Shûwb — H7725

H7725 · Hebrew — שוב

Pronunciation: shoob

Definition

verb

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

  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 1d10) to reverse, revoke
    5. (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
    6. (Pulal) brought back

Usually translated as

return, turn, bring, restore, again, carry again, come again, fetch home again, go again, pull in again, set again, answer, render, put, deliver, give, recompense, relieve, requite, reverse, say nay, get, hinder, reward, averse, call, consider, continually, convert, deny, fro, let, more, be past, pay, recall, recover, rescue, withdraw, in any case, at all, cease, certainly, draw back, out, needs, pervert, refresh, retrieve, send back, slide back, still, surely, take back

Origin

a primitive root

Greek equivalents

Occurrences

Shûwb occurs 1,054 times in 951 verses of the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Genesis (60), Exodus (24), Leviticus (14), Numbers (31), Deuteronomy (31), Joshua (33), Judges (27), Ruth (12), 1 Samuel (43), 2 Samuel (47), 1 Kings (54), 2 Kings (53), 1 Chronicles (5), 2 Chronicles (54), Ezra (4), Nehemiah (18), Esther (8), Job (38), Psalms (67), Proverbs (23), Ecclesiastes (9), Song of Songs (1), Isaiah (50), Jeremiah (92), Lamentations (13), Ezekiel (52), Daniel (12), Hosea (21), Joel (6), Amos (15), Obadiah (1), Jonah (4), Micah (4), Nahum (1), Habakkuk (1), Zephaniah (2), Zechariah (16), Malachi (5)

Strong's Lexicon — S