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Lexicon :: Strong's H7725 - šûḇ

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שׁוּב
Transliteration
šûḇ
Pronunciation
shoob
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
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TWOT Reference: 2340

Strong’s Definitions

שׁוּב shûwb, shoob; 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)) × 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.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,066x

The KJV translates Strong's H7725 in the following manner: return (391x), ...again (248x), turn (123x), ...back (65x), ...away (56x), restore (39x), bring (34x), render (19x), answer (18x), recompense (8x), recover (6x), deliver (5x), put (5x), withdraw (5x), requite (4x), miscellaneous (40x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 1,066x
The KJV translates Strong's H7725 in the following manner: return (391x), ...again (248x), turn (123x), ...back (65x), ...away (56x), restore (39x), bring (34x), render (19x), answer (18x), recompense (8x), recover (6x), deliver (5x), put (5x), withdraw (5x), requite (4x), miscellaneous (40x).
  1. to return, turn back

    1. (Qal)

      1. to turn back, return

        1. to turn back

        2. to return, come or go back

        3. to return unto, go back, come back

        4. of dying

        5. of human relations (fig)

        6. of spiritual relations (fig)

          1. to turn back (from God), apostatise

          2. to turn away (of God)

          3. to turn back (to God), repent

          4. turn back (from evil)

        7. of inanimate things

        8. in repetition

    2. (Polel)

      1. to bring back

      2. to restore, refresh, repair (fig)

      3. to lead away (enticingly)

      4. to show turning, apostatise

    3. (Pual) restored (participle)

    4. (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back

      1. to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment

      2. to bring back, refresh, restore

      3. to bring back, report to, answer

      4. to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)

