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שׁוּב

shuvto return: returnHow to read Hebrew
hebrewOld TestamentVerb1,057 occurrences38 books950 verses

Definition

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

In the Greek Old Testament

How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders שׁוּב:

Usage patterns

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Occurrences

1,057 total
  1. Genesis 3:19שֽׁוּבְךָ֙ · you return; תָּשֽׁוּב׃ · you {shall} return
    By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
  2. Genesis 8:3וַיָּשֻׁ֧בוּ · receded; וָשׁ֑וֹב
    The waters receded steadily from the earth, and after 150 days the waters had gone down.
  3. Genesis 8:7וָשׁ֔וֹב
    …and sent out a raven. It kept flying back and forth until the waters had dried up from the earth.
  4. Genesis 8:9וַתָּ֤שָׁב · and she returned
    But the dove found no place to rest her foot, and she returned to him in the ark, because the waters were still covering the surface of all the earth. So he reached out his hand and brought her back inside the ark.
  5. Genesis 8:12שׁוּב־ · she did not return
    And Noah waited seven more days and sent out the dove again, but this time she did not return to him.
  6. Genesis 14:7וַ֠יָּשֻׁבוּ · Then they turned back
    Then they turned back to invade En-mishpat (that is, Kadesh), and they conquered the whole territory of the Amalekites, as well as the Amorites who lived in Hazazon-tamar.
  7. Genesis 14:16וַיָּ֕שֶׁב · He retrieved; הֵשִׁ֔יב
    He retrieved all the goods, as well as his relative Lot and his possessions, together with the women and the rest of the people.
  8. Genesis 14:17שׁוּב֗וֹ · Abram returned
    After Abram returned from defeating Chedorlaomer and the kings allied with him, the king of Sodom went out to meet him in the Valley of Shaveh (that is, the King’s Valley).
  9. Genesis 15:16יָשׁ֣וּבוּ · [your descendants] will return
    In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete.”
  10. Genesis 16:9שׁ֖וּבִי · Return
    So the angel of the LORD told her, “Return to your mistress and submit to her authority.”
  11. Genesis 18:10שׁ֣וֹב · I will surely return; אָשׁ֤וּב
    Then the LORD said, “I will surely return to you at this time next year, and your wife Sarah will have a son!” Now Sarah was behind him, listening at the entrance to the tent.
  12. Genesis 18:14אָשׁ֥וּב · I will return
    Is anything too difficult for the LORD? At the appointed time I will return to you—in about a year—and Sarah will have a son.”
  13. Genesis 18:33שָׁ֥ב · returned
    When the LORD had finished speaking with Abraham, He departed, and Abraham returned home.
  14. Genesis 20:7הָשֵׁ֤ב · return; מֵשִׁ֗יב · restore her
    Now return the man’s wife, for he is a prophet; he will pray for you and you will live. But if you do not restore her, be aware that you will surely die—you and all who belong to you.”
  15. Genesis 20:14וַיָּ֣שֶׁב · and restored
    So Abimelech brought sheep and cattle, menservants and maidservants, and he gave them to Abraham and restored his wife Sarah to him.
  16. Genesis 21:32וַיָּשֻׁ֖בוּ · and returned
    After they had made the covenant at Beersheba, Abimelech and Phicol the commander of his army got up and returned to the land of the Philistines.
  17. Genesis 22:5וְנָשׁ֥וּבָה · and then we will return
    “Stay here with the donkey,” Abraham told his servants. “The boy and I will go over there to worship, and then we will return to you.”
  18. Genesis 22:19וַיָּ֤שָׁב · went back
    Abraham went back to his servants, and they got up and set out together for Beersheba. And Abraham settled in Beersheba.
  19. Genesis 24:5הֶֽהָשֵׁ֤ב · Shall I then take your son back; אָשִׁיב֙
    The servant asked him, “What if the woman is unwilling to follow me to this land? Shall I then take your son back to the land from which you came?”
  20. Genesis 24:6תָּשִׁ֥יב · back
    Abraham replied, “Make sure that you do not take my son back there.
  21. Genesis 24:8תָשֵׁ֖ב · take
    And if the woman is unwilling to follow you, then you are released from this oath of mine. Only do not take my son back there.”
  22. Genesis 26:18וַיָּ֨שָׁב · reopened
