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. Judges 2:19 יָשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ ya.Shu.vu · An action: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by them

   But it came to pass, when the judge was dead, that they turned back, and dealt more corruptly than their fathers, in following other gods to serve them, and to bow down unto them; they ceased not from their doings, nor from their stubborn way.

2. Judges 3:19 שָׁ֗ב Shav · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

   But he himself turned back from the quarries that were by Gilgal, and said, I have a secret errand unto thee, O king. And he said, Keep silence. And all that stood by him went out from him.

3. Judges 5:29 תָּשִׁ֥יב ta.Shiv · An action: causing it, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   Her wise ladies answered her, Yea, she returned answer to herself,

4. Judges 6:18 שׁוּבֶֽךָ׃ shu.Ve.kha · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   Depart not hence, I pray thee, until I come unto thee, and bring forth my present, and lay it before thee. And he said, I will tarry until thou come again.

5. Judges 7:3 יָשֹׁ֥ב ya.Sho · A mild command: simple action, not finished: still happening or still to come, done by him, her or it

   Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

6. Judges 7:3 וַיָּ֣שָׁב vai.Ya.shov · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   Now therefore proclaim in the ears of the people, saying, Whosoever is fearful and trembling, let him return and depart from mount Gilead. And there returned of the people twenty and two thousand; and there remained ten thousand.

7. Judges 7:15 וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ vai.Ya.shov · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And it was so, when Gideon heard the telling of the dream, and the interpretation thereof, that he worshipped; and he returned into the camp of Israel, and said, Arise; for Jehovah hath delivered into your hand the host of Midian.

8. Judges 8:9 בְּשׁוּבִ֣י be.shu.Vi · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

   And he spake also unto the men of Penuel, saying, When I come again in peace, I will break down this tower.

9. Judges 8:13 וַיָּ֛שָׁב vai.Ya.shov · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

   And Gideon the son of Joash returned from the battle from the ascent of Heres.

10. Judges 8:33 וַיָּשׁ֙וּבוּ֙ vai.ya.Shu.vu · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by them

    And it came to pass, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the harlot after the Baalim, and made Baal-berith their god.

11. Judges 9:56 וַיָּ֣שֶׁב vai.Ya.shev · An action: causing it, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did unto his father, in slaying his seventy brethren;

12. Judges 9:57 הֵשִׁ֥יב he.Shiv · An action: causing it, finished, with a lasting result, done by him, her or it

    and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite upon their heads: and upon them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.

13. Judges 11:8 שַׁ֣בְנוּ Shav.nu · An action: simple action, finished, with a lasting result, done by us

    And the elders of Gilead said unto Jephthah, Therefore are we turned again to thee now, that thou mayest go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon; and thou shalt be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.

14. Judges 11:9 מְשִׁיבִ֨ים me.shi.Vim · An -ing word: causing it

    And Jephthah said unto the elders of Gilead, If ye bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Jehovah deliver them before me, shall I be your head?

15. Judges 11:13 הָשִׁ֥יבָה ha.Shi.vah · A command to you: causing it

    And the king of the children of Ammon answered unto the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even unto the Jabbok, and unto the Jordan: now therefore restore those lands again peaceably.

16. Judges 11:31 בְּשׁוּבִ֥י be.shu.Vi · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    then it shall be, that whatsoever cometh forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Jehovah's, and I will offer it up for a burnt-offering.

17. Judges 11:35 לָשֽׁוּב׃ la.Shuv · The “to do” form of an action: simple action

    And it came to pass, when he saw her, that he rent his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! thou hast brought me very low, and thou art one of them that trouble me; for I have opened my mouth unto Jehovah, and I cannot go back.

18. Judges 11:39 וַתָּ֙שָׁב֙ va.Ta.shov · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And it came to pass at the end of two months, that she returned unto her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she knew not man. And it was a custom in Israel,

19. Judges 14:8 וַיָּ֤שָׁב vai.Ya.shov · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    And after a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.

20. Judges 15:19 וַתָּ֥שָׁב va.Ta.shov · An action: simple action, and then it happened, done by him, her or it

    But God clave the hollow place that is in Lehi, and there came water thereout; and when he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: wherefore the name thereof was called En-hakkore, which is in Lehi, unto this day.

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