      5. to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse

      6. to turn away (face), turn toward

      7. to turn against

      8. to bring back to mind

      9. to show a turning away

      10. to reverse, revoke

    5. (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back

    6. (Pulal) brought back

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שׁוּב shûwb, shoob; 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)) × 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.
STRONGS H7725: Abbreviations
שׁוּב 1056 verb turn back, return (Late Hebrew id.; Hiph. in MI8f. 12; Sabean תֿיב, התֿב, especially requite OsZMG xix (1865), 198 SabDenkmNo. 20, l. 1 HomChrest. 122 CISiv. 81, i. 9, etc.; Arabic bdb099604 return, so Aramaic תּוּב, bdb099605); —
Qal685 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שָׁב Genesis 18:33 +, 3rd person feminine singular שָׁ֫בָה Ruth 1:15 +, וְשָׁבַת consecutive † Ezekiel 46:17 (Ges§ 72 o, but Co Toy Krae וְשֶׁבָה), 2nd person masculine singular שַׁבְתָּ Psalm 85:2 [Psalm 85:1], etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָשׁוּב Hosea 11:5 + often, יָשֻׁב Psalm 146:4; Lamentations 3:3, jussive יָשֹׁב Judges 7:3 +, וַיָּ֫שָׁב Genesis 26:18 +; 3rd person feminine plural תָּשֹׁבְןָ Ezekiel 16:55 (twice in verse), תְּשֻׁבֶינָה Ezekiel 16:55, etc.; Imperative masculine singular שׁוּב Genesis 31:3 +, שֻׁב Exodus 4:19; 1 Kings 18:43, שׁוּ֫בָה Hosea 14:2 +, feminine plural שֹׁבְנָה Ruth 1:8, 11, Ruth 1:12, etc.; Infinitive absolute שׁוֺב Genesis 8:3 +, construct שׁוּב Exodus 4:21 +, שֹׁב Joshua 2:16 (Ges§ 72 q), etc.; Participle שָׁב Genesis 43:18 +, feminine singular שָׁבָ֫ה Ruth 1:22 +, etc.; passive construct שׁוּבֵי Micah 2:8; — turn back, return:
1. turn back, with מִן local Judges 3:19; Judges 8:13, compare Judges 7:3, with מֵאַחֲרֵי person, i.e. from following 2 Samuel 11:15; 1 Kings 19:21; Ruth 1:16, from pursuing 2 Samuel 2:26, 2 Samuel 2:30; 1 Kings 22:33 2 Chronicles 18:32; with מִן of pursuit 1 Samuel 17:53; 1 Samuel 23:28, compare 2 Chronicles 11:4; with אַחֲרֵי person, i.e. so as to follow 1 Samuel 15:31; 2 Samuel 23:10; turn back in fear, מִן of thing Job 39:22 (of horse), כֹל מִפְּנֵי Proverbs 30:30 (of lion), so absolute (of foes) Psalm 6:11 [Psalm 6:10]; Psalm 56:10[Psalm 56:9]; Psalm 70:4 [Psalm 70:3], in shame Lamentations 1:8; turn back and do so and so: Genesis 14:7; Exodus 14:2, compare Numbers 33:7 (עַל location, both P), Joshua 8:21 (E), Joshua 11:10 (J), 1 Chronicles 21:20, followed by infinitive 2 Chronicles 20:27; absolute turn back (face about) Songs 7:1 [Songs 6:13] (4 times in verse) (+ verb); = be repulsed, defeated Psalm 9:4 [Psalm 9:3]; Psalm 74:21; figurative turn back, namely, from a promise or a vow Judges 11:35; with מִן of service Numbers 8:25 (P), i.e. be exempt.
2. return, come or go back, with מֵעַל person 1 Samuel 17:15 (opposed to הלד), 2 Samuel 10:14; 2 Kings 18:14, מִן person Joshua 10:31 (+ בְּשָׁלוֺם), מִן local, especially from foreign land 2 Kings 8:3; 2 Chronicles 10:2; Ruth 1:6, Ruth 1:22; Ruth 2:6; Ruth 4:3; Jeremiah 31:16; Jeremiah 40:12; Jeremiah 43:5; Jeremiah 44:28; Ezra 6:21; Nehemiah 8:17, מֵהַכּוֺת Genesis 14:17 (J E ?), 1 Samuel 17:57; 1 Samuel 18:6; 2 Samuel 1:1; 2 Samuel 8:13, מֵאַחֲרֵי i.e. from pursuing 1 Samuel 24:2 [1 Samuel 24:1] (Gi 1 Samuel 23:1); figurative, מִנִּי חשֶׁךְ לֹא שׁ׳ Job 15:22 (see חשֶׁךְ 3a); עִבְרוּ זָשׁוּבוּ מִשַּׁעַר לָשַׁעַר Exodus 32:27 (J), i.e. go back and forth from gate to gate, compare (absolute) participle as substantive עֹבֵר וָשָׁב Zechariah 7:14; Zechariah 9:8 and (= all persons) Ezekiel 35:7; also וַיֵּצֵא יָצוֺא וָשׁוֺב Genesis 8:7 (J), רָצוֺא וָשׁוֺב Ezekiel 1:14 (strike out Hi Co Toy and others; yet see Krae); Genesis 8:3 (J) see הלד 4c (4).
3. especially return unto:
a. go back, אֶל person Numbers 23:5, Numbers 23:16 (JE), 2 Kings 1:6 (|| הָלַךְ, as often), Exodus 5:22 (J; אֶליֿ׳), Exodus 32:31 (E; id.), Numbers 17:15 [Numbers 16:50] (P), 2 Samuel 20:22 (+ accusative of location), Jeremiah 46:16 (both + אֶל location), + 17 times; אֶל location also Genesis 21:32; Genesis 28:21 (both E), 2 Samuel 11:4; Hosea 5:15 (of י׳), 2 Chronicles 19:1 (+ בְּשָׁלוֺם, + ל person), Esther 2:14 (opposed to בּוֺא), Esther 7:8 (+ מִן local), + 27 times; of a dog עַלקֵֿאוֺ שׁ׳ Proverbs 26:11; ל location Genesis 18:33 (J), 1 Samuel 26:25; 1 Samuel 29:4; 1 Kings 19:15 (+ ה - location), Genesis 33:16 (J; לְדַרְכּוֺ, + id.), Psalm 7:8 [Psalm 7:7] (of י׳), + 25 times; ל person † Ruth 1:10 (לְעַמֵךְ); הGenesis 44:13 (J), Exodus 4:20, Exodus 4:21 (R), Exodus 13:17 (E), + 5 times; שָׁם (= שָׁ֫מָּה) Jeremiah 22:27; accusative of location also Hosea 8:13; Hosea 9:3; 1 Samuel 18:2; 2 Samuel 3:27; 2 Samuel 15:27 (+ בְּשָׁלוֺם), 2 Kings 2:25 (+ מִן local), + 15 times; accusative דֶּרֶךָ Ezekiel 46:9; accusative of person † Numbers 10:36; אַחֲרֵי person Ruth 1:15; absolute 2 Samuel 3:16; 2 Samuel 19:16 [2 Samuel 19:15] (+ בּוֺא), 1 Kings 18:43; Jeremiah 40:5 (< strike out Greek Version of the LXX Gie Du), Ezekiel 7:13b (strike out Greek Version of the LXX Co Krae and others) +; followed by verb, go back and do so and so, Genesis 43:2; 1 Samuel 1:19; 1 Samuel 29:7 (שׁוּב וְלֵךְ בְּשָׁלוֺם), 1 Kings 13:22; 2 Chronicles 18:16 (+ בְּשָׁלוֺם) +, (Jeremiah 42:10 read יָשׁוֺב old versions and modern); followed by infinitive purpose Judges 14:8; 2 Samuel 6:20 + 10 times
b. come back, אֶל person Genesis 8:9 (J; + אֶל location), Exodus 24:14 (J), 1 Samuel 23:23 + 2 Samuel 17:3 (Greek Version of the LXX Ew Th We Dr HPS Bu), 1 Kings 12:15 (opposed to הָלַךְ) + 9 times + (in hostility) Judges 20:48; אֶל location also Zechariah 8:3 (subject י׳); Joshua 22:32 (P) has מֵאֵת person + מִן local + אֶל location + אֶל person; אֶל of thing Ezekiel 7:13; עַל person † Nehemiah 4:6 [Nehemiah 4:12]; Micah 5:2[Micah 5:3] (be reunited to); עַל location † 1 Kings 17:21, 1 Kings 17:22; ל location Joshua 1:15 (R), Zechariah 1:16 (subject י׳), 2 Chronicles 30:9 + (from exile) + 5 times; ל animal., Job 39:4; הGenesis 15:16 (E), Genesis 50:14 (J); accusative of location † 2 Chronicles 19:8; שָׁם Jeremiah 20:11 [Jeremiah 22:11] (opposed to יָצָא), שָׁ֫מָּה Jeremiah 22:27, הֵ֫נָּה Jeremiah 31:8; absolute Genesis 43:10 (J), 2 Samuel 10:5; 2 Kings 1:5; Isaiah 21:12 (|| אָתָה), Job 39:12 (Kt, so Bu Du; of wild ox), + often; + בְּשָׁלוֺם Judges 8:9; 1 Kings 22:28 (שׁוֺב תָּשׁוּב) = 2 Chronicles 18:27, 2 Chronicles 18:26; + verb, come back and do so and so, † Deuteronomy 1:45; Deuteronomy 30:8; Jeremiah 37:8; 1 Kings 19:7; 1 Kings 20:5; 2 Kings 9:36; Psalm 60:2 [Psalm 60:1] (title), compare Zechariah 4:1; Daniel 11:10, לָשֶׁבֶת שׁ׳ Numbers 35:32 (P), לָלֶכֶת שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 5:14 [Ecclesiastes 5:15].
†4.
