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H7725Gשׁוּבshuv

to return: returnPart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. 51
  2. 22
  3. 11
  4. 19
  5. 20
  6. 31
  7. 14
  8. 13
  9. 36
  10. 43
  11. 33
  12. 36
  13. 5
  14. 37
  15. 3
  16. 11
  17. 4
  18. 22
  19. 34
  20. 10
  21. 6
  22. 4
  23. 24
  24. 57
  25. 4
  26. 25
  27. 9
  28. 15
  29. 5
  30. 5
  31. 1
  32. 1
  33. 3
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 11
  39. 3

Renderings

JPS Tanakh 1917 is not aligned yet, so there are no renderings to show.

Other meanings of H7725

  • H7725Hשׁוּבshuvto return: rescueH:VOccurrences: 108
  • H7725Iשׁוּבshuvto return: turn backH:VOccurrences: 92
  • H7725Jשׁוּבshuvto return: againH:VOccurrences: 75
  • H7725Kשׁוּבshuvto return: payH:VOccurrences: 32
  • H7725Lשׁוּבshuvto return: refuseH:VOccurrences: 4
  • H7725Mשׁוּבshuvto return: replyH:VOccurrences: 29
  • H7725Nשׁוּבshuvto return: recallH:VOccurrences: 7
  • H7725Oשׁוּבshuvto return: repentH:VOccurrences: 82

628 occurrences in 572 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. 1 Samuel 15:25

    Now therefore, I pray thee, pardon my sin, and return with me, that I may worship the LORD.'

    וְשׁ֣וּב (שׁ֣וּב) Shuv “return”

  2. 1 Samuel 15:26

    And Samuel said unto Saul: 'I will not return with thee; for thou hast rejected the word of the LORD, and the LORD hath rejected thee from being king over Israel.'

    אָשׁ֖וּב 'a.Shuv “I will return”

  3. 1 Samuel 15:30

    Then he said: 'I have sinned; yet honour me now, I pray thee, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and return with me, that I may worship the LORD thy God.'

    וְשׁ֣וּב (שׁ֣וּב) Shuv “return”

  4. 1 Samuel 17:15

    Now David went to and fro from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Beth-lehem.--

    וָשָׁ֖ב (שָׁ֖ב) Shav “[was] returning”

  5. 1 Samuel 17:53

    And the children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they spoiled their camp.

    וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ (יָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙) i.ya.Shu.vu “they returned”

  6. 1 Samuel 17:57

    And as David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, Abner took him, and brought him before Saul with the head of the Philistine in his hand.

    וּכְשׁ֣וּב (שׁ֣וּב) Shuv “returned”

  7. 1 Samuel 18:2

    And Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.

    לָשׁ֖וּב (שׁ֖וּב) Shuv “return”

  8. 1 Samuel 18:6

    And it came to pass as they came, when David returned from the slaughter of the Philistine, that the women came out of all the cities of Israel, singing and dancing, to meet king Saul, with timbrels, with joy, and with three-stringed instruments.

    בְּשׁ֤וּב (שׁ֤וּב) Shuv “returned”

  9. 1 Samuel 23:23

    See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hideth himself, and come ye back to me with the certainty, and I will go with you; and it shall come to pass, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of

    וְשַׁבְתֶּ֤ם (שַׁבְתֶּ֤ם) shav.Tem “you will return”

  10. 1 Samuel 23:28

    So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines; therefore they called that place Sela-hammahlekoth.

    וַיָּ֣שָׁב (יָּ֣שָׁב) i.Ya.shov “he turned back”

  11. 1 Samuel 24:2

    And it came to pass, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying: 'Behold, David is in the wilderness of En-gedi.'

    שָׁ֣ב shav “he returned”

  12. 1 Samuel 25:12

    So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.

    וַיָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙ (יָּשֻׁ֙בוּ֙) i.ya.Shu.vu “they returned”

  13. 1 Samuel 25:21

    Now David had said: 'Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow hath in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained unto him; and he hath returned me evil for good.

    וַיָּֽשֶׁב־ (יָּֽשֶׁב) i.ya.shev- “he has returned”

  14. 1 Samuel 25:39

    And when David heard that Nabal was dead, he said: 'Blessed be the LORD, that hath pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and hath kept back His servant from evil; and the evil-doing of Nabal hath the LORD returned upon his own head.' A

    הֵשִׁ֥יב he.Shiv “he has turned back”

  15. 1 Samuel 26:21

    Then said Saul: 'I have sinned; return, my son David; for I will no more do thee harm, because my life was precious in thine eyes this day; behold, I have played the fool and erred exceedingly.'

    שׁ֣וּב shuv “return”

  16. 1 Samuel 26:25

    Then Saul said to David: 'Blessed be thou, my son David; thou shalt both do mightily, and shalt surely prevail.' So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.

    שָׁ֥ב shav “he returned”

  17. 1 Samuel 27:9

    And David smote the land, and left neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the asses, and the camels, and the apparel. And he returned, and came to Achish.

    וַיָּ֖שָׁב (יָּ֖שָׁב) i.Ya.shov “he returned”

  18. 1 Samuel 29:4

    But the princes of the Philistines were wroth with him; and the princes of the Philistines said unto him: 'Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where thou hast appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle

    הָשֵׁ֣ב ha.Shev “send back”וְיָשֹׁב֙ (יָשֹׁב֙) ya.Sho “may he return”

  19. 1 Samuel 29:7

    Wherefore now return, and go in peace, that thou displease not the lords of the Philistines.'

    שׁ֖וּב shuv “turn back”

  20. 1 Samuel 29:11

    So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. And the Philistines went up to Jezreel.

    לָשׁ֖וּב (שׁ֖וּב) Shuv “return”

  21. 1 Samuel 30:19

    And there was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor any thing that they had taken to them; David brought back all.

    הֵשִׁ֥יב he.Shiv “he brought back”

  22. 2 Samuel 1:1

    AND IT came to pass after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;

    שָׁ֔ב Shav “he returned”

  23. 2 Samuel 1:22

    From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, the bow of Jonathan turned not back, and the sword of Saul returned not empty.

    תָשׁ֖וּב ta.Shuv “it returned”

  24. 2 Samuel 2:30

    And Joab returned from following Abner; and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.

    שָׁ֚ב Shav “he returned”

  25. 2 Samuel 3:16

    And her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then said Abner unto him: 'Go, return'; and he returned.

    שׁ֖וּב shuv “return”וַיָּשֹֽׁב׃ (יָּשֹֽׁב) i.ya.Sho “he returned”