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)
Every occurrence
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Jeremiah 34:16 וַתָּשִׁ֗בוּ va.ta.Shi.vu · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by all of you
but ye turned and profaned my name, and caused every man his servant, and every man his handmaid, whom ye had let go free at their pleasure, to return; and ye brought them into subjection, to be unto you for servants and for handmaids.
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Jeremiah 34:22 וַהֲשִׁ֨בֹתִ֜ים va.ha.Shi.vo.Tim · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by me
Behold, I will command, saith Jehovah, and cause them to return to this city; and they shall fight against it, and take it, and burn it with fire: and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation, without inhabitant.
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Jeremiah 35:15 שֻׁבוּ־ shu.vu- · A command to all of you: simple action
I have sent also unto you all my servants the prophets, rising up early and sending them, saying, Return ye now every man from his evil way, and amend your doings, and go not after other gods to serve them, and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers: but ye have not inclined your ear, nor hearkened unto me.
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Jeremiah 36:3 יָשׁ֗וּבוּ ya.Shu.vu · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them
It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
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Jeremiah 36:7 וְיָשֻׁ֕בוּ ve.ya.Shu.vu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them
It may be they will present their supplication before Jehovah, and will return every one from his evil way; for great is the anger and the wrath that Jehovah hath pronounced against this people.
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Jeremiah 36:28 שׁ֥וּב shuv · A command to you: simple action
Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
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Jeremiah 37:7 שָׁ֥ב shav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, Thus shall ye say to the king of Judah, that sent you unto me to inquire of me: Behold, Pharaoh's army, which is come forth to help you, shall return to Egypt into their own land.
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Jeremiah 37:8 וְשָׁ֙בוּ֙ ve.Sha.vu · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by them
And the Chaldeans shall come again, and fight against this city; and they shall take it, and burn it with fire.
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Jeremiah 37:20 תְּשִׁבֵ֗נִי te.shi.Ve.ni · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by you
And now hear, I pray thee, O my lord the king: let my supplication, I pray thee, be presented before thee, that thou cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.
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Jeremiah 38:26 הֲשִׁיבֵ֛נִי ha.shi.Ve.ni · The “to do” form of an action: causing it
then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.
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Jeremiah 40:5 יָשׁ֗וּב ya.Shuv · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it
Now while he was not yet gone back, Go back then, said he, to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wheresoever it seemeth right unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a present, and let him go.
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Jeremiah 40:5 וְשֻׁ֡בָה ve.Shu.vah · A command to you: simple action
Now while he was not yet gone back, Go back then, said he, to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon hath made governor over the cities of Judah, and dwell with him among the people; or go wheresoever it seemeth right unto thee to go. So the captain of the guard gave him victuals and a present, and let him go.
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Jeremiah 40:12 וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ vai.ya.Shu.vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them
then all the Jews returned out of all places whither they were driven, and came to the land of Judah, to Gedaliah, unto Mizpah, and gathered wine and summer fruits very much.
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Jeremiah 41:14 וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ vai.ya.Shu.vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them
So all the people that Ishmael had carried away captive from Mizpah turned about and came back, and went unto Johanan the son of Kareah.
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Jeremiah 41:16 הֵ֠שִׁיב He.shiv · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, to wit, the men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon:
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Jeremiah 41:16 הֵשִׁ֖יב he.Shiv · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it
Then took Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces that were with him, all the remnant of the people whom he had recovered from Ishmael the son of Nethaniah, from Mizpah, after that he had slain Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, to wit, the men of war, and the women, and the children, and the eunuchs, whom he had brought back from Gibeon:
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Jeremiah 42:10 שׁ֤וֹב Shov · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
If ye will still abide in this land, then will I build you, and not pull you down, and I will plant you, and not pluck you up; for I repent me of the evil that I have done unto you.
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Jeremiah 42:12 וְהֵשִׁ֥יב ve.he.Shiv · An action: causing it, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it
And I will grant you mercy, that he may have mercy upon you, and cause you to return to your own land.
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Jeremiah 43:5 שָׁ֗בוּ Sha.vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them
But Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, took all the remnant of Judah, that were returned from all the nations whither they had been driven, to sojourn in the land of Judah;
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Jeremiah 44:5 לָשׁ֖וּב la.Shuv · The “to do” form of an action: simple action
But they hearkened not, nor inclined their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense unto other gods.
American Standard Version (1901). Public domain.