a. of dying, אֶלֿ(הֶ)עָפָר שׁ׳ Genesis 3:19 (twice in verse) (J), Psalm 104:29; Ecclesiastes 3:20, עַלעָֿפָר Job 34:15; לְאַדְמָתוֺ שׁ׳ Psalm 146:4, compare אָשׁוּב שָׁ֫מָּה (i.e. בֶּטֶן אִמּוֺ) Job 1:21 (see Di Bu, also Ecclesiastes 5:14 [Ecclesiastes 5:15]); לִשְׁא֑וֺלָה שׁ׳ Psalm 9:18 [Psalm 9:17]; so probably absolute Psalm 90:3 (> come back to life); of (human) dust, עַלהָֿאָרֶץ שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 12:7; breath, אֶלהָֿאֱלֹהַים שׁ׳ Ecclesiastes 12:7.
b. of revival from death, לְבֵיתוֺ שׁ׳ Job 7:10, absolute Job 10:21 (opposed to הָלַךְ), Job 16:22 (id.), Proverbs 2:19; also with אֶל person 2 Samuel 12:13.
†5. figurative of human relations:
a. return to leader, king, אֶל person, Judges 11:8; 1 Kings 12:27 (twice in verse); to divorced wife Jeremiah 3:1 (opposed to הלד).
b. = change so as to approach (in purpose, desire), אֶלֿ person Jeremiah 15:19 (twice in verse).
c. turn, i.e. resort to, ל person Psalm 119:79.
d. return to a physical condition Job 33:25 (ל of thing); to a state or course of life, ל of thing Isaiah 23:17; Ezekiel 16:55 (3 times in verse); Nehemiah 9:17; Psalm 85:9[Psalm 85:8] עַל of thing Jeremiah 11:10, הֲלוֺם Psalm 73:10 (but corrupt); ב Jeremiah 8:6 (Du reads שָׁט for שָׁב).
e. absolute = change course of action; from good to bad, וַיָּשָׁב וַיִּמְרָראבּוֺ 2 Kings 24:1; Jeremiah 34:11, Jeremiah 34:16; bad to good Jeremiah 34:15; so שׁ׳ alone Job 6:29 (twice in verse) (probably; read וְשׁוּבוּ, so Di Da Bu and others; other interpretations De Du and others).
f. passive participle = averse, שׁוּבֵי מִלְחָמָה Micah 2:8 (> We Now שְׁבִי spoil of war).
6. figurative, specifically of spiritual relations:
a. turn back from God, = apostatize, מֵאַחֲרֵי י׳ Numbers 14:43 (J), 1 Samuel 15:11; 1 Kings 9:6 (שׁוֺב תְּשֻׁב֫וּן), Jeremiah 3:19; Numbers 32:15; Joshua 22:16, Joshua 22:18, Joshua 22:23, Joshua 22:29 (all P); absolute (usually + verb) Judges 2:19; Judges 8:33; Joshua 23:12 (RD), Jeremiah 8:4; Psalm 78:41; 2 Chronicles 7:19.
b. of י׳, turn away, מֵאַחֲרֵי person Deuteronomy 23:15 [Deuteronomy 23:14].
c. turn back to God (= seek penitently), אֶליֿ׳ Hosea 6:1; Hosea 7:10; Hosea 14:3 [Hosea 14:2]; Jeremiah 3:7; 1 Kings 8:33, 1 Kings 8:48 (בְּכָלֿ לֵבָב), + 18 times; אֶלאֱֿלֹהִיםHosea 5:4; Psalm 51:15 [Psalm 51:13], compare Isaiah 10:21; עַליֿ׳2 Chronicles 15:4; 2 Chronicles 30:9; עַדיֿ׳ Amos 4:6, Amos 4:8, Amos 4:9, Amos 4:10, Amos 4:11; Hosea 14:2; Isaiah 9:12 + 5 times; עַדשַֿׁדַּיJob 22:23; לי׳ Isaiah 31:6, נַפְשִׁי שׁ׳ לִמְנוּחָ֑יְכְי Psalm 116:7; compare לַבַּעַל Hosea 7:16 (for לֹא עָל, Now, compare Marti); לְתוֺכַחְתִּי Proverbs 1:23 (probably strike out, see Toy).
d. absolute repent, Hosea 3:15 [Hosea 3:5] ; Hosea 11:5; Isaiah 6:10; Isaiah 10:22; Jeremiah 3:7, Jeremiah 3:12, Jeremiah 3:14, Jeremiah 3:22; Jeremiah 4:1; Jeremiah 5:3 + 14 times, + participle as substantive Isaiah 1:27.
e. turn back from evil, with מִן (especially Jeremiah, Ezekiel) 1 Kings 8:35; 1 Kings 13:33; Jeremiah 15:7; Jeremiah 18:8 + 8 times Jeremiah; Ezekiel 3:19; Ezekiel 13:22 + 12 times Ezekiel,+ 9 times; compare שָׁבֵי פֶשַׁע Isaiah 59:20; שׁוּבוּ וְהָשִׁיבוּ מִן Ezekiel 18:30, so with מֵעַל Ezekiel 14:6; from good, with מִן, † Ezekiel 3:20; Ezekiel 18:24, Ezekiel 18:26; Ezekiel 33:18.
f. of י׳, אַפּוֹ מֵחֲרוֺן שׁ׳ Exodus 32:12 (JE), Deuteronomy 13:18 [Deuteronomy 13:17]; Joshua 7:26 (J), 2 Kings 23:26; Jonah 3:9; מִמֶּנּוּ אַףיֿ׳ שׁ׳ Hosea 14:5 [Hosea 14:4]; Jeremiah 2:35; Jeremiah 4:8; Numbers 25:4 (P), 2 Chronicles 12:12; 2 Chronicles 29:10; 2 Chronicles 30:8, so (man's anger) Genesis 27:45 (J) and (absolute) Genesis 27:44 (E); absolute of אַףיֿ׳ Isaiah 5:25; Isaiah 9:11 [Isaiah 9:12]; Isaiah 9:16 [Isaiah 9:17]; Isaiah 9:20 [Isaiah 9:21]; Isaiah 10:4; Isaiah 12:1; Jeremiah 23:20 (opposed to יָצָא Jeremiah 23:19), Jeremiah 30:24; Job 14:13; Daniel 9:16.
g. of י׳, return (to shew favour), אֶל person † Genesis 18:10 (+ infinitive absolute), Genesis 18:14; Zechariah 1:3; Malachi 3:7; 2 Chronicles 30:6, absolute Isaiah 63:17; Psalm 80:15 (|| הִבִּיט, פָּקַד), Psalm 90:13, + verb Jeremiah 12:15; Psalm 6:5 [Psalm 6:4]; Joel 2:14; Jonah 3:9; also in hostility, + verb Joshua 24:20 (E), with infinitive purpose Hosea 11:9.
h. of י׳, turn back from (מִן) judgment Jeremiah 4:28, אֱמֶת Psalm 132:11; מֵאַחֲרֵי person, i.e. cease to bless, Jeremiah 32:40.
7. of inanimate things (sometimes personified, or treated as things of life):
a. as perceptibly moving, water Genesis 8:3 (J; מֵעַל location), Joshua 4:18 (J; ל location), Exodus 14:26 (P; עַל person), Exodus 14:28 (P; + verb), Psalm 104:9 (ל infinitive), sea Exodus 14:27 (J; לְאֵיתָנוֺ); wind Psalm 78:39 (opposed to הלד), Ecclesiastes 1:6 (עַל location); shadow 2 Kings 20:9, 2 Kings 20:10 (+ אֲחֹרַנִּית), || Isaiah 38:8 (sun on dial), of breath (= revive) Judges 15:19; 1 Samuel 30:12 (אֶל person); clouds Ecclesiastes 12:2 (מִן temporal); rain and snow Isaiah 55:10 (ה locative); rolling stone Proverbs 26:27; sword 2 Samuel 1:22 (מִן of thing), Ezekiel 21:10 [Ezekiel 21:5], arrow Jeremiah 50:9; of plague-spot = re-appear, Leviticus 14:43 (P).
b. = be brought back, Genesis 43:18 (J), 1 Samuel 5:11 (ל location), hence be restored, ל person Ezekiel 46:17, so of kingdom 1 Kings 12:26, city 1 Samuel 7:14 (Ezekiel 35:9 see ישׁב 4), field Leviticus 27:24 (P); of animal Deuteronomy 28:31.
c. = be turned into, ל of thing, Isaiah 29:17; = be turned back into, עַד thing, Micah 1:7.
d. return, figurative of word,
(1) Isaiah 45:23, with אֶל person Isaiah 55:11 (both opposed to יָצָא);
(2) Psalm 35:13 my prayer turned upon (עַל) my bosom (was uttered with bowed head, De Bae Du).
e. turn away, depart, of infamy Proverbs 25:10.
f. return (in recompense), of crime, evil, etc., with בְּראֹשׁ 1 Kings 2:33; Obadiah 15; Psalm 7:17 [Psalm 7:16], עַלרֿאֹשׁ Esther 9:25, ל person Psalm 54:7 [Psalm 54:5] (Kt; > Qr Hiph.), Proverbs 12:14.
g. Psalm 94:15 judgement (-giving) shall return to (עַד) righteousness (be in accord therewith).
h. of boundary, = change (sometimes reverse) direction (P), הJoshua 19:12 (+ מִן local), Joshua 19:34 (+ accusative of location), accusative of location also Joshua 19:27; Joshua 19:29 (+ עַד location), Joshua 19:29.
i. be restored to healthy condition, of withered hand 1 Kings 13:6 (twice in verse) (אֶל person), leprous hand Exodus 4:7 (J; with כ compare), flesh 2 Kings 5:10 (ל person), 2 Kings 5:14; Leviticus 13:16 (|| לְלָבָן נֶהְפַּךְ).
