • to return, turn back
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : again/constantly
  • 1) to return, turn back
  • 1a) (Qal)
  • 1a1) to turn back, return
  • 1a1a) to turn back
  • 1a1b) to return, come or go back
  • 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
  • 1a1d) of dying
  • 1a1e) of human relations (fig)
  • 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
  • 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
  • 1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
  • 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
  • 1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
  • 1a1g) of inanimate things
  • 1a1h) in repetition
  • 1b) (Polel)
  • 1b1) to bring back
  • 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
  • 1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
  • 1b4) to show turning, apostatise
  • 1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
  • 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
  • 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
  • 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
  • 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
  • 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
  • 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
  • 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
  • 1d7) to turn against
  • 1d8) to bring back to mind
  • 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
  • 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
  • 1f) (Pulal) brought back

H7725K · שׁוּב · to return: pay

What it means

  • to return, turn back
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : pay/repay/revenge/reward
  • 1) to return, turn back
  • 1a) (Qal)
  • 1a1) to turn back, return
  • 1a1a) to turn back
  • 1a1b) to return, come or go back
  • 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
  • 1a1d) of dying
  • 1a1e) of human relations (fig)
  • 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
  • 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
  • 1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
  • 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
  • 1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
  • 1a1g) of inanimate things
  • 1a1h) in repetition
  • 1b) (Polel)
  • 1b1) to bring back
  • 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
  • 1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
  • 1b4) to show turning, apostatise
  • 1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
  • 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
  • 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
  • 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
  • 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
  • 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
  • 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
  • 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
  • 1d7) to turn against
  • 1d8) to bring back to mind
  • 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
  • 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
  • 1f) (Pulal) brought back

H7725L · שׁוּב · to return: refuse

What it means

  • to return, turn back
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : refuse/turn(face)
  • 1) to return, turn back
  • 1a) (Qal)
  • 1a1) to turn back, return
  • 1a1a) to turn back
  • 1a1b) to return, come or go back
  • 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
  • 1a1d) of dying
  • 1a1e) of human relations (fig)
  • 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
  • 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
  • 1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
  • 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
  • 1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
  • 1a1g) of inanimate things
  • 1a1h) in repetition
  • 1b) (Polel)
  • 1b1) to bring back
  • 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
  • 1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
  • 1b4) to show turning, apostatise
  • 1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
  • 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
  • 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
  • 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
  • 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
  • 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
  • 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
  • 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
  • 1d7) to turn against
  • 1d8) to bring back to mind
  • 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
  • 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
  • 1f) (Pulal) brought back

H7725M · שׁוּב · to return: reply

What it means

  • to return, turn back
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : reply
  • 1) to return, turn back
  • 1a) (Qal)
  • 1a1) to turn back, return
  • 1a1a) to turn back
  • 1a1b) to return, come or go back
  • 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
  • 1a1d) of dying
  • 1a1e) of human relations (fig)
  • 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
  • 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
  • 1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
  • 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
  • 1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
  • 1a1g) of inanimate things
  • 1a1h) in repetition
  • 1b) (Polel)
  • 1b1) to bring back
  • 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
  • 1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
  • 1b4) to show turning, apostatise
  • 1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
  • 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
  • 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
  • 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
  • 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
  • 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
  • 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
  • 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
  • 1d7) to turn against
  • 1d8) to bring back to mind
  • 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
  • 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
  • 1f) (Pulal) brought back

H7725N · שׁוּב · to return: recall

What it means

  • to return, turn back
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : recall/turn(heart)
  • 1) to return, turn back
  • 1a) (Qal)
  • 1a1) to turn back, return
  • 1a1a) to turn back
  • 1a1b) to return, come or go back
  • 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
  • 1a1d) of dying
  • 1a1e) of human relations (fig)
  • 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
  • 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
  • 1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
  • 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
  • 1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
  • 1a1g) of inanimate things
  • 1a1h) in repetition
  • 1b) (Polel)
  • 1b1) to bring back
  • 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
  • 1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
  • 1b4) to show turning, apostatise
  • 1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
  • 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
  • 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
  • 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
  • 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
  • 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
  • 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
  • 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
  • 1d7) to turn against
  • 1d8) to bring back to mind
  • 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
  • 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
  • 1f) (Pulal) brought back

