שׁוּב

shuv · to return: return

Hebrew · Strong's H7725 · Verb · Sounds like: shoob · 1,057 occurrences

Word meanings

Senses and individuals

  • to return: return H7725G 628
  • to return: rescue H7725H · a Meaning of 108
  • to return: turn back H7725I · a Meaning of 92
  • to return: repent H7725O · a Meaning of 82
  • to return: again H7725J · a Meaning of 75
  • to return: pay H7725K · a Meaning of 32
  • to return: reply H7725M · a Meaning of 29
  • to return: recall H7725N · a Meaning of 7
  • to return: refuse H7725L · a Meaning of 4

Strong's dictionary

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; ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] 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, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.

Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (public domain)

Full lexicon entry (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
שׁוּב 1056 vb. turn back, return
Qal 683;—turn back, return:
1. turn back
2. return, come or go back
3. esp. return unto
4.
a. of dying
b. of revival from death
5. fig. of human relations:
a. return to leader, king
b. = change so as to appoach (in purpose, desire)
c. turn, i.e. resort to
d. return to a physical condition
e. abs. = change course of action
6. fig., specif. of spiritual relations:
a. turn back from God = apostatize
b. of י׳, turn away
c. turn back to God (= seek penitently)
d. abs. repent
e. turn back from evil
f. of י׳
g. of י׳, return (to shew favour)
7. of inanimate things (sts. personified, or treated as things of life):
8. denoting repetition, etc.
9. trans.
Pō‛l.
1. bring back
2.
a. fig. restore, refresh
b. restore, repair
3. lead away (enticingly)
4. shew turning = apostatize
Hiph. 353 cause to return, bring back
1.
a. bring back into bondage
b. put back
c. = draw back
d. = give back, restore
e. = relinguish
f. = give in payment, requital
g. bring one back (from dead)
2.
a. bring back heart
b. = refresh
3. bring back words of people
4.
a. bring back (in retribution) upon
b. pay as recompense
5. turn back, backward = repel, defeat
6.
a. turn away face
b. late, turn toward, acc. face
7. turn against
8. bring back to mind, take into consideration
9.
10. = shew a turning away from your idols (i.e. turn away)
11. reverse, revoke = repel, defeat
Hoph. my money has been returned

Every occurrence

  1. Deuteronomy 24:13 הָשֵׁב֩ ha.Shev · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God.

  2. Deuteronomy 24:13 תָּשִׁ֨יב ta.Shiv · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    thou shalt surely restore to him the pledge when the sun goeth down, that he may sleep in his garment, and bless thee: and it shall be righteousness unto thee before Jehovah thy God.

  3. Deuteronomy 24:19 תָשׁוּב֙ ta.Shuv · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    When thou reapest thy harvest in thy field, and hast forgot a sheaf in the field, thou shalt not go again to fetch it: it shall be for the sojourner, for the fatherless, and for the widow; that Jehovah thy God may bless thee in all the work of thy hands.

  4. Deuteronomy 28:31 יָשׁ֖וּב ya.Shuv · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Thine ox shall be slain before thine eyes, and thou shalt not eat thereof: thine ass shall be violently taken away from before thy face, and shall not be restored to thee: thy sheep shall be given unto thine enemies, and thou shalt have none to save thee.

  5. Deuteronomy 28:60 וְהֵשִׁ֣יב ve.he.Shiv · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And he will bring upon thee again all the diseases of Egypt, which thou wast afraid of; and they shall cleave unto thee.

  6. Deuteronomy 28:68 וֶֽהֱשִֽׁיבְךָ֨ ve.he.shi.ve.Kha · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah will bring thee into Egypt again with ships, by the way whereof I said unto thee, Thou shalt see it no more again: and there ye shall sell yourselves unto your enemies for bondmen and for bondwomen, and no man shall buy you.

  7. Deuteronomy 30:1 וַהֲשֵׁבֹתָ֙ va.ha.she.vo.Ta · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by you

    And it shall come to pass, when all these things are come upon thee, the blessing and the curse, which I have set before thee, and thou shalt call them to mind among all the nations, whither Jehovah thy God hath driven thee,

  8. Deuteronomy 30:2 וְשַׁבְתָּ֞ ve.shav.Ta · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by you

    and shalt return unto Jehovah thy God, and shalt obey his voice according to all that I command thee this day, thou and thy children, with all thy heart, and with all thy soul;

  9. Deuteronomy 30:3 וְשָׁ֨ב ve.Shav · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    that then Jehovah thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the peoples, whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee.

  10. Deuteronomy 30:3 וְשָׁ֗ב ve.Shav · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    that then Jehovah thy God will turn thy captivity, and have compassion upon thee, and will return and gather thee from all the peoples, whither Jehovah thy God hath scattered thee.

  11. Deuteronomy 30:8 תָשׁ֔וּב ta.Shuv · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    And thou shalt return and obey the voice of Jehovah, and do all his commandments which I command thee this day.

  12. Deuteronomy 30:9 יָשׁ֣וּב ya.Shuv · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    And Jehovah thy God will make thee plenteous in all the work of thy hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy ground, for good: for Jehovah will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers;

  13. Deuteronomy 30:10 תָשׁוּב֙ ta.Shuv · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    if thou shalt obey the voice of Jehovah thy God, to keep his commandments and his statutes which are written in this book of the law; if thou turn unto Jehovah thy God with all thy heart, and with all thy soul.

  14. Deuteronomy 32:41 אָשִׁ֤יב 'a.Shiv · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

    If I whet my glittering sword, And my hand take hold on judgment; I will render vengeance to mine adversaries, And will recompense them that hate me.

  15. Deuteronomy 32:43 יָשִׁ֣יב ya.Shiv · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    Rejoice, O ye nations, with his people: For he will avenge the blood of his servants, And will render vengeance to his adversaries, And will make expiation for his land, for his people.

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