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. Joshua 1:15 וְשַׁבְתֶּ֞ם ve.shav.Tem · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by all of you

   until Jehovah have given your brethren rest, as he hath given you, and they also have possessed the land which Jehovah your God giveth them: then ye shall return unto the land of your possession, and possess it, which Moses the servant of Jehovah gave you beyond the Jordan toward the sunrising.

2. Joshua 2:16 שׁ֣וֹב Shov · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   And she said unto them, Get you to the mountain, lest the pursuers light upon you; and hide yourselves there three days, until the pursuers be returned: and afterward may ye go your way.

3. Joshua 2:22 שָׁ֖בוּ Sha.vu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by them

   And they went, and came unto the mountain, and abode there three days, until the pursuers were returned: and the pursuers sought them throughout all the way, but found them not.

4. Joshua 2:23 וַיָּשֻׁ֜בוּ vai.ya.Shu.vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

   Then the two men returned, and descended from the mountain, and passed over, and came to Joshua the son of Nun; and they told him all that had befallen them.

5. Joshua 4:18 וַיָּשֻׁ֤בוּ vai.ya.Shu.vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

   And it came to pass, when the priests that bare the ark of the covenant of Jehovah were come up out of the midst of the Jordan, and the soles of the priests' feet were lifted up unto the dry ground, that the waters of the Jordan returned unto their place, and went over all its banks, as aforetime.

6. Joshua 5:2 וְשׁ֛וּב ve.Shuv · A command to you: simple action

   At that time Jehovah said unto Joshua, Make thee knives of flint, and circumcise again the children of Israel the second time.

7. Joshua 6:14 וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ vai.ya.Shu.vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

   And the second day they compassed the city once, and returned into the camp: so they did six days.

8. Joshua 7:3 וַיָּשֻׁ֣בוּ vai.ya.Shu.vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

   And they returned to Joshua, and said unto him, Let not all the people go up; but let about two or three thousand men go up and smite Ai; make not all the people to toil thither; for they are but few.

9. Joshua 7:26 וַיָּ֥שָׁב vai.Ya.shov · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And they raised over him a great heap of stones, unto this day; and Jehovah turned from the fierceness of his anger. Wherefore the name of that place was called, The valley of Achor, unto this day.

10. Joshua 8:21 וַיָּשֻׁ֕בוּ vai.ya.Shu.vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And when Joshua and all Israel saw that the ambush had taken the city, and that the smoke of the city ascended, then they turned again, and slew the men of Ai.

11. Joshua 8:24 וַיָּשֻׁ֤בוּ vai.ya.Shu.vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And it came to pass, when Israel had made an end of slaying all the inhabitants of Ai in the field, in the wilderness wherein they pursued them, and they were all fallen by the edge of the sword, until they were consumed, that all Israel returned unto Ai, and smote it with the edge of the sword.

12. Joshua 8:26 הֵשִׁ֣יב he.Shiv · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    For Joshua drew not back his hand, wherewith he stretched out the javelin, until he had utterly destroyed all the inhabitants of Ai.

13. Joshua 10:15 וַיָּ֤שָׁב vai.Ya.shov · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

14. Joshua 10:21 וַיָּשֻׁבוּ֩ vai.ya.shu.Vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    that all the people returned to the camp to Joshua at Makkedah in peace: none moved his tongue against any of the children of Israel.

15. Joshua 10:38 וַיָּ֧שָׁב vai.Ya.shov · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, to Debir, and fought against it:

16. Joshua 10:43 וַיָּ֤שָׁב vai.Ya.shov · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Joshua returned, and all Israel with him, unto the camp to Gilgal.

17. Joshua 11:10 וַיָּ֨שָׁב vai.Ya.shov · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And Joshua turned back at that time, and took Hazor, and smote the king thereof with the sword: for Hazor beforetime was the head of all those kingdoms.

18. Joshua 14:7 וָאָשֵׁ֤ב va.'a.Shev · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by me

    Forty years old was I when Moses the servant of Jehovah sent me from Kadesh-barnea to spy out the land; and I brought him word again as it was in my heart.

19. Joshua 18:8 וְשׁ֣וּבוּ ve.Shu.vu · A command to all of you: simple action

    And the men arose, and went: and Joshua charged them that went to describe the land, saying, Go and walk through the land, and describe it, and come again to me; and I will cast lots for you here before Jehovah in Shiloh.

20. Joshua 19:12 וְשָׁ֣ב ve.Shav · An action: simple action, and then it will happen, done by him, her or it

    and it turned from Sarid eastward toward the sunrising unto the border of Chisloth-tabor; and it went out to Daberath, and went up to Japhia;

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