שׁוּב
to return
‘to return’ is one of 5 main senses fuller range ↓
H7725
Strong's Hebrew
shûwb
Transliteration
/shoob/
Pronunciation
Usage in the Hebrew Bible
1,073
appearances
Full lexicon entry — Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)
BDB Definition
to return, turn back
- (Qal)
- to turn back, return
- to turn back
- to return, come or go back
- to return unto, go back, come back
- of dying
- of human relations (figuratively)
- of spiritual relations (figuratively)
- to turn back (from God), apostatise
- to turn away (of God)
- to turn back (to God), repent
- turn back (from evil)
- of inanimate things
- in repetition
- (Polel)
- to bring back
- to restore, refresh, repair (figuratively)
- to lead away (enticingly)
- to show turning, apostatise
- (Pual) restored (participle)
- (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
- to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
- to bring back, refresh, restore
- to bring back, report to, answer
- to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
- to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
- to turn away (face), turn toward
- to turn against
- to bring back to mind
- to show a turning away
- to reverse, revoke
- (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
- (Pulal) brought back
Where this word appears
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Grammar key — what these labels mean
Part of speech
- Verb
- An action or state-of-being word.
Stem
- Qal
- The basic, simple active stem — the plain form of the verb (“he wrote”). Here: ‘turn back’
- Hiphil
- The causative active stem (“he caused / brought about”). Here: ‘bring back’
- Polel
- A stem of hollow/geminate roots functioning like the Piel — intensive active.
- Hophal
- The passive counterpart of the Hiphil (“he was caused to…”).
Form
- Sequential Imperfect
- An imperfect with prefixed waw — the standard past-narrative form (waw-consecutive imperfect).
- Imperfect
- An incomplete, ongoing, or future action (“he will / would write”).
- Infinitive Construct
- A bound verbal noun, frequently with prepositions (“to write / in writing”).
- Perfect
- A completed action or state — Hebrew marks aspect (completeness) more than strict tense (“he wrote”).
- Imperative
- A direct command (“write!”).
- Sequential Perfect
- A perfect with prefixed waw continuing a preceding imperfect or command (waw-consecutive perfect).
- Participle Active
- A verbal adjective expressing ongoing or characteristic action (“writing / one who writes”).
- Jussive
- A third- or second-person volitional form expressing wish or command (“let him write”).
- Infinitive Absolute
- An unbound verbal noun, often intensifying or standing in for a finite verb.
- Cohortative
- A first-person volitional form expressing wish or resolve (“let me / let us write”).
- Participle Passive
- A verbal adjective expressing action received (“written”).
State
- Absolute
- The independent form of a noun, not bound to a following word.
- Construct
- A noun bound to a following noun in a possessive / “of” relationship (the construct chain).
Person
- 3rd Person
- The one spoken about (“he / she / it / they”).
- 2nd Person
- The one addressed (“you”).
- 1st Person
- The speaker (“I / we”).
Gender
- Masculine
- Grammatically masculine.
- Common
- Either gender — not distinguished for this form.
- Feminine
- Grammatically feminine.
Number
- Singular
- One.
- Plural
- More than one (in Hebrew, generally three or more).
Grammatical forms 97 distinct
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 84 times (8%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 65 times (6%)
- Verb, Qal, Infinitive Construct 64 times (6%)
- Verb, Qal, Sequential Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 52 times (5%)
- Verb, Hiphil, Infinitive Construct 44 times (4%)
- Verb, Hiphil, Imperfect, 1st Person, Common, Singular 42 times (4%)
- Verb, Qal, Perfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Singular 40 times (4%)
- Verb, Qal, Imperfect, 3rd Person, Masculine, Plural 39 times (4%)
+89 more forms (643 occurrences)
Parsed forms decoded from the imported morphology (morphhb / Westminster Leningrad Codex — WLC text public domain, morphhb tagging CC BY 4.0), counted across 1,073 parsed occurrences — not distinct verses.
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Judges 27 verses
- Judges 8:33 וַ/יָּשׁ֨וּבוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp It happened, as soon as Gideon was dead, that the children of Israel turned again, and played the prostitute after the Baals, and made Baal Berith their god.
