שׁוּב

shuv

Hebrew H7725 Verb 1,057 occurrences in 950 verses
שׁוּב to return: return

1. to return, turn back

a. (Qal)

1. to turn back, return

a. to turn back

b. to return, come or go back

c. to return unto, go back, come back

d. of dying

e. of human relations (fig)

f. 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)

g. of inanimate things

h. in repetition

b. (Polel)

1. to bring back

2. to restore, refresh, repair (fig)

3. to lead away (enticingly)

4. to show turning, apostatise

c. (Pual) restored (participle)

d. (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 1d10) to reverse, revoke

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

f. (Pulal) brought back

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Concordance 950 verses

  1. 1 Samuel 15:25 וְשׁ֣וּב

    Now therefore, please forgive my sin and return with me so I can worship the LORD.”

  2. 1 Samuel 15:26 אָשׁ֖וּב

    “I will not return with you,” Samuel replied. “For you have rejected the word of the LORD, and He has rejected you as king over Israel.”

  3. 1 Samuel 15:30 וְשׁ֣וּב

    “I have sinned,” Saul replied. “Please honor me now before the elders of my people and before Israel. Come back with me, so that I may worship the LORD your God.”

  4. 1 Samuel 15:31 וַיָּ֥שָׁב

    So Samuel went back with Saul, and Saul worshiped the LORD.

  5. 1 Samuel 17:15 וָשָׁ֖ב

    but David went back and forth from Saul to tend his father’s sheep in Bethlehem.

  6. 1 Samuel 17:30 וַיְשִׁבֻ֤הוּ

    Then he turned from him toward another and asked about the offer, and those people answered him just as the first ones had answered.

  7. 1 Samuel 17:53 וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙

    When the Israelites returned from their pursuit of the Philistines, they plundered their camps.

  8. 1 Samuel 17:57 וּכְשׁ֣וּב

    So when David returned from killing the Philistine, still holding his head in his hand, Abner took him and brought him before Saul.

  9. 1 Samuel 18:2 לָשׁ֖וּב

    And from that day Saul kept David with him and did not let him return to his father’s house.

  10. 1 Samuel 18:6 בְּשׁ֤וּב

    As the troops were returning home after David had killed the Philistine, the women came out of all the cities of Israel to meet King Saul with singing and dancing, with joyful songs, and with tambourines and other instruments.

  11. 1 Samuel 23:23 וְשַׁבְתֶּ֤ם

    Observe and find out all the places where he hides. Then come back to me with certainty, and I will go with you. If he is in the land, I will search him out among all the clans of Judah.”

  12. 1 Samuel 23:28 וַיָּ֣שָׁב

    So Saul broke off his pursuit of David and went to meet the Philistines. That is why that place is called Sela-hammahlekoth.

  13. 1 Samuel 24:1 שָׁ֣ב

    After Saul had returned from pursuing the Philistines, he was told, “David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.”

  14. 1 Samuel 25:12 וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙

    So David’s men turned around and went back, and they relayed to him all these words.

  15. 1 Samuel 25:21 וַיָּֽשֶׁב־

    Now David had just finished saying, “In vain I have protected all that belonged to this man in the wilderness. Nothing that belongs to him has gone missing, yet he has paid me back evil for good.

  16. 1 Samuel 25:39 הֵשִׁ֥יב

    On hearing that Nabal was dead, David said, “Blessed be the LORD, who has upheld my cause against the reproach of Nabal and has restrained His servant from evil. For the LORD has brought the wickedness of Nabal down upon his own head.” Then David sent word to Abigail, asking for her in marriage.

  17. 1 Samuel 26:21 שׁ֣וּב

    Then Saul replied, “I have sinned. Come back, David my son. I will never harm you again, because today you considered my life precious. I have played the fool and have committed a grave error!”

  18. 1 Samuel 26:23 יָשִׁ֣יב

    May the LORD repay every man for his righteousness and faithfulness. For the LORD delivered you into my hand today, but I would not stretch out my hand against the LORD’s anointed.

  19. 1 Samuel 26:25 שָׁ֥ב

    Saul said to him, “May you be blessed, David my son. You will accomplish great things and will surely prevail.” So David went on his way, and Saul returned home.

  20. 1 Samuel 27:9 וַיָּ֖שָׁב

    Whenever David attacked a territory, he did not leave a man or woman alive, but he took the flocks and herds, the donkeys, camels, and clothing. Then he would return to Achish,

  21. 1 Samuel 29:4 הָשֵׁ֣בוְיָשֹׁב֙

    But the commanders of the Philistines were angry with Achish and told him, “Send that man back and let him return to the place you assigned him. He must not go down with us into battle only to become our adversary during the war. What better way for him to regain the favor of his master than with the heads of our men?

  22. 1 Samuel 29:7 שׁ֖וּב

    Therefore turn back now and go in peace, so that you will not do anything to displease the leaders of the Philistines.”

  23. 1 Samuel 29:11 לָשׁ֖וּב

    So David and his men got up early in the morning to return to the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

  24. 1 Samuel 30:12 וַתָּ֥שָׁב

    a piece of a fig cake and two clusters of raisins. So he ate and was revived, for he had not had any food or water for three days and three nights.

  25. 1 Samuel 30:19 הֵשִׁ֥יב

    Nothing was missing, young or old, son or daughter, or any of the plunder the Amalekites had taken. David brought everything back.

