Word study · Hebrew
שׁוּב
shuvH7725to 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 · 151–200 of 1,056 · BSB
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.
Go and tell them: ‘Return to your tents.’
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,
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.’
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.’
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.
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.
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.”
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.”
If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.
If you see your brother’s ox or sheep straying, you must not ignore it; be sure to return it to your brother.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
He will afflict you again with all the diseases you dreaded in Egypt, and they will cling to 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.”
“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,
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,
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.
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.
And you will again obey the voice of the LORD and follow all His commandments I am giving you today.
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 goodness, as He delighted in that of your fathers,
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.
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.
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.
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.”
“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.”
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.
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.
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.
At that time the LORD said to Joshua, “Make flint knives and circumcise the sons of Israel once again.”
So on the second day they marched around the city once and returned to the camp. They did this for six days.
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.”
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.
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.
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.
Joshua did not draw back the hand that held his battle lance until he had devoted to destruction all who lived in Ai.
Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.
The whole army returned safely to Joshua in the camp at Makkedah, and no one dared to utter a word against the Israelites.
Finally Joshua and all Israel with him turned toward Debir and fought against it.
Then Joshua returned with all Israel to the camp at Gilgal.
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.
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.
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.”
From Sarid it turned eastward along the border of Chisloth-tabor and went on to Daberath and up to Japhia.
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