- Judges 9:56 וַ/יָּ֣שֶׁב conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms Thus God requited the wickedness of Abimelech, which he did to his father, in killing his seventy brothers;
- Judges 9:57 הֵשִׁ֥יב Hiphil pf 3ms and all the wickedness of the men of Shechem did God requite on their heads: and on them came the curse of Jotham the son of Jerubbaal.
- Judges 11:8 שַׁ֣בְנוּ Qal pf 1cp The elders of Gilead said to Jephthah, Therefore are we turned again to you now, that you may go with us, and fight with the children of Ammon; and you shall be our head over all the inhabitants of Gilead.
- Judges 11:9 מְשִׁיבִ֨ים Hiphil ptcp.act mp Jephthah said to the elders of Gilead, If you bring me home again to fight with the children of Ammon, and Yahweh deliver them before me, shall I be your head?
- Judges 11:13 הָשִׁ֥יבָ/ה Hiphil impv 2ms + sfx h The king of the children of Ammon answered to the messengers of Jephthah, Because Israel took away my land, when he came up out of Egypt, from the Arnon even to the Jabbok, and to the Jordan: now therefore restore those [lands] again peaceably.
- Judges 11:31 בְּ/שׁוּבִ֥/י prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 1cs then it shall be, that whatever comes forth from the doors of my house to meet me, when I return in peace from the children of Ammon, it shall be Yahweh's, and I will offer it up for a burnt offering.
- Judges 11:35 לָ/שֽׁוּב prep + Qal inf.cs It happened, when he saw her, that he tore his clothes, and said, Alas, my daughter! you have brought me very low, and you are one of those who trouble me; for I have opened my mouth to Yahweh, and I can't go back.
- Judges 11:39 וַ/תָּ֨שָׁב֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3fs It happened at the end of two months, that she returned to her father, who did with her according to his vow which he had vowed: and she was a virgin. It was a custom in Israel,
- Judges 14:8 וַ/יָּ֤שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms After a while he returned to take her; and he turned aside to see the carcass of the lion: and, behold, there was a swarm of bees in the body of the lion, and honey.
- Judges 15:19 וַ/תָּ֥שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3fs But God split the hollow place that is in Lehi, and water came out of it. When he had drunk, his spirit came again, and he revived: therefore the name of it was called En Hakkore, which is in Lehi, to this day.
- Judges 17:3 וַ/יָּ֛שֶׁב אֲשִׁיבֶ֥/נּוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms Hiphil impf 1cs + sfx pers 3ms He restored the eleven hundred [pieces] of silver to his mother; and his mother said, I most assuredly dedicate the silver to Yahweh from my hand for my son, to make an engraved image and a molten image: now therefore I will restore it to you.
- Judges 17:4 וַ/יָּ֥שֶׁב conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms When he restored the money to his mother, his mother took two hundred [pieces] of silver, and gave them to the founder, who made of it an engraved image and a molten image: and it was in the house of Micah.
- Judges 18:26 וַ/יָּ֥שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The children of Dan went their way: and when Micah saw that they were too strong for him, he turned and went back to his house.
- Judges 19:3 ל/השיב/ו לַ/הֲשִׁיבָ֔/הּ prep + Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms prep + Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 3fs Her husband arose, and went after her, to speak kindly to her, to bring her again, having his servant with him, and a couple of donkeys: and she brought him into her father's house; and when the father of the young lady saw him, he rejoiced to meet him.
- Judges 19:7 וַ/יָּ֖שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The man rose up to depart; but his father-in-law urged him, and he lodged there again.
- Judges 20:48 שָׁ֣בוּ Qal pf 3cp The men of Israel turned again on the children of Benjamin, and struck them with the edge of the sword, both the entire city, and the cattle, and all that they found: moreover all the cities which they found they set on fire.
- Judges 21:14 וַ/יָּ֤שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Benjamin returned at that time; and they gave them the women whom they had saved alive of the women of Jabesh Gilead: and yet so they weren't enough for them.