†8. denoting repetition, etc. (Ges§ 120 d g): + verb, return (and) do = do again, Genesis 26:18; Genesis 30:31; Numbers 11:4 (all J), Judges 19:7; 1 Samuel 3:5, 1 Samuel 3:6; 1 Kings 13:33; 1 Kings 19:6; 2 Kings 1:11, 2 Kings 1:13; 2 Kings 19:9; 2 Kings 21:3 2 Chronicles 33:3; Jeremiah 18:4; Jeremiah 36:28; Zechariah 5:1; Zechariah 6:1; Malachi 1:4; Job 10:16; Job 17:10; Psalm 7:13 [Psalm 7:12]; Daniel 9:25, perhaps also 2 Chronicles 19:4; compare Isaiah 6:13 = it, in turn, shall be destroyed (destruction shall be repeated in its case), Lamentations 3:3 apparently = do repeatedly; שׁ׳ + Infinitive absolute Ecclesiastes 4:1, Ecclesiastes 4:7; Ecclesiastes 9:11; in comparative עוֺד תָּשׁוּב תִּרְאֶה Ezekiel 8:6 thou shalt see yet greater abominations, so Ezekiel 8:13 and (מִן compare) Ezekiel 8:15; שׁ׳ + Infinitive construct Deuteronomy 24:4; Deuteronomy 30:9; Joshua 5:2 (RD), Jeremiah 36:28; Ezekiel 8:17; Ezra 9:14; Nehemiah 9:28; Job 7:7; Ecclesiastes 1:7; = reverse one's action, + verb Joshua 2:23 (E), Hosea 2:11 [Hosea 2:9]; 2 Kings 13:25; Deuteronomy 30:3; Micah 7:19; Zechariah 8:15; Psalm 71:20 (twice in verse); Psalm 85:7 [Psalm 85:6]; = restore to original condition by doing, + verb Deuteronomy 23:14.
9. transitive, peculiarly, in phrase שׁ׳ שְׁבוּת restore captivity of, etc., approximately + 21 times (see שְׁבוּת below שָׁבָה); צִיּוֺן י׳ שׁ׳ Isaiah 52:8, שׁ׳ with suffix person Psalm 85:5 [Psalm 85:4]; elsewhere only אֶתגְּֿאוֺן יַעֲקֹב וגו׳ וְשָׁב י׳ Nahum 2:3 [Nahum 2:2], compare Hiph. 6.
†Pō`l.
1. bring back, Perfect 1st person singular וְשֹׁבַבְתִּ֫י, with accusative of person + אֶל location Jeremiah 50:19 (י׳ subject), Infinitive construct suffix בְּשׁוֺבְבִי, with מִן location Ezekiel 39:27 and (figurative) לְשׁוֺבֵב, with אֶל person Isaiah 49:5; Imperfect 2nd person masculine singular תְּשׁוֺבֵב לָנוּ Psalm 60:3 [Psalm 60:1] = take us back into power.
2.
a. figurative restore, refresh, 3rd person masculine singular נַפְשִׁי יְשׁוֺבֵב Psalm 23:3 (י׳ subject); compare Hiph. 2 b.
b. restore, repair, Participle מְשׁוֺבֵב נְתִיבוֺח לָשָׁ֑בֶת Isaiah 58:12.
3. lead away (enticingly), Perfect 1st person singular suffix (of Gog), י׳ subject, וְשׁוֺבַבְתִּיךָ Ezekiel 38:4 (strike out Co), וְשׁ׳ Ezekiel 39:2; so figurative 3rd person feminine singular suffix וְדַעְתֵךְ הִיא שׁוֺבְבָ֑תֶךְ Isaiah 47:10 (of Babylonian); — Jeremiah 50:6 see Qal.
4. shew turning = apostatize (compare Hiph. 8), Perfect 3rd person feminine singular שׁוֺבְבָה Jeremiah 8:5 (read שׁוֺבֵב, and strike out ירושׁלם, with Greek Version of the LXX). — See also שׁוֺבֵב below.
Pu`l. Participle feminine מְשׁוֺבֶ֫בֶת Ezekiel 38:8 a land restored + מִן of thing. — See also שׁוֺבָב below.
Hiph.353 Perfect 3rd person masculine singular Genesis 41:13 +; suffix וַהֲשִׁבְךָ Genesis 40:13, וֶהֱשִׁיבְךָ Deuteronomy 28:68; 2nd person masculine singular הֱשִׁיבוֺתָ Psalm 85:4 [Psalm 85:3], וַהֲשֵׁבֹתָ֫ Deuteronomy 4:39; Deuteronomy 30:1, suffix וַהֲשֵׁיבוֺתָם 2 Chronicles 6:25; 1st person singular consecutive וַהֲשִׁיב֫וֺתִי Amos 1:8, וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֫י Numbers 22:8 +, suffix וְהוֺשְׁבוֺתִים Zechariah 10:6 (but read וַהֲשִׁבוֺתִים, see ישׁב Hiph.), etc.; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יָשִׁיב Exodus 21:34 +, (read יָשִׁב Daniel 11:18, Daniel 11:19 > Qr Daniel 11:18 יָשֵׂם), וַיָּ֫שֶׁב Genesis 20:14 +; suffix יְשִׁבֵנִי 2 Samuel 15:8 +, וַיְשִׁיבֵם 2 Chronicles 19:4 + 1 Samuel 12:8 Vrss We Dr and others; 3rd person feminine plural תָּשֵׁבְנָה Job 20:10, etc.; Imperative masculine singular הָשֵׁב Genesis 20:7 +, הָשֵׁיב 2 Kings 8:6, הָשַׁ֑ב Isaiah 42:22, so הָשַׁ֖ב Ezekiel 21:35 [Ezekiel 21:30] (see Ke and still Toy; Ew Sm Krae Infinitive absolute הָשֵׁב), הָשִׁיבָה Judges 11:13 +, etc.; Infinitive absolute הָשֵׁב Exodus 23:4 +; construct הָשִׁיב Genesis 42:35 +, etc.; Participle מֵשִׁיב Genesis 20:7 +, etc.; — cause to return, bring back:
1.
a. with accusative of person + אֶל location Genesis 24:5 (J; הֶהָשֵׁב אָשִׁיב), Genesis 28:15 (J), Genesis 42:37 (E), Genesis 48:21 (E), +; especially from exile 1 Kings 8:34 2 Chronicles 6:25; Jeremiah 27:22 + 5 times Jeremiah; + אֶל person 1 Kings 22:26 2 Chronicles 18:25; + עַל location Jeremiah 16:15; Jeremiah 23:3; Jeremiah 24:6; + ל location Jeremiah 12:15; + accusative of location 2 Samuel 15:8 (read הָשֵׁב יְשִׁבֵנִי Vrss Th We Dr and others), Deuteronomy 28:68; Ezekiel 29:14; Ezekiel 47:6; 2 Chronicles 33:13, etc.; + מִן local Jeremiah 41:16; Zechariah 10:10, מֵאֵת person Jeremiah 41:16, מִן infinitive 2 Chronicles 25:13; accusative of person only Judges 19:3; 1 Kings 13:20, 1 Kings 13:23 +; bring back into bondage, etc., Jeremiah 34:11, Jeremiah 34:16; = allow to return Jeremiah 15:19; accusative of person + of thing (= recover, recapture), Jeremiah 28:6 (+ אֶל location, מִן local); = recover, rescue, Genesis 14:16 (accusative of person + thing), Psalm 35:17 (accusative נַפְשִׁי, מִן of thing); accusative of thing + אֶל person Genesis 44:8 (J), + עַל person Exodus 15:9 (song), Proverbs 20:26; + אֶל location 1 Kings 14:28 2 Chronicles 12:11; Jeremiah 28:3; 2 Chronicles 24:11; accusative of hand, אֶל־פֶּה 1 Samuel 14:27; Proverbs 19:24; Proverbs 26:15; especially of י׳'s hand, in judgment, followed by עַל Amos 1:8; Isaiah 1:25; Zechariah 13:7; Psalm 81:15 [Psalm 81:14], also of man's hand Jeremiah 6:9; Ezekiel 38:12; + accusative of location 2 Samuel 15:25, 2 Samuel 15:29; + שָׁם Nehemiah 13:9; accusative of thing alone Genesis 43:12, Genesis 43:21 (both בְּיֶדְכֶם), Genesis 14:16 (= recapture), 1 Samuel 6:21; 1 Samuel 30:19; 1 Kings 13:29 (corpse), Leviticus 26:26 (H); with accusative animal. 1 Samuel 6:7 (מֵאַחֲרֵי), Ezekiel 34:4, Ezekiel 34:16 (figurative); shadow on dial 2 Kings 20:11 = Isaiah 38:8. — Job 39:12 see Qal 3 b.
b. put back: accusative of thing, stone, עַל־פִּי הַבְּאֵר Genesis 29:3 (J), veil עַל־פָּנָיו Exodus 34:35 (P), Dagon לִמְקוֺמוֺ 1 Samuel 5:3, rod לִפְנֵי הָעֵדוּת Numbers 17:25 [Numbers 17:10] (P), sword, + אֶל of sheath, 1 Chronicles 21:27; Ezekiel 21:35 [Ezekiel 21:30] (accusative ommitted); hand אֶלחֵֿיק Exodus 4:7 (twice in verse) (J; opposed to הוֺצִיא).
c. = draw back, hand Genesis 38:29 (J), 1 Kings 13:4 (opposed to שָׁלַךְ; + אֶל reflexive), Joshua 8:26 (E; opposed to נטה), so, figurative, י׳ subject Lamentations 2:3 (מִפְּנֵי, אָחוֺר), Psalm 74:11; with מִן = refrain from Lamentations 2:8; Ezekiel 18:8, Ezekiel 18:17 (i.e. from oppressing), Ezekiel 20:22 (מִן omitted); foot, with מִן Isaiah 58:13 (figurative); draw in breath Job 9:18.