    Isaac reopened the wells that had been dug in the days of his father Abraham, which the Philistines had stopped up after Abraham died. And he gave these wells the same names his father had given them.
  23. Genesis 27:44תָּשׁ֖וּב · subsides
    Stay with him for a while, until your brother’s fury subsides—
  24. Genesis 27:45שׁ֨וּב · wanes
    …until your brother’s rage against you wanes and he forgets what you have done to him. Then I will send for you and bring you back from there. Why should I lose both of you in one day?”
  25. Genesis 28:15וַהֲשִׁ֣בֹתִ֔יךָ · and I will bring you back
    Look, I am with you, and I will watch over you wherever you go, and I will bring you back to this land. For I will not leave you until I have done what I have promised you.”
  26. Genesis 28:21וְשַׁבְתִּ֥י · so that I may return
    …so that I may return safely to my father’s house, then the LORD will be my God.
  27. Genesis 29:3וְהֵשִׁ֧יבוּ · Then they would return
    When all the flocks had been gathered there, the shepherds would roll away the stone from the mouth of the well and water the sheep. Then they would return the stone to its place over the mouth of the well.
  28. Genesis 30:31אָשׁ֛וּבָה · I will keep on
    “What can I give you?” Laban asked. “You do not need to give me anything,” Jacob replied. “If you do this one thing for me, I will keep on shepherding and keeping your flocks.
  29. Genesis 31:3שׁ֛וּב · Go back
    Then the LORD said to Jacob, “Go back to the land of your fathers and to your kindred, and I will be with you.”
  30. Genesis 31:13וְשׁ֖וּב · and return
    I am the God of Bethel, where you anointed the pillar and made a solemn vow to Me. Now get up, leave this land at once, and return to your native land.’”
  31. Genesis 31:55וַיָּ֥שָׁב · to return
    Early the next morning, Laban got up and kissed his grandchildren and daughters and blessed them. Then he left to return home.
  32. Genesis 32:6וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ · returned
    When the messengers returned to Jacob, they said, “We went to your brother Esau, and now he is coming to meet you—he and four hundred men with him.”
  33. Genesis 32:9שׁ֧וּב · Go back
    Then Jacob declared, “O God of my father Abraham, God of my father Isaac, the LORD who told me, ‘Go back to your country and to your kindred, and I will make you prosper,’
  34. Genesis 33:16וַיָּשָׁב֩ · back
    So that day Esau started on his way back to Seir,
  35. Genesis 37:14וַהֲשִׁבֵ֖נִי · back to me
    Then Israel told him, “Go now and see how your brothers and the flocks are faring, and bring word back to me.” So he sent him off from the Valley of Hebron. And when Joseph arrived in Shechem,
  36. Genesis 37:22לַהֲשִׁיב֖וֹ · and return him
    “Do not shed his blood. Throw him into this pit in the wilderness, but do not lay a hand on him.” Reuben said this so that he could rescue Joseph from their hands and return him to his father.
  37. Genesis 37:29וַיָּ֤שָׁב · returned
    When Reuben returned to the pit and saw that Joseph was not there, he tore his clothes,
  38. Genesis 37:30וַיָּ֥שָׁב · returned
    …returned to his brothers, and said, “The boy is gone! What am I going to do?”
  39. Genesis 38:22וַיָּ֙שָׁב֙ · So [Hirah] returned
    So Hirah returned to Judah and said, “I could not find her, and furthermore, the men of that place said, ‘No shrine prostitute has been here.’”
  40. Genesis 38:29כְּמֵשִׁ֣יב · back
    But when he pulled his hand back and his brother came out, she said, “You have broken out first!” So he was named Perez.
  41. Genesis 40:13וַהֲשִֽׁיבְךָ֖ · and restore
    Within three days Pharaoh will lift up your head and restore your position. You will put Pharaoh’s cup in his hand, just as you did when you were his cupbearer.
  42. Genesis 40:21וַיָּ֛שֶׁב · Pharaoh restored
    Pharaoh restored the chief cupbearer to his position, so that he once again placed the cup in Pharaoh’s hand.
  43. Genesis 41:13הֵשִׁ֥יב · I was restored
    And it happened to us just as he had interpreted: I was restored to my position, and the other man was hanged.”
  44. Genesis 42:24וַיָּ֤שָׁב · When he turned back
    And he turned away from them and wept. When he turned back and spoke to them, he took Simeon from them and had him bound before their eyes.