H7725O · שׁוּב · to return: repent

What it means

  • to return, turn back
Full dictionary entry (technical)
  • : repent
  • 1) to return, turn back
  • 1a) (Qal)
  • 1a1) to turn back, return
  • 1a1a) to turn back
  • 1a1b) to return, come or go back
  • 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back
  • 1a1d) of dying
  • 1a1e) of human relations (fig)
  • 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig)
  • 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise
  • 1a1f2) to turn away (of God)
  • 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent
  • 1a1f4) turn back (from evil)
  • 1a1g) of inanimate things
  • 1a1h) in repetition
  • 1b) (Polel)
  • 1b1) to bring back
  • 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
  • 1b3) to lead away (enticingly)
  • 1b4) to show turning, apostatise
  • 1c) (Pual) restored (participle)
  • 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
  • 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
  • 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore
  • 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer
  • 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
  • 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
  • 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward
  • 1d7) to turn against
  • 1d8) to bring back to mind
  • 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke
  • 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
  • 1f) (Pulal) brought back

Same idea, other words · Repentance and returning

The Old Testament says 'return to the Lord'; the New Testament adds a change of mind. The two pictures belong together.

Where it appears

  • Genesis68
  • Exodus28
  • Leviticus18
  • Numbers31
  • Deuteronomy35
  • Joshua36
  • Judges29
  • Ruth15
  • 1 Samuel45
  • 2 Samuel52
  • 1 Kings62
  • 2 Kings55
  • 1 Chronicles5
  • 2 Chronicles62
  • Ezra4
  • Nehemiah20
  • Esther8
  • Job39
  • Psalms71
  • Proverbs23
  • Ecclesiastes10
  • Song of Songs4
  • Isaiah51
  • Jeremiah111
  • Lamentations14
  • Ezekiel63
  • Daniel15
  • Hosea22
  • Joel6
  • Amos15
  • Obadiah1
  • Jonah5
  • Micah4
  • Nahum1
  • Habakkuk1
  • Zephaniah2
  • Zechariah18
  • Malachi7

Every use · 601–650 of 1,056 · BSB

  1. Job 33:25יָ֝שׁ֗וּבhe returns

    then his flesh is refreshed like a child’s; he returns to the days of his youth.

  2. Job 33:26וַיָּ֥שֶׁבand he restored

    He prays to God and finds favor; he sees God’s face and shouts for joy, and God restores His righteousness to that man.

  3. Job 33:30לְהָשִׁ֣יבto bring back

    to bring back his soul from the Pit, that he may be enlightened with the light of life.

  4. Job 33:32הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נִיrespond to me

    But if you have something to say, answer me; speak up, for I would like to vindicate you.

  5. Job 34:15יָשֽׁוּבit will return

    all flesh would perish together and mankind would return to the dust.

  6. Job 35:4אֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֣I will respond to you

    I will reply to you and to your friends as well.

  7. Job 36:10יְשֻׁב֥וּןthey will turn away !

    He opens their ears to correction and commands that they turn from iniquity.

  8. Job 39:4שָׁ֥בוּthey return

    Their young ones thrive and grow up in the open field; they leave and do not return.

  9. Job 39:12יָשִׁ֣יבit will bring back

    Can you trust him to bring in your grain and gather it to your threshing floor?

  10. Job 39:22יָ֝שׁ֗וּבit turns back

    He laughs at fear, frightened of nothing; he does not turn back from the sword.

  11. Job 40:4אֲשִׁיבֶ֑ךָּwill I respond to you

    “Behold, I am insignificant. How can I reply to You? I place my hand over my mouth.

  12. Job 42:10שָׁ֚בhe turned back

    After Job had prayed for his friends, the LORD restored his prosperity and doubled his former possessions.

  13. Psalms 6:4שׁוּבָ֣הreturn !

    Turn, O LORD, and deliver my soul; save me because of Your loving devotion.

  14. Psalms 6:10יָ֝שֻׁ֗בוּthey will turn back

    All my enemies will be ashamed and dismayed; they will turn back in sudden disgrace.

  15. Psalms 7:7שֽׁוּבָהreturn !

    Let the assembled peoples gather around You; take Your seat over them on high.

  16. Psalms 7:12יָ֭שׁוּבanyone will repent

    If one does not repent, God will sharpen His sword; He has bent and strung His bow.

  17. Psalms 7:16יָשׁ֣וּבit returns

    His trouble recoils on himself, and his violence falls on his own head.

  18. Psalms 9:3בְּשׁוּב־when turn

    When my enemies retreat, they stumble and perish before You.

  19. Psalms 9:17יָשׁ֣וּבוּthey will return

    The wicked will return to Sheol— all the nations who forget God.

  20. Psalms 14:7בְּשׁ֣וּבwhen turns back

    Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When the LORD restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!

  21. Psalms 18:20יָשִׁ֥יבhe has repaid

    The LORD has rewarded me according to my righteousness; He has repaid me according to the cleanness of my hands.