d. = give back, restore, accusative of person or thing: + ל person Genesis 20:14 (E), Genesis 20:7 (E; accusative omitted), Exodus 23:4 (E; הָשֵׁב תָּשִׁיב), Deuteronomy 22:1 (id.; both accusative animal.), Deuteronomy 24:13 (id.), Exodus 22:25 [Exodus 22:26] (E), Judges 17:3 (twice in verse); Judges 17:4; 1 Samuel 12:3; 2 Samuel 9:7; Deuteronomy 22:2 (P), Nehemiah 5:11, so 2 Samuel 16:3; 1 Kings 12:21 2 Chronicles 11:1 (all accusative of kingdom), with accusative צְדָקָה Job 33:26; + אֶל person Genesis 37:22 (E; accusative of person); + אֶל location Genesis 42:25 (E); accusative of thing only, 2 Kings 8:6; Ezekiel 18:7 (read Infinitive absolute שׁוֺב for חוֺב, Co Toy Krae), Ezekiel 18:12; Ezekiel 33:15; Leviticus 5:33 (P), Numbers 5:7 (P; + בְּראֹשׁוֺ = in full), Psalm 69:5 [Psalm 69:4] (opposed to גָּזַל), so of land (or city) Judges 11:13; 1 Kings 20:34; Nehemiah 5:12, compare 2 Kings 14:28 (+ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל), 2 Kings 16:6 (+ לַאֲרָם); = win back 2 Kings 13:25; 2 Kings 14:22 (+ ל territory) = 2 Chronicles 26:2, boundary (i.e. re-establish it) 2 Kings 14:25; restore ruined city Daniel 9:25 (+ לִבְנוֺת), conquered nation Psalm 80:4 [Psalm 80:3]; Psalm 80:8 [Psalm 80:7]; Psalm 80:20 [Psalm 80:19]; joy, accusative + ל person Psalm 51:14 [Psalm 51:12]. — 2 Samuel 8:3 see יָד 2. — Accusative. person only, Genesis 20:7 (E), Isaiah 42:22; restore to office, accusative of person + עַל Genesis 40:13, Genesis 40:21 (E), אֶל location 2 Samuel 19:12 [2 Samuel 19:11], accusative of person only, 2 Samuel 19:11 [2 Samuel 19:10]; 2 Samuel 19:13 [2 Samuel 19:12]; 2 Samuel 19:44 [2 Samuel 19:43], compare Isaiah 1:26; = pay back money, Leviticus 25:27 (ל person), Leviticus 25:51; Leviticus 25:52.
e. = relinquish, with accusative of thing, Job 20:10.
f. = give in payment, requital, with accusative of thing + apposition 1 Samuel 6:8 (ל person), 1 Samuel 6:17 (id.; compare טְחוֺד); also pay as tribute (in answer to demand), accusative of thing 2 Kings 17:3; Psalm 72:10, + ל person 2 Kings 3:4; 2 Chronicles 27:5; give in exchange Ezekiel 27:15.
g. bring one back (from dead) 2 Samuel 12:23, so with מִנִּי Job 33:20; on other hand, אֶלעָֿפָר Job 10:9 = מָוֶת (accusative) Job 30:23, compare עַדדַּֿכָּא Psalm 90:3.
†2.
a. bring back heart, לֵב, עַל person Malachi 3:24 [Malachi 4:6]; אֵלֶיךָ הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ י׳ Lamentations 5:21 (< Bu retore, strike out אליד); הֵשִׁיב אֶליֿ׳ Nehemiah 9:26 (compare Nehemiah 9:29), 2 Chronicles 19:4; 2 Chronicles 24:19, also (מִן of evil) Jeremiah 23:22, absolute Jeremiah 31:18.
b. accusative נֶפֶשׁ = refresh Lamentations 1:11, Lamentations 1:16, Lamentations 1:19; Psalm 19:8[Psalm 19:7]; Proverbs 25:13; Ruth 4:15.
3. bring back words of people, אֶליֿ׳ Exodus 19:8 (E); then, in general, bring back word, דָּבָר, report to, + accusative of person Genesis 37:14; Numbers 13:26; Numbers 22:8 (all E), Deuteronomy 1:22, Deuteronomy 1:25; Joshua 14:7 (RD), Joshua 22:32 (P), + 8 times; = answer 1 Samuel 17:30; 2 Samuel 3:11; 1 Kings 12:6; 2 Chronicles 10:6 + 6 times, + (accusative מִלִּין) Job 35:4; also (דָּבָר omitted) Job 13:22; Job 20:2; Job 33:5, Job 33:32; 2 Chronicles 10:16; Nehemiah 6:4 (כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה); accusative אֲמָרִים + ל person Judges 5:29; Proverbs 22:21; later with ל person alone 1 Samuel 12:3; with clause oratio recta [direct speech], אֶל person Esther 4:13, Esther 4:15; similar phrases, Ezekiel 9:11; Proverbs 18:13; Proverbs 24:26; Proverbs 26:16; Habakkuk 2:1; Job 31:14; Job 32:14 (Gi Job 32:15), Job 40:4.
4.
a. bring back (in retribution, compare Qal 7 f) upon, subject often י׳, accusative of evil, Judges 9:56, בְּראֹשׁ Judges 9:5; 1 Samuel 25:39; 1 Kings 2:44; Joel 4:4 [Joel 3:4]; Joel 4:7 [Joel 3:7]; 1 Kings 2:32; אֶלרֿאֹשׁ Nehemiah 3:36 [Nehemiah 4:4]; ל person Genesis 50:15 (E), 1 Samuel 6:3 (הָשֵׁב תָּשִׁיבוּ), 1 Samuel 6:4; 1 Samuel 25:31 (return evil for good), +, etc.; absolute = make requital, ל person 2 Chronicles 6:23 + (כ compare) Hosea 12:3 [Hosea 12:2]; Proverbs 24:12, Proverbs 24:29; † with accusative of good, ל person 2 Samuel 16:12; 2 Samuel 26:23; Zechariah 9:12; with כ compare + ל person Psalm 18:21[Psalm 18:20]; Psalm 18:25[Psalm 18:24] = 2 Samuel 22:21, 2 Samuel 22:25, and (כ compare only) 2 Chronicles 32:25; requite י׳'s benefits, accusative of thing + לי׳ Psalm 116:12, compare Numbers 18:9 (P).
b. pay as recompense, לִבְעָלָיו כֶּסֶף יָשׁ׳ Exodus 21:34 (E); so (figurative) of י׳, ננָקָם לְ הֵשׁ׳ Deuteronomy 32:41, Deuteronomy 32:43, אַפּוֹ בְּחֵמָה לְהָשׁ׳ Isaiah 66:15.
5. turn back, backward = repel, defeat, with אֶת־פְּנֵי 2 Kings 18:24 = Isaiah 36:9, accusative מִלְחָמָה Isaiah 28:6, accusative of sword Psalm 89:44 [Psalm 89:43], accusative of person + אָחוֺר Psalm 44:11 [Psalm 44:10] (+ מִנִּי person), Isaiah 44:25 (figurative, = refute, confute), figurative of calamity Lamentations 1:13; = repulse, hinder Jeremiah 2:24, especially accusative Isaiah 14:27 (יַדיֿ׳), compare Isaiah 43:13, Job 9:12; Job 11:10; Job 23:13; = reject, refuse, פ׳ (אֶת־)פְּנֵי 1 Kings 2:16, 1 Kings 2:17, 1 Kings 2:20 (twice in verse); 2 Chronicles 6:42; Psalm 132:10.
†6.
a. turn away face, figurative, + מֵעַל of thing Ezekiel 14:6; accusative of person + מִן Malachi 2:6; anger of י׳ (accusative) + מֵעַל person Numbers 25:11 (P), Proverbs 24:18, מִן person Jeremiah 18:20; Ezra 10:14; accusative only, Job 9:13; Psalm 78:38; Psalm 106:23; accusative of human anger Proverbs 15:1; Proverbs 29:8.
b. late, turn toward, accusative face, ל location Daniel 11:18, Daniel 11:19, accusative foot, אֶל of thing Psalm 119:59 (figurative).
†7. turn against, אֶלאֵֿל, with accusative רוּחֶ֑ךָ Job 15:43 [Job 15:13].
8. אֶללֵֿבָב הֵשׁ׳ bring back to mind, take into consideration, with accusative Lamentations 3:21, followed by clause with כִּי Deuteronomy 4:39 (compare Dr), object omitted Deuteronomy 30:1; 1 Kings 8:47 2 Chronicles 6:37; Isaiah 44:19, + (עַל) Isaiah 46:8.
9. הֵשִׁיב אֶתשְֿׁבוּת פ׳ Jeremiah 32:44; Jeremiah 33:7, Jeremiah 3311; Jeremiah 49:6; Lamentations 2:14; Ezekiel 39:25 + (Qr Hiph., Kt Qal) Jeremiah 33:26; Jeremiah 46:39; Joel 4:1 [Joel 3:1] (see Qal 9).
†10. Hiph. declarative [?], מֵעַל הָשׁ׳ Ezekiel 14:6 = shew a turning away from your idols (i.e. turn away), compare (מִן) Ezekiel 18:30, absolute וִחְיוּ הָשׁ׳ Ezekiel 18:32; of י׳, מֵחֲרוֺן השׁ׳ אַפֶּ֑ךָ Psalm 85:4 [Psalm 85:3] (but read probably הֲשִׁיבוֺתה חֲרוֺן א׳ [6a above]); perhaps in physical sense Jonah 1:13 (אֶל location; We Now that is אֳנִיָּה, etc.).
†11. reverse, revoke, accusative (suffix) of thing, i.e. judgment, Amos 1:3, Amos 1:6, Amos 1:9, Amos 1:11, Amos 1:13; Amos 2:1, Amos 2:4, Amos 2:6; blessing Numbers 23:20 (poem in E), edict Esther 8:5, Esther 8:8.
Hoph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הוּשַׁב Genesis 42:28 my money has been returned! compare Participle הַכֶּסֶף הַמּוּשָׁב Genesis 43:12 (both J); לי׳ הַמּ׳ Numbers 5:8 (P) the אָשָׁם which is restored to י׳; plural מוּשָׁבִים Jeremiah 27:16 the vessels are about to be brought back, with מִן local; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular וַיוּשַׁב אֶתמֿשֶׁה Exodus 10:8 (J; compare Ges§ 121 a, b) Moses was brought back, with אֶל person.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H8421.
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Genesis