- Judges 21:23 וַ/יָּשׁ֨וּבוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The children of Benjamin did so, and took them wives, according to their number, of those who danced, whom they carried off: and they went and returned to their inheritance, and built the cities, and lived in them.
Ruth 13 verses
- Ruth 1:6 וַ/תָּ֖שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3fs Then she arose with her daughters-in-law, that she might return from the country of Moab: for she had heard in the country of Moab how that Yahweh had visited his people in giving them bread.
- Ruth 1:7 לָ/שׁ֖וּב prep + Qal inf.cs She went forth out of the place where she was, and her two daughters-in-law with her; and they went on the way to return to the land of Judah.
- Ruth 1:8 שֹּׁ֔בְנָה Qal impv 2fp Naomi said to her two daughters-in-law, Go, return each of you to her mother's house: Yahweh deal kindly with you, as you have dealt with the dead, and with me.
- Ruth 1:10 נָשׁ֖וּב Qal impf 1cp They said to her, No, but we will return with you to your people.
- Ruth 1:11 שֹׁ֣בְנָה Qal impv 2fp Naomi said, Turn again, my daughters: why will you go with me? have I yet sons in my womb, that they may be your husbands?
- Ruth 1:12 שֹׁ֤בְנָה Qal impv 2fp Turn again, my daughters, go your way; for I am too old to have a husband. If I should say, I have hope, if I should even have a husband tonight, and should also bear sons;
- Ruth 1:15 שָׁ֣בָה שׁ֖וּבִי Qal pf 3fs Qal impv 2fs She said, Behold, your sister-in-law is gone back to her people, and to her god: return you after your sister-in-law.
- Ruth 1:16 לָ/שׁ֣וּב prep + Qal inf.cs Ruth said, "Don't entreat me to leave you, and to return from following after you, for where you go, I will go; and where you lodge, I will lodge; your people shall be my people, and your God my God;
- Ruth 1:21 הֱשִׁיבַ֣/נִי Hiphil pf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs I went out full, and Yahweh has brought me home again empty; why do you call me Naomi, seeing Yahweh has testified against me, and the Almighty has afflicted me?"
- Ruth 1:22 וַ/תָּ֣שָׁב הַ/שָּׁ֖בָה conj + Qal wimpf 3fs ptcl def.art + Qal pf 3fs So Naomi returned, and Ruth the Moabitess, her daughter-in-law, with her, who returned out of the country of Moab: and they came to Bethlehem in the beginning of barley harvest.
- Ruth 2:6 הַ/שָּׁ֥בָה ptcl def.art + Qal ptcp.act fs The servant who was set over the reapers answered, It is the Moabite lady who came back with Naomi out of the country of Moab:
- Ruth 4:3 הַ/שָּׁ֖בָה ptcl def.art + Qal pf 3fs He said to the near kinsman, Naomi, who has come back out of the country of Moab, is selling the parcel of land, which was our brother Elimelech's:
- Ruth 4:15 לְ/מֵשִׁ֣יב prep + Hiphil ptcp.act ms He shall be to you a restorer of life, and sustain you in your old age, for your daughter-in-law, who loves you, who is better to you than seven sons, has borne him.
1 Samuel 43 verses
- 1 Samuel 1:19 וַ/יָּשֻׁ֛בוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They rose up in the morning early, and worshiped before Yahweh, and returned, and came to their house to Ramah: and Elkanah knew Hannah his wife; and Yahweh remembered her.
- 1 Samuel 3:5 שׁ֣וּב Qal impv 2ms He ran to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you called me. He said, I didn't call; lie down again. He went and lay down.
- 1 Samuel 3:6 שׁ֥וּב Qal impv 2ms Yahweh called yet again, Samuel. Samuel arose and went to Eli, and said, Here am I; for you called me. He answered, I didn't call, my son; lie down again.
- 1 Samuel 5:3 וַ/יָּשִׁ֥בוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp When they of Ashdod arose early on the next day, behold, Dagon was fallen on his face to the ground before the ark of Yahweh. They took Dagon, and set him in his place again.
