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שׁוּב shuv

Hebrew word for “to return” · Strong’s H7725 · used 1,057 times in 952 verses

Old Testament38 booksMost often in Jeremiah (111)

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Meaning

: return; 1) to return, turn back;

Senses in the lexicon

to return: return (628)
to return: rescue (108)
to return: turn back (92)
to return: repent (82)
to return: again (75)
to return: pay (32)
to return: reply (29)
to return: recall (7)
to return: refuse (4)

How it is translated

Glosses given for shuv in context, with how often each is used:

returned 155
will return 146
return 89
will turn back 45
turned back 40
brought back 33
will bring back 33
turn back 29
bring back 26
will turn 15
has turned back 15
will repay 13

Where it is used

Book	Uses	Per 1,000 words
Jeremiah	111	5.1
Psalms	72	3.7
Genesis	68	3.3
Ezekiel	63	3.4
1 Kings	62	4.7
2 Chronicles	62	4.7
2 Kings	55	4.5
2 Samuel	52	4.7
Isaiah	51	3.0
1 Samuel	45	3.4
Job	39	4.7
Joshua	36	3.6

Also in 26 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

1 Kings 13 (14), Ezekiel 18 (12), Ruth 1 (10), 1 Kings 12 (10), 2 Samuel 19 (8), 1 Kings 2 (8), Daniel 11 (8), Leviticus 25 (7), Joshua 22 (7), 1 Samuel 6 (7)

Forms

וישׁב 124
וישׁבו 53
ישׁוב 51
שׁב 40
ושׁב 34
תשׁוב 33
שׁוב 33
להשׁיב 31
שׁובו 25
אשׁיב 25

Words used with it

Words that share verses with shuv more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

Key verses

The verses using shuv that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

Nehemiah 9:26 — Nevertheless they were disobedient, and rebelled against thee, and cast thy law behind their backs, and slew thy prophets which testified against them to turn…
Psalms 19:7 — The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple.
Psalms 22:27 — All the ends of the world shall remember and turn unto the LORD: and all the kindreds of the nations shall worship before thee.
Isaiah 12:1 — And in that day thou shalt say, O LORD, I will praise thee: though thou wast angry with me, thine anger is turned away, and thou comfortedst me.
Isaiah 49:6 — And he said, It is a light thing that thou shouldest be my servant to raise up the tribes of Jacob, and to restore the preserved of Israel: I will also give…
Isaiah 55:7 — Let the wicked forsake his way, and the unrighteous man his thoughts: and let him return unto the LORD, and he will have mercy upon him; and to our God, for he…
Jeremiah 31:18 — I have surely heard Ephraim bemoaning himself thus; Thou hast chastised me, and I was chastised, as a bullock unaccustomed turn thou me, and I shall be turned;…
Jeremiah 33:11 — The voice of joy, and the voice of gladness, the voice of the bridegroom, and the voice of the bride, the voice of them that shall say, Praise the LORD of…
Ezekiel 18:30 — Therefore I will judge you, O house of Israel, every one according to his ways, saith the Lord GOD. Repent, and turn yourselves from all your transgressions;…
Hosea 3:5 — Afterward shall the children of Israel return, and seek the LORD their God, and David their king; and shall fear the LORD and his goodness in the latter days.
Hosea 5:15 — I will go and return to my place, till they acknowledge their offence, and seek my face: in their affliction they will seek me early.
Zechariah 13:7 — Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and…

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.