3:19; 8:3; 8:3; 8:3; 8:7; 8:9; 14:7; 14:16; 14:16; 14:17; 15:16; 18:10; 18:14; 18:33; 18:33; 20:7; 20:7; 20:7; 20:7; 20:14; 20:14; 21:32; 24:5; 26:18; 26:18; 27:44; 27:45; 28:15; 28:21; 29:3; 30:31; 31:3; 33:16; 37:14; 37:22; 38:29; 40:13; 40:13; 40:21; 41:13; 42:25; 42:28; 42:35; 42:37; 43:2; 43:10; 43:12; 43:12; 43:18; 43:18; 43:21; 44:8; 44:13; 48:21; 50:14; 50:15

Exodus

4:7; 4:7; 4:19; 4:20; 4:21; 4:21; 5:22; 10:8; 13:17; 14:2; 14:26; 14:27; 14:28; 15:9; 19:8; 21:34; 21:34; 22:26; 23:4; 23:4; 24:14; 32:12; 32:27; 32:31; 34:35

Leviticus

13:16; 14:43; 25:27; 25:51; 25:52; 26:26; 27:24

Numbers

5:7; 5:8; 8:25; 10:36; 11:4; 13:26; 14:43; 16:50; 17:10; 18:9; 22:8; 22:8; 23:5; 23:16; 23:20; 25:4; 25:11; 32:15; 33:7; 35:32

Deuteronomy

1:22; 1:25; 1:45; 4:39; 4:39; 13:17; 22:1; 22:2; 23:14; 23:14; 24:4; 24:13; 28:31; 28:68; 28:68; 30:1; 30:1; 30:3; 30:8; 30:9; 32:41; 32:43

Joshua

1:15; 2:16; 2:23; 4:18; 5:2; 7:26; 8:21; 8:26; 10:31; 11:10; 14:7; 19:12; 19:27; 19:29; 19:29; 19:34; 22:16; 22:18; 22:23; 22:29; 22:32; 22:32; 23:12; 24:20

Judges

2:19; 3:19; 5:29; 7:3; 7:3; 8:9; 8:13; 8:33; 9:5; 9:56; 11:8; 11:13; 11:13; 11:35; 14:8; 15:19; 17:3; 17:4; 19:3; 19:7; 20:48

Ruth

1:6; 1:8; 1:10; 1:11; 1:12; 1:15; 1:15; 1:16; 1:22; 1:22; 2:6; 4:3; 4:15

1 Samuel

1:19; 3:5; 3:6; 5:3; 5:11; 6:3; 6:4; 6:7; 6:8; 6:17; 6:21; 7:14; 12:3; 12:3; 12:8; 14:27; 15:11; 15:31; 17:15; 17:30; 17:53; 17:57; 18:2; 18:6; 23:23; 23:28; 24:1; 25:31; 25:39; 26:25; 29:4; 29:7; 30:12; 30:19