- 1 Samuel 5:11 וְ/יָשֹׁ֣ב conj + Qal juss 3ms They sent therefore and gathered together all the lords of the Philistines, and they said, Send away the ark of the God of Israel, and let it go again to its own place, that it not kill us and our people. For there was a deadly confusion throughout all the city; the hand of God was very heavy there.
- 1 Samuel 6:3 הָשֵׁ֥ב תָּשִׁ֛יבוּ Hiphil inf.abs Hiphil juss 2mp They said, "If you send away the ark of the God of Israel, don't send it empty; but by all means return him a trespass-offering: then you shall be healed, and it shall be known to you why his hand is not removed from you."
- 1 Samuel 6:4 נָשִׁ֣יב Hiphil impf 1cp Then they said, "What shall be the trespass-offering which we shall return to him?" They said, "Five golden tumors, and five golden mice, [according to] the number of the lords of the Philistines; for one plague was on you all, and on your lords.
- 1 Samuel 6:7 וַ/הֲשֵׁיבֹתֶ֧ם conj + Hiphil wpf 2mp Now therefore take and prepare yourselves a new cart, and two milk cattle, on which there has come no yoke; and tie the cattle to the cart, and bring their calves home from them;
- 1 Samuel 6:8 הֲשֵׁבֹתֶ֥ם Hiphil pf 2mp and take the ark of Yahweh, and lay it on the cart; and put the jewels of gold, which you return him for a trespass-offering, in a coffer by the side of it; and send it away, that it may go.
- 1 Samuel 6:16 וַ/יָּשֻׁ֥בוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp When the five lords of the Philistines had seen it, they returned to Ekron the same day.
- 1 Samuel 6:17 הֵשִׁ֧יבוּ Hiphil pf 3cp These are the golden tumors which the Philistines returned for a trespass-offering to Yahweh: for Ashdod one, for Gaza one, for Ashkelon one, for Gath one, for Ekron one;
- 1 Samuel 6:21 הֵשִׁ֤בוּ Hiphil pf 3cp They sent messengers to the inhabitants of Kiriath Jearim, saying, The Philistines have brought back the ark of Yahweh; come you down, and bring it up to you.
- 1 Samuel 7:3 שָׁבִים֙ Qal ptcp.act mp Samuel spoke to all the house of Israel, saying, If you do return to Yahweh with all your heart, then put away the foreign gods and the Ashtaroth from among you, and direct your hearts to Yahweh, and serve him only; and he will deliver you out of the hand of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 7:14 וַ/תָּשֹׁ֣בְנָה conj + Qal wimpf 3fp The cities which the Philistines had taken from Israel were restored to Israel, from Ekron even to Gath; and the border of it did Israel deliver out of the hand of the Philistines. There was peace between Israel and the Amorites.
- 1 Samuel 9:5 וְ/נָשׁ֑וּבָה conj + Qal coh 1cp When they had come to the land of Zuph, Saul said to his servant who was with him, Come, and let us return, lest my father leave off caring for the donkeys, and be anxious for us.
- 1 Samuel 12:3 וְ/אָשִׁ֖יב conj + Hiphil impf 1cs Here I am: witness against me before Yahweh, and before his anointed: whose ox have I taken? or whose donkey have I taken? or whom have I defrauded? whom have I oppressed? or of whose hand have I taken a ransom to blind my eyes therewith? and I will restore it you.
- 1 Samuel 14:27 וַ/יָּ֤שֶׁב conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms But Jonathan didn't hear when his father charged the people with the oath: therefore he put forth the end of the rod who was in his hand, and dipped it in the honeycomb, and put his hand to his mouth; and his eyes were enlightened.
- 1 Samuel 15:11 שָׁב֙ Qal pf 3ms It repents me that I have set up Saul to be king; for he is turned back from following me, and has not performed my commandments. Samuel was angry; and he cried to Yahweh all night.
- 1 Samuel 15:25 וְ/שׁ֣וּב conj + Qal impv 2ms Now therefore, please pardon my sin, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 15:26 אָשׁ֖וּב Qal impf 1cs Samuel said to Saul, I will not return with you; for you have rejected the word of Yahweh, and Yahweh has rejected you from being king over Israel.
