שׁוּב

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)

Every occurrence

1. Exodus 4:7 הָשֵׁ֤ב ha.Shev · A command to you: causing it

   And he said, Put thy hand into thy bosom again. (And he put his hand into his bosom again; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.)

2. Exodus 4:7 וַיָּ֥שֶׁב vai.Ya.shev · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And he said, Put thy hand into thy bosom again. (And he put his hand into his bosom again; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.)

3. Exodus 4:7 שָׁ֖בָה Sha.vah · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   And he said, Put thy hand into thy bosom again. (And he put his hand into his bosom again; and when he took it out of his bosom, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.)

4. Exodus 4:18 וַיָּ֣שָׁב׀ vai.Ya.shov · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

5. Exodus 4:18 וְאָשׁ֙וּבָה֙ ve.'a.Shu.vah · A wish or plan to act: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by me

   And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father-in-law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren that are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.

6. Exodus 4:19 שֻׁ֣ב shuv · A command to you: simple action

   And Jehovah said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt; for all the men are dead that sought thy life.

7. Exodus 4:20 וַיָּ֖שָׁב vai.Ya.shov · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.

8. Exodus 4:21 לָשׁ֣וּב la.Shuv · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   And Jehovah said unto Moses, When thou goest back into Egypt, see that thou do before Pharaoh all the wonders which I have put in thy hand: but I will harden his heart, and he will not let the people go.

9. Exodus 5:22 וַיָּ֧שָׁב vai.Ya.shov · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And Moses returned unto Jehovah, and said, Lord, wherefore hast thou dealt ill with this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?

10. Exodus 10:8 וַיּוּשַׁ֞ב vai.yu.Shav · An action: being caused, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve Jehovah your God; but who are they that shall go?

11. Exodus 13:17 וְשָׁ֥בוּ ve.Sha.vu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them

    And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not by the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:

12. Exodus 14:2 וְיָשֻׁ֗בוּ ve.ya.Shu.vu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn back and encamp before Pi-hahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, before Baal-zephon: over against it shall ye encamp by the sea.

13. Exodus 14:26 וְיָשֻׁ֤בוּ ve.ya.Shu.vu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

    And Jehovah said unto Moses, Stretch out thy hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.

14. Exodus 14:27 וַיָּ֨שָׁב vai.Ya.shov · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to its strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and Jehovah overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.

15. Exodus 14:28 וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ vai.ya.Shu.vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, even all the host of Pharaoh that went in after them into the sea; there remained not so much as one of them.

16. Exodus 15:19 וַיָּ֧שֶׁב vai.Ya.shev · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    For the horses of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and Jehovah brought back the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel walked on dry land in the midst of the sea.

17. Exodus 19:8 וַיָּ֧שֶׁב vai.Ya.shev · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And all the people answered together, and said, All that Jehovah hath spoken we will do. And Moses reported the words of the people unto Jehovah.

18. Exodus 21:34 יָשִׁ֣יב ya.Shiv · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

    the owner of the pit shall make it good; he shall give money unto the owner thereof, and the dead beast shall be his.

19. Exodus 22:26 תְּשִׁיבֶ֥נּוּ te.shi.Ve.nu · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you

    If thou at all take thy neighbor's garment to pledge, thou shalt restore it unto him before the sun goeth down:

20. Exodus 23:4 הָשֵׁ֥ב ha.Shev · The “to do” form of an action: causing it

    If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.

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