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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 · 651–700 of 1,056 · BSB

  1. Psalms 78:38לְהָשִׁ֣יבto turn back

    And yet He was compassionate; He forgave their iniquity and did not destroy them. He often restrained His anger and did not unleash His full wrath.

  2. Psalms 78:39יָשֽׁוּבit returns

    He remembered that they were but flesh, a passing breeze that does not return.

  3. Psalms 78:41וַיָּשׁ֣וּבוּand they returned

    Again and again they tested God and provoked the Holy One of Israel.

  4. Psalms 79:12וְהָ֘שֵׁ֤בand repay

    Pay back into the laps of our neighbors sevenfold the reproach they hurled at You, O Lord.

  5. Psalms 80:3הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נוּrestore us

    Restore us, O God, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

  6. Psalms 80:7הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נוּrestore us

    Restore us, O God of Hosts, and cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

  7. Psalms 80:14שֽׁ֫וּב־return

    Return, O God of Hosts, we pray! Look down from heaven and see! Attend to this vine—

  8. Psalms 80:19הֲשִׁיבֵ֑נוּrestore us

    Restore us, O LORD God of Hosts; cause Your face to shine upon us, that we may be saved.

  9. Psalms 81:14אָשִׁ֥יבI will turn

    how soon I would subdue their enemies and turn My hand against their foes!

  10. Psalms 85:1שַׁ֝֗בְתָּyou turned back

    For the choirmaster. A Psalm of the sons of Korah. You showed favor to Your land, O LORD; You restored Jacob from captivity.

  11. Psalms 85:3הֱ֝שִׁיב֗וֹתָyou turned back

    You withheld all Your fury; You turned from Your burning anger.

  12. Psalms 85:4שׁ֭וּבֵנוּrestore us

    Restore us, O God of our salvation, and put away Your displeasure toward us.

  13. Psalms 85:6תָּשׁ֣וּבwill you return

    Will You not revive us again, that Your people may rejoice in You?

  14. Psalms 85:8יָשׁ֥וּבוּthey return

    I will listen to what God the LORD will say; for He will surely speak peace to His people and His saints; He will not let them return to folly.

  15. Psalms 89:43תָּ֭שִׁיבyou turn back

    You have bent the edge of his sword and have not sustained him in battle.

  16. Psalms 90:3תָּשֵׁ֣בyou return

    You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”

  17. Psalms 90:3שׁ֣וּבוּreturn

    You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”

  18. Psalms 90:13שׁוּבָ֣הreturn !

    Return, O LORD! How long will it be? Have compassion on Your servants.

  19. Psalms 94:2הָשֵׁ֥בrepay

    Rise up, O Judge of the earth; render a reward to the proud.

  20. Psalms 94:15יָשׁ֣וּבit will return

    Surely judgment will again be righteous, and all the upright in heart will follow it.

  21. Psalms 94:23וַיָּ֤שֶׁבand he brought back

    He will bring upon them their own iniquity and destroy them for their wickedness. The LORD our God will destroy them.

  22. Psalms 104:9יְ֝שׁוּב֗וּןthey will return !

    You set a boundary they cannot cross, that they may never again cover the earth.

  23. Psalms 104:29יְשׁוּבֽוּןthey return !

    When You hide Your face, they are terrified; when You take away their breath, they die and return to dust.

  24. Psalms 106:23לְהָשִׁ֥יבto turn back

    So He said He would destroy them— had not Moses His chosen one stood before Him in the breach to divert His wrath from destroying them.

  25. Psalms 116:7שׁוּבִ֣יreturn

    Return to your rest, O my soul, for the LORD has been good to you.

  26. Psalms 116:12אָשִׁ֥יבwill I give back

    How can I repay the LORD for all His goodness to me?

  27. Psalms 119:59וָאָשִׁ֥יבָהand I have turned back !

    I considered my ways and turned my steps to Your testimonies.

  28. Psalms 119:79יָשׁ֣וּבוּlet them turn

    May those who fear You turn to me, those who know Your testimonies.

  29. Psalms 126:1בְּשׁ֣וּבwhen restored

    A song of ascents. When the LORD restored the captives of Zion, we were like dreamers.

  30. Psalms 126:4שׁוּבָ֣הturn back !

    Restore our captives, O LORD, like streams in the Negev.

  31. Psalms 132:10תָּ֝שֵׁ֗בyou turn away

    For the sake of Your servant David, do not reject Your anointed one.

  32. Psalms 132:11יָשׁ֪וּבhe will turn back

    The LORD swore an oath to David, a promise He will not revoke: “One of your descendants I will place on your throne.

  33. Psalms 146:4יָשֻׁ֣בhe will return

    When his spirit departs, he returns to the ground; on that very day his plans perish.

  34. Proverbs 1:23תָּשׁ֗וּבוּyou will turn back

    If you had repented at my rebuke, then surely I would have poured out my spirit on you; I would have made my words known to you.

  35. Proverbs 2:19יְשׁוּב֑וּןthey return !

    None who go to her return or negotiate the paths of life.

  36. Proverbs 3:28וָ֭שׁוּבand come back

    Do not tell your neighbor, “Come back tomorrow and I will provide”— when you already have the means.

  37. Proverbs 12:14יָשִׁ֥יבhe will repay

    By fruitful speech a man is filled with good things, and the work of his hands returns to him.

  38. Proverbs 15:1יָשִׁ֣יבit turns away

    A gentle answer turns away wrath, but a harsh word stirs up anger.

  39. Proverbs 17:13מֵשִׁ֣יב[one who] returns

    If anyone returns evil for good, evil will never leave his house.

  40. Proverbs 18:13מֵשִׁ֣יב[one who] brings back

    He who answers a matter before he hears it— this is folly and disgrace to him.

  41. Proverbs 19:24יְשִׁיבֶֽנָּהhe brings back it

    The slacker buries his hand in the dish; he will not even bring it back to his mouth.

  42. Proverbs 20:26וַיָּ֖שֶׁבand he brought back

    A wise king separates out the wicked and drives the threshing wheel over them.

  43. Proverbs 22:21לְהָשִׁ֥יבto bring back

    to show you true and reliable words, that you may soundly answer those who sent you?

  44. Proverbs 24:12וְהֵשִׁ֖יבand will he repay?

    If you say, “Behold, we did not know about this,” does not He who weighs hearts consider it? Does not the One who guards your life know? Will He not repay a man according to his deeds?

  45. Proverbs 24:18וְהֵשִׁ֖יבand he will turn back

    or the LORD will see and disapprove, and turn His wrath away from him.

  46. Proverbs 24:26מֵ֝שִׁ֗יב[one who] bring back

    An honest answer given is like a kiss on the lips.

  47. Proverbs 24:29אָשִׁ֖יבI will repay

    Do not say, “I will do to him as he has done to me; I will repay the man according to his work.”

  48. Proverbs 25:10תָשֽׁוּבit will turn back

    lest the one who hears may disgrace you, and your infamy never go away.

  49. Proverbs 25:13יָשִֽׁיב פhe will restore

    Like the cold of snow in the time of harvest is a trustworthy messenger to those who send him; he refreshes the soul of his masters.

  50. Proverbs 26:11שָׁ֣ב[which] returns

    As a dog returns to its vomit, so a fool repeats his folly.

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