- 1 Samuel 15:30 וְ/שׁ֣וּב conj + Qal impv 2ms Then he said, I have sinned: yet honor me now, Please, before the elders of my people, and before Israel, and turn again with me, that I may worship Yahweh your God.
- 1 Samuel 15:31 וַ/יָּ֥שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So Samuel turned again after Saul; and Saul worshiped Yahweh.
- 1 Samuel 17:15 וָ/שָׁ֖ב conj + Qal ptcp.act ms Now David went back and forth from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem.
- 1 Samuel 17:30 וַ/יְשִׁבֻ֤/הוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp + sfx pers 3ms He turned away from him toward another, and spoke after the same manner: and the people answered him again after the former manner.
- 1 Samuel 17:53 וַ/יָּשֻׁ֨בוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The children of Israel returned from chasing after the Philistines, and they plundered their camp.
- 1 Samuel 17:57 וּ/כְ/שׁ֣וּב conj + prep + Qal inf.cs 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.
- 1 Samuel 18:2 לָ/שׁ֖וּב prep + Qal inf.cs Saul took him that day, and would let him go no more home to his father's house.
- 1 Samuel 18:6 בְּ/שׁ֤וּב prep + Qal inf.cs It happened 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 tambourines, with joy, and with instruments of music.
- 1 Samuel 23:23 וְ/שַׁבְתֶּ֤ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp See therefore, and take knowledge of all the lurking-places where he hides himself, and come you again to me of a certainty, and I will go with you: and it shall happen, if he be in the land, that I will search him out among all the thousands of Judah.
- 1 Samuel 23:28 וַ/יָּ֣שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So Saul returned from pursuing after David, and went against the Philistines: therefore they called that place Sela Hammahlekoth.
- 1 Samuel 24:1 שָׁ֣ב Qal pf 3ms It happened, when Saul was returned from following the Philistines, that it was told him, saying, Behold, David is in the wilderness of En Gedi.
- 1 Samuel 25:12 וַ/יָּשֻׁ֨בוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp So David's young men turned on their way, and went back, and came and told him according to all these words.
- 1 Samuel 25:21 וַ/יָּֽשֶׁב conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms Now David had said, Surely in vain have I kept all that this fellow has in the wilderness, so that nothing was missed of all that pertained to him: and he has returned me evil for good.
- 1 Samuel 25:39 הֵשִׁ֥יב Hiphil pf 3ms When David heard that Nabal was dead, he said, Blessed be Yahweh, who has pleaded the cause of my reproach from the hand of Nabal, and has kept back his servant from evil: and the evil-doing of Nabal has Yahweh returned on his own head. David sent and spoke concerning Abigail, to take her to him as wife.
- 1 Samuel 26:21 שׁ֣וּב Qal impv 2ms Then said Saul, I have sinned: return, my son David; for I will no more do you harm, because my life was precious in your eyes this day: behold, I have played the fool, and have erred exceedingly.
- 1 Samuel 26:23 יָשִׁ֣יב Hiphil impf 3ms Yahweh will render to every man his righteousness and his faithfulness; because Yahweh delivered you into my hand today, and I wouldn't put forth my hand against Yahweh's anointed.
- 1 Samuel 26:25 שָׁ֥ב Qal pf 3ms Then Saul said to David, Blessed be you, my son David: you shall both do mightily, and shall surely prevail. So David went his way, and Saul returned to his place.
- 1 Samuel 27:9 וַ/יָּ֖שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms David struck the land, and saved neither man nor woman alive, and took away the sheep, and the oxen, and the donkeys, and the camels, and the clothing; and he returned, and came to Achish.
- 1 Samuel 29:4 הָשֵׁ֣ב וְ/יָשֹׁב֙ Hiphil impv 2ms conj + Qal juss 3ms But the princes of the Philistines were angry with him; and the princes of the Philistines said to him, Make the man return, that he may go back to his place where you have appointed him, and let him not go down with us to battle, lest in the battle he become an adversary to us: for with what should this [fellow] reconcile himself to his lord? should it not be with the heads of these men?
- 1 Samuel 29:7 שׁ֖וּב Qal impv 2ms Therefore now return, and go in peace, that you not displease the lords of the Philistines.