  26. 2 Samuel 1:1 שָׁ֔ב

    After the death of Saul, David returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites and stayed in Ziklag two days.

  27. 2 Samuel 1:22 תָשׁ֖וּב

    From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan did not retreat, and the sword of Saul did not return empty.

  28. 2 Samuel 2:26 לָשׁ֖וּב

    Then Abner called out to Joab: “Must the sword devour forever? Do you not realize that this will only end in bitterness? How long before you tell the troops to stop pursuing their brothers?”

  29. 2 Samuel 2:30 שָׁ֚ב

    When Joab returned from pursuing Abner, he gathered all the troops. In addition to Asahel, nineteen of David’s servants were missing,

  30. 2 Samuel 3:11 לְהָשִׁ֥יב

    And for fear of Abner, Ish-bosheth did not dare to say another word to him.

  31. 2 Samuel 3:16 שׁ֖וּבוַיָּשֹֽׁב׃

    Her husband followed her, weeping all the way to Bahurim. Then Abner said to him, “Go back.” So he returned home.

  32. 2 Samuel 3:26 וַיָּשִׁ֥בוּ

    As soon as Joab had left David, he sent messengers after Abner, who brought him back from the well of Sirah; but David was unaware of it.

  33. 2 Samuel 3:27 וַיָּ֤שָׁב

    When Abner returned to Hebron, Joab pulled him aside into the gateway, as if to speak to him privately, and there Joab stabbed him in the stomach. So Abner died on account of the blood of Joab’s brother Asahel.

  34. 2 Samuel 6:20 וַיָּ֥שָׁב

    As soon as David returned home to bless his own household, Saul’s daughter Michal came out to meet him. “How the king of Israel has distinguished himself today!” she said. “He has uncovered himself today in the sight of the maidservants of his subjects, like a vulgar person would do.”

  35. 2 Samuel 8:3 לְהָשִׁ֥יב

    David also defeated Hadadezer son of Rehob, king of Zobah, who had marched out to restore his dominion along the Euphrates River.

  36. 2 Samuel 8:13 בְּשֻׁב֕וֹ

    And David made a name for himself when he returned from striking down eighteen thousand Edomites in the Valley of Salt.

  37. 2 Samuel 9:7 וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֣י

    “Do not be afraid,” said David, “for surely I will show you kindness for the sake of your father Jonathan. I will restore to you all the land of your grandfather Saul, and you will always eat at my table.”

  38. 2 Samuel 10:5 וְשַׁבְתֶּֽם׃

    When this was reported to David, he sent messengers to meet the men, since they had been thoroughly humiliated. The king told them, “Stay in Jericho until your beards have grown back, and then return.”

  39. 2 Samuel 10:14 וַיָּ֣שָׁב

    When the Ammonites saw that the Arameans had fled, they too fled before Abishai, and they entered the city. So Joab returned from fighting against the Ammonites and came to Jerusalem.

  40. 2 Samuel 11:4 וַתָּ֖שָׁב

    Then David sent messengers to get her, and when she came to him, he slept with her. (Now she had just purified herself from her uncleanness.) Then she returned home.

  41. 2 Samuel 11:15 וְשַׁבְתֶּ֥ם

    In the letter he wrote: “Put Uriah at the front of the fiercest battle; then withdraw from him, so that he may be struck down and killed.”

  42. 2 Samuel 12:23 לַהֲשִׁיב֖וֹיָשׁ֥וּב

    But now that he is dead, why should I fast? Can I bring him back again? I will go to him, but he will not return to me.”

  43. 2 Samuel 12:31 וַיָּ֧שָׁב

    David brought out the people who were there and put them to work with saws, iron picks, and axes, and he made them work at the brick kilns. He did the same to all the Ammonite cities. Then David and all his troops returned to Jerusalem.

  44. 2 Samuel 14:13 הָשִׁ֥יב

    The woman asked, “Why have you devised a thing like this against the people of God? When the king says this, does he not convict himself, since he has not brought back his own banished son?

  45. 2 Samuel 14:21 הָשֵׁ֥ב

    Then the king said to Joab, “I hereby grant this request. Go, bring back the young man Absalom.”

  46. 2 Samuel 15:8 יָשִׁיביְשִׁיבֵ֤נִי

    For your servant made a vow while dwelling in Geshur of Aram, saying: ‘If indeed the LORD brings me back to Jerusalem, I will worship the LORD in Hebron.’”

  47. 2 Samuel 15:19 שׁ֣וּב

    Then the king said to Ittai the Gittite, “Why should you also go with us? Go back and stay with the new king, since you are both a foreigner and an exile from your homeland.

  48. 2 Samuel 15:20 שׁ֣וּבוְהָשֵׁ֧ב

    In fact, you arrived only yesterday; should I make you wander around with us today while I do not know where I am going? Go back and take your brothers with you. May the LORD show you loving devotion and faithfulness.”

  49. 2 Samuel 15:25 הָשֵׁ֛בוֶהֱשִׁבַ֕נִי

    Then the king said to Zadok, “Return the ark of God to the city. If I find favor in the eyes of the LORD, He will bring me back and let me see both it and His dwelling place again.

  50. 2 Samuel 15:27 שֻׁ֥בָה

    The king also said to Zadok the priest, “Are you not a seer? Return to the city in peace—you with your son Ahimaaz, and Abiathar with his son Jonathan.

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