2 Samuel

1:1; 1:22; 2:26; 2:30; 3:11; 3:16; 3:27; 6:20; 8:3; 8:13; 9:7; 10:5; 10:14; 11:4; 11:15; 12:13; 12:23; 15:8; 15:8; 15:25; 15:27; 15:29; 16:3; 16:12; 17:3; 19:10; 19:11; 19:12; 19:15; 19:43; 20:22; 22:21; 22:25; 23:10

1 Kings

2:16; 2:17; 2:20; 2:32; 2:33; 2:44; 8:33; 8:34; 8:35; 8:47; 8:48; 9:6; 12:6; 12:15; 12:21; 12:26; 12:27; 13:4; 13:6; 13:20; 13:22; 13:23; 13:29; 13:33; 13:33; 14:28; 17:21; 17:22; 18:43; 18:43; 19:6; 19:7; 19:15; 19:21; 20:5; 20:34; 22:26; 22:28; 22:33

2 Kings

1:5; 1:6; 1:11; 1:13; 2:25; 3:4; 5:10; 5:14; 8:3; 8:6; 8:6; 9:36; 13:25; 13:25; 14:22; 14:25; 14:28; 16:6; 17:3; 18:14; 18:24; 19:9; 20:9; 20:10; 20:11; 21:3; 23:26; 24:1

1 Chronicles

21:20; 21:27

2 Chronicles

6:23; 6:25; 6:25; 6:37; 6:42; 7:19; 10:2; 10:6; 10:16; 11:1; 11:4; 12:11; 12:12; 15:4; 18:16; 18:25; 18:26; 18:27; 18:32; 19:1; 19:4; 19:4; 19:4; 19:8; 20:27; 24:11; 24:19; 25:13; 26:2; 27:5; 29:10; 30:6; 30:8; 30:9; 30:9; 32:25; 33:3; 33:13

Ezra

6:21; 9:14; 10:14

Nehemiah

4:4; 4:12; 5:11; 5:12; 6:4; 8:17; 9:17; 9:26; 9:28; 9:29; 13:9

Esther

2:14; 4:13; 4:15; 7:8; 8:5; 8:8; 9:25

Job

1:21; 6:29; 7:7; 7:10; 9:12; 9:13; 9:18; 10:9; 10:16; 10:21; 11:10; 13:22; 14:13; 15:13; 15:22; 16:22; 17:10; 20:2; 20:10; 20:10; 22:23; 23:13; 30:23; 31:14; 32:14; 32:15; 33:5; 33:20; 33:25; 33:26; 33:32; 34:15; 35:4; 39:4; 39:12; 39:12; 39:22; 40:4

Psalms

6:4; 6:10; 7:7; 7:12; 7:16; 9:3; 9:17; 18:20; 18:24; 19:7; 23:3; 35:13; 35:17; 44:10; 51:12; 51:13; 54:5; 56:9; 60:1; 60:1; 69:4; 70:3; 71:20; 72:10; 73:10; 74:11; 74:21; 78:38; 78:39; 78:41; 80:3; 80:7; 80:15; 80:19; 81:14; 85:1; 85:3; 85:3; 85:4; 85:6; 85:8; 89:43; 90:3; 90:3; 90:13; 94:15; 104:9; 104:29; 106:23; 116:7; 116:12; 119:59; 119:79; 132:10; 132:11; 146:4; 146:4

Proverbs

1:23; 2:19; 12:14; 15:1; 18:13; 19:24; 20:26; 22:21; 24:12; 24:18; 24:26; 24:29; 25:10; 25:13; 26:11; 26:15; 26:16; 26:27; 29:8; 30:30

Ecclesiastes

1:6; 1:7; 3:20; 4:1; 4:7; 5:15; 5:15; 9:11; 12:2; 12:7; 12:7

Song of Songs

6:13

Isaiah

1:25; 1:26; 1:27; 5:25; 6:10; 6:13; 9:12; 9:12; 9:17; 9:21; 10:4; 10:21; 10:22; 12:1; 14:27; 21:12; 23:17; 28:6; 29:17; 31:6; 36:9; 38:8; 38:8; 42:22; 42:22; 43:13; 44:19; 44:25; 45:23; 46:8; 47:10; 49:5; 52:8; 55:10; 55:11; 58:12; 58:13; 59:20; 63:17; 66:15

Jeremiah

2:24; 2:35; 3:1; 3:7; 3:7; 3:12; 3:14; 3:19; 3:22; 4:1; 4:8; 4:28; 5:3; 6:9; 8:4; 8:5; 8:6; 11:10; 12:15; 12:15; 15:7; 15:19; 15:19; 16:15; 18:4; 18:8; 18:20; 22:11; 22:27; 22:27; 23:3; 23:19; 23:20; 23:22; 24:6; 27:16; 27:22; 28:3; 28:6; 30:24; 31:8; 31:16; 31:18; 32:40; 32:44; 33:7; 33:11; 33:26; 34:11; 34:11; 34:15; 34:16; 34:16; 36:28; 36:28; 37:8; 40:5; 40:12; 41:16; 41:16; 42:10; 43:5; 44:28; 46:16; 49:6; 50:6; 50:9; 50:19

Lamentations

1:8; 1:11; 1:13; 1:16; 1:19; 2:3; 2:8; 2:14; 3:3; 3:3; 3:21; 5:21

Ezekiel

1:14; 3:19; 3:20; 7:13; 7:13; 8:6; 8:13; 8:15; 8:17; 9:11; 13:22; 14:6; 14:6; 14:6; 16:55; 16:55; 16:55; 18:7; 18:8; 18:12; 18:17; 18:24; 18:26; 18:30; 18:30; 18:32; 20:22; 21:5; 21:30; 21:30; 27:15; 29:14; 33:15; 33:18; 34:4; 34:16; 35:7; 35:9; 38:4; 38:8; 38:12; 39:2; 39:25; 39:27; 46:9; 46:17; 46:17; 47:6

Daniel

9:16; 9:25; 9:25; 11:10; 11:18; 11:18; 11:18; 11:19; 11:19

Hosea

2:9; 3:5; 5:4; 5:15; 6:1; 7:10; 7:16; 8:13; 9:3; 11:5; 11:5; 11:9; 12:2; 14:2; 14:2; 14:2; 14:4

Joel

2:14; 3:1; 3:4; 3:7

Amos

1:3; 1:6; 1:8; 1:8; 1:9; 1:11; 1:13; 2:1; 2:4; 2:6; 4:6; 4:8; 4:9; 4:10; 4:11

Obadiah

1:15

Jonah

1:13; 3:9; 3:9

Micah

1:7; 2:8; 2:8; 5:3; 7:19

Nahum

2:2

Habakkuk

2:1

Zechariah

1:3; 1:16; 4:1; 5:1; 6:1; 7:14; 8:3; 8:15; 9:8; 9:12; 10:6; 10:10; 13:7

Malachi

1:4; 2:6; 3:7; 4:6

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7725 matches the Hebrew שׁוּב (šûḇ),
which occurs 55 times in 53 verses in '2Ki' in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (2Ki 1:5–2Ki 23:20)

Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:5 - The messengers returned to the king, and he said to them, “Why have you returned?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:6 - And they said to him, “There came a man to meet us, and said to us, ‘Go back to the king who sent you, and say to him, Thus says the LORD, Is it because there is no God in Israel that you are sending to inquire of Baal-zebub, the god of Ekron? Therefore you shall not come down from the bed to which you have gone up, but you shall surely die.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:11 - Again the king sent to him another captain of fifty men with his fifty. And he answered and said to him, “O man of God, this is the king’s order, ‘Come down quickly!’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 1:13 - Again the king sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. And the third captain of fifty went up and came and fell on his knees before Elijah and entreated him, “O man of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty servants of yours, be precious in your sight.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:13 - And he took up the cloak of Elijah that had fallen from him and went back and stood on the bank of the Jordan.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:18 - And they came back to him while he was staying at Jericho, and he said to them, “Did I not say to you, ‘Do not go’?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 2:25 - From there he went on to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:4 - Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep breeder, and he had to deliver to the king of Israel 100,000 lambs and the wool of 100,000 rams.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 3:27 - Then he took his oldest son who was to reign in his place and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. And there came great wrath against Israel. And they withdrew from him and returned to their own land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:22 - Then she called to her husband and said, “Send me one of the servants and one of the donkeys, that I may quickly go to the man of God and come back again.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:31 - Gehazi went on ahead and laid the staff on the face of the child, but there was no sound or sign of life. Therefore he returned to meet him and told him, “The child has not awakened.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:35 - Then he got up again and walked once back and forth in the house, and went up and stretched himself upon him. The child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 4:38 - And Elisha came again to Gilgal when there was a famine in the land. And as the sons of the prophets were sitting before him, he said to his servant, “Set on the large pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:10 - And Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, “Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall be restored, and you shall be clean.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:14 - So he went down and dipped himself seven times in the Jordan, according to the word of the man of God, and his flesh was restored like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 5:15 - Then he returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and he came and stood before him. And he said, “Behold, I know that there is no God in all the earth but in Israel; so accept now a present from your servant.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:8 - And when these lepers came to the edge of the camp, they went into a tent and ate and drank, and they carried off silver and gold and clothing and went and hid them. Then they came back and entered another tent and carried off things from it and went and hid them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 7:15 - So they went after them as far as the Jordan, and behold, all the way was littered with garments and equipment that the Syrians had thrown away in their haste. And the messengers returned and told the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:3 - And at the end of the seven years, when the woman returned from the land of the Philistines, she went to appeal to the king for her house and her land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:6 - And when the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed an official for her, saying, “Restore all that was hers, together with all the produce of the fields from the day that she left the land until now.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 8:29 - And King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. And Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:15 - but King Joram had returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds that the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) So Jehu said, “If this is your decision, then let no one slip out of the city to go and tell the news in Jezreel.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:18 - So a man on horseback went to meet him and said, “Thus says the king, ‘Is it peace?’” And Jehu said, “What do you have to do with peace? Turn around and ride behind me.” And the watchman reported, saying, “The messenger reached them, but he is not coming back.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:20 - Again the watchman reported, “He reached them, but he is not coming back. And the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi, for he drives furiously.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 9:36 - When they came back and told him, he said, “This is the word of the LORD, which he spoke by his servant Elijah the Tishbite: ‘In the territory of Jezreel the dogs shall eat the flesh of Jezebel,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 13:25 - Then Jehoash the son of Jehoahaz took again from Ben-hadad the son of Hazael the cities that he had taken from Jehoahaz his father in war. Three times Joash defeated him and recovered the cities of Israel.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:14 - And he seized all the gold and silver, and all the vessels that were found in the house of the LORD and in the treasuries of the king’s house, also hostages, and he returned to Samaria.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:22 - He built Elath and restored it to Judah, after the king slept with his fathers.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:25 - He restored the border of Israel from Lebo-hamath as far as the Sea of the Arabah, according to the word of the LORD, the God of Israel, which he spoke by his servant Jonah the son of Amittai, the prophet, who was from Gath-hepher.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 14:28 - Now the rest of the acts of Jeroboam and all that he did, and his might, how he fought, and how he restored Damascus and Hamath to Judah in Israel, are they not written in the Book of the Chronicles of the Kings of Israel?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 15:20 - Menahem exacted the money from Israel, that is, from all the wealthy men, fifty shekels[fn] of silver from every man, to give to the king of Assyria. So the king of Assyria turned back and did not stay there in the land.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 16:6 - At that time Rezin the king of Syria recovered Elath for Syria and drove the men of Judah from Elath, and the Edomites came to Elath, where they dwell to this day.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:3 - Against him came up Shalmaneser king of Assyria. And Hoshea became his vassal and paid him tribute.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 17:13 - Yet the LORD warned Israel and Judah by every prophet and every seer, saying, “Turn from your evil ways and keep my commandments and my statutes, in accordance with all the Law that I commanded your fathers, and that I sent to you by my servants the prophets.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:14 - And Hezekiah king of Judah sent to the king of Assyria at Lachish, saying, “I have done wrong; withdraw from me. Whatever you impose on me I will bear.” And the king of Assyria required of Hezekiah king of Judah three hundred talents[fn] of silver and thirty talents of gold.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:24 - How then can you repulse a single captain among the least of my master’s servants, when you trust in Egypt for chariots and for horsemen?
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:7 - Behold, I will put a spirit in him, so that he shall hear a rumor and return to his own land, and I will make him fall by the sword in his own land.’”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:8 - The Rabshakeh returned, and found the king of Assyria fighting against Libnah, for he heard that the king had left Lachish.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:9 - Now the king heard concerning Tirhakah king of Cush, “Behold, he has set out to fight against you.” So he sent messengers again to Hezekiah, saying,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:28 - Because you have raged against me
and your complacency has come into my ears,
I will put my hook in your nose
and my bit in your mouth,
and I will turn you back on the way
by which you came.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:33 - By the way that he came, by the same he shall return, and he shall not come into this city, declares the LORD.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 19:36 - Then Sennacherib king of Assyria departed and went home and lived at Nineveh.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:5 - “Turn back, and say to Hezekiah the leader of my people, Thus says the LORD, the God of David your father: I have heard your prayer; I have seen your tears. Behold, I will heal you. On the third day you shall go up to the house of the LORD,
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:9 - And Isaiah said, “This shall be the sign to you from the LORD, that the LORD will do the thing that he has promised: shall the shadow go forward ten steps, or go back ten steps?”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:10 - And Hezekiah answered, “It is an easy thing for the shadow to lengthen ten steps. Rather let the shadow go back ten steps.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 20:11 - And Isaiah the prophet called to the LORD, and he brought the shadow back ten steps, by which it had gone down on the steps of Ahaz.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 21:3 - For he rebuilt the high places that Hezekiah his father had destroyed, and he erected altars for Baal and made an Asherah, as Ahab king of Israel had done, and worshiped all the host of heaven and served them.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:9 - And Shaphan the secretary came to the king, and reported to the king, “Your servants have emptied out the money that was found in the house and have delivered it into the hand of the workmen who have the oversight of the house of the LORD.”
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 22:20 - Therefore, behold, I will gather you to your fathers, and you shall be gathered to your grave in peace, and your eyes shall not see all the disaster that I will bring upon this place.’” And they brought back word to the king.
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 23:20 - And he sacrificed all the priests of the high places who were there, on the altars, and burned human bones on them. Then he returned to Jerusalem.

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