- 1 Samuel 29:11 לָ/שׁ֖וּב prep + Qal inf.cs So David rose up early, he and his men, to depart in the morning, to return into the land of the Philistines. The Philistines went up to Jezreel.
- 1 Samuel 30:12 וַ/תָּ֥שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3fs They gave him a piece of a cake of figs, and two clusters of raisins: and when he had eaten, his spirit came again to him; for he had eaten no bread, nor drunk any water, three days and three nights.
- 1 Samuel 30:19 הֵשִׁ֥יב Hiphil pf 3ms There was nothing lacking to them, neither small nor great, neither sons nor daughters, neither spoil, nor anything that they had taken to them: David brought back all.
2 Samuel 47 verses
- 2 Samuel 1:1 שָׁ֔ב Qal pf 3ms It happened after the death of Saul, when David was returned from the slaughter of the Amalekites, and David had abode two days in Ziklag;
- 2 Samuel 1:22 תָשׁ֖וּב Qal impf 3fs From the blood of the slain, from the fat of the mighty, The bow of Jonathan didn't turn back, The sword of Saul didn't return empty.
- 2 Samuel 2:26 לָ/שׁ֖וּב prep + Qal inf.cs Then Abner called to Joab, and said, "Shall the sword devour forever? Don't you know that it will be bitterness in the latter end? How long shall it be then, before you bid the people return from following their brothers?"
- 2 Samuel 2:30 שָׁ֚ב Qal pf 3ms Joab returned from following Abner: and when he had gathered all the people together, there lacked of David's servants nineteen men and Asahel.
- 2 Samuel 3:11 לְ/הָשִׁ֥יב prep + Hiphil inf.cs He could not answer Abner another word, because he feared him.
- 2 Samuel 3:16 שׁ֖וּב וַ/יָּשֹֽׁב Qal impv 2ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Her husband went with her, weeping as he went, and followed her to Bahurim. Then said Abner to him, Go, return: and he returned.
- 2 Samuel 3:26 וַ/יָּשִׁ֥בוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp When Joab was come out from David, he sent messengers after Abner, and they brought him back from the well of Sirah: but David didn't know it.
- 2 Samuel 3:27 וַ/יָּ֤שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms When Abner was returned to Hebron, Joab took him aside into the midst of the gate to speak with him quietly, and struck him there in the body, so that he died, for the blood of Asahel his brother.
- 2 Samuel 6:20 וַ/יָּ֥שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then David returned to bless his household. Michal the daughter of Saul came out to meet David, and said, How glorious was the king of Israel today, who uncovered himself today in the eyes of the handmaids of his servants, as one of the vain fellows shamelessly uncovers himself!
- 2 Samuel 8:3 לְ/הָשִׁ֥יב prep + Hiphil inf.cs David struck also Hadadezer the son of Rehob, king of Zobah, as he went to recover his dominion at the River.
- 2 Samuel 8:13 בְּ/שֻׁב֕/וֹ prep + Qal inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms David got him a name when he returned from smiting the Syrians in the Valley of Salt, even eighteen thousand men.
- 2 Samuel 9:7 וַ/הֲשִׁבֹתִ֣י conj + Hiphil wpf 1cs David said to him, "Don't be afraid of him; for I will surely show you kindness for Jonathan your father's sake, and will restore you all the land of Saul your father; and you shall eat bread at my table continually."
- 2 Samuel 10:5 וְ/שַׁבְתֶּֽם conj + Qal wpf 2mp When they told it to David, he sent to meet them; for the men were greatly ashamed. The king said, Wait at Jericho until your beards be grown, and then return.
- 2 Samuel 10:14 וַ/יָּ֣שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms When the children of Ammon saw that the Syrians were fled, they likewise fled before Abishai, and entered into the city. Then Joab returned from the children of Ammon, and came to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 11:4 וַ/תָּ֖שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3fs David sent messengers, and took her; and she came in to him, and he lay with her (for she was purified from her uncleanness); and she returned to her house.
- 2 Samuel 11:15 וְ/שַׁבְתֶּ֥ם conj + Qal wpf 2mp He wrote in the letter, saying, Set Uriah in the forefront of the hottest battle, and retire you from him, that he may be struck, and die.
- 2 Samuel 12:23 לַ/הֲשִׁיב֖/וֹ יָשׁ֥וּב prep + Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 3ms Qal impf 3ms But now he is dead, why should I fast? can I bring him back again? I shall go to him, but he will not return to me.
- 2 Samuel 12:31 וַ/יָּ֧שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He brought forth the people who were therein, and put them under saws, and under harrows of iron, and under axes of iron, and made them pass through the brick kiln: and thus did he to all the cities of the children of Ammon. David and all the people returned to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 14:13 הָשִׁ֥יב Hiphil inf.cs The woman said, Why then have you devised such a thing against the people of God? for in speaking this word the king is as one who is guilty, in that the king does not bring home again his banished one.
- 2 Samuel 14:21 הָשֵׁ֥ב Hiphil impv 2ms The king said to Joab, Behold now, I have done this thing: go therefore, bring the young man Absalom back.
- 2 Samuel 15:8 ישיב יָשׁ֨וֹב יְשִׁיבֵ֤/נִי Hiphil impf 3ms Qal inf.abs Hiphil impf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs For your servant vowed a vow while I abode at Geshur in Syria, saying, If Yahweh shall indeed bring me again to Jerusalem, then I will serve Yahweh.
- 2 Samuel 15:19 שׁ֣וּב Qal impv 2ms Then said the king to Ittai the Gittite, Why go you also with us? return, and abide with the king: for you are a foreigner, and also an exile; [return] to your own place.
- 2 Samuel 15:20 שׁ֣וּב וְ/הָשֵׁ֧ב Qal impv 2ms conj + Hiphil impv 2ms Whereas you came but yesterday, should I this day make you go up and down with us, seeing I go where I may? return you, and take back your brothers; mercy and truth be with you.
- 2 Samuel 15:25 הָשֵׁ֛ב וֶ/הֱשִׁבַ֕/נִי Hiphil impv 2ms conj + Hiphil pf 3ms + sfx pers 1cs The king said to Zadok, Carry back the ark of God into the city: if I shall find favor in the eyes of Yahweh, he will bring me again, and show me both it, and his habitation:
- 2 Samuel 15:27 שֻׁ֥בָ/ה Qal impv 2ms + sfx dem The king said also to Zadok the priest, "Aren't you a seer? Return into the city in peace, and your two sons with you, Ahimaaz your son, and Jonathan the son of Abiathar.
- 2 Samuel 15:29 וַ/יָּ֨שֶׁב conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms Zadok therefore and Abiathar carried the ark of God again to Jerusalem: and they abode there.
- 2 Samuel 15:34 תָּשׁ֗וּב Qal impf 2ms but if you return to the city, and tell Absalom, I will be your servant, O king; as I have been your father's servant in time past, so will I now be your servant; then will you defeat for me the counsel of Ahithophel.
- 2 Samuel 16:3 יָשִׁ֤יבוּ Hiphil impf 3mp The king said, Where is your master's son? Ziba said to the king, Behold, he abides at Jerusalem; for he said, Today will the house of Israel restore me the kingdom of my father.
- 2 Samuel 16:8 הֵשִׁיב֩ Hiphil pf 3ms Yahweh has returned on you all the blood of the house of Saul, in whose place you have reigned; and Yahweh has delivered the kingdom into the hand of Absalom your son; and, behold, you are [taken] in your own mischief, because you are a man of blood.
- 2 Samuel 16:12 וְ/הֵשִׁ֨יב conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms It may be that Yahweh will look on the wrong done to me, and that Yahweh will requite me good for [his] cursing of me this day.
- 2 Samuel 17:3 וְ/אָשִׁ֥יבָה כְּ/שׁ֣וּב conj + Hiphil coh 1cs prep + Qal inf.cs and I will bring back all the people to you: the man whom you seek is as if all returned: [so] all the people shall be in peace.
- 2 Samuel 17:20 וַ/יָּשֻׁ֖בוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Absalom's servants came to the woman to the