  22. Psalms 18:24וַיָּֽשֶׁב־and he has repaid

    So the LORD has repaid me according to my righteousness, according to the cleanness of my hands in His sight.

  23. Psalms 18:37אָ֝שׁוּבI returned

    I pursued my enemies and overtook them; I did not turn back until they were consumed.

  24. Psalms 19:7מְשִׁ֣יבַתrestoring

    The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.

  25. Psalms 22:27וְיָשֻׁ֣בוּand they may turn

    All the ends of the earth will remember and turn to the LORD. All the families of the nations will bow down before Him.

  26. Psalms 23:3יְשׁוֹבֵ֑בhe restores

    He restores my soul; He guides me in the paths of righteousness for the sake of His name.

  27. Psalms 23:6וְשַׁבְתִּ֥יand I will return

    Surely goodness and mercy will follow me all the days of my life, and I will dwell in the house of the LORD forever.

  28. Psalms 28:4הָשֵׁ֖בrepay

    Repay them according to their deeds and for their works of evil. Repay them for what their hands have done; bring back on them what they deserve.

  29. Psalms 35:13תָשֽׁוּבit returned

    Yet when they were ill, I put on sackcloth; I humbled myself with fasting, but my prayers returned unanswered.

  30. Psalms 35:17הָשִׁ֣יבָהbring back !

    How long, O Lord, will You look on? Rescue my soul from their ravages, my precious life from these lions.

  31. Psalms 44:10תְּשִׁיבֵ֣נוּyou have made turn back us

    You have made us retreat from the foe, and those who hate us have plundered us.

  32. Psalms 51:12הָשִׁ֣יבָהrestore !

    Restore to me the joy of Your salvation, and sustain me with a willing spirit.

  33. Psalms 51:13יָשֽׁוּבוּthey will return

    Then I will teach transgressors Your ways, and sinners will return to You.

  34. Psalms 53:6בְּשׁ֣וּבwhen turns back

    Oh, that the salvation of Israel would come from Zion! When God restores His captive people, let Jacob rejoice, let Israel be glad!

  35. Psalms 54:5יָשִׁ֣יבmay he bring back

    He will reward my enemies with evil. In Your faithfulness, destroy them.

  36. Psalms 56:9יָ֘שׁ֤וּבוּthey will turn back

    Then my enemies will retreat on the day I cry for help. By this I will know that God is on my side.

  37. Psalms 59:6יָשׁ֣וּבוּthey return

    They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.

  38. Psalms 59:14וְיָשׁ֣וּבוּso they may return

    They return in the evening, snarling like dogs and prowling around the city.

  39. Psalms 60:1תְּשׁ֣וֹבֵ֥בyou will restore

    For the choirmaster. To the tune of “The Lily of the Covenant.” A Miktam of David for instruction. When he fought Aram-naharaim and Aram-zobah, and Joab returned and struck down 12,000 Edomites in the Valley of Salt. You have rejected us, O God; You have broken us; You have been angry; restore us!

  40. Psalms 68:22אָשִׁ֑יבI will bring back

    The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea,

  41. Psalms 68:22אָ֝שִׁ֗יבI will bring back

    The Lord said, “I will retrieve them from Bashan, I will bring them up from the depths of the sea,

  42. Psalms 69:4אָשִֽׁיבI will return

    Those who hate me without cause outnumber the hairs of my head; many are those who would destroy me— my enemies for no reason. Though I did not steal, I must repay.

  43. Psalms 70:3יָ֭שׁוּבוּmay they turn back

    May those who say, “Aha, aha!” retreat because of their shame.

  44. Psalms 71:20תָּשׁ֥וּבyou will return

    Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.

  45. Psalms 71:20תָּשׁ֥וּבyou will return

    Though You have shown me many troubles and misfortunes, You will revive me once again. Even from the depths of the earth You will bring me back up.

  46. Psalms 72:10יָשִׁ֑יבוּthey will pay

    May the kings of Tarshish and distant shores bring tribute; may the kings of Sheba and Seba offer gifts.

  47. Psalms 73:10יָשׁ֣וּבit turns back

    So their people return to this place and drink up waters in abundance.

  48. Psalms 74:11תָשִׁ֣יבdo you draw back

    Why do You withdraw Your strong right hand? Stretch it out to destroy them!

  49. Psalms 74:21יָשֹׁ֣בhe return

    Do not let the oppressed retreat in shame; may the poor and needy praise Your name.

  50. Psalms 78:34וְ֝שָׁ֗בוּand they returned

    When He slew them, they would seek Him; they repented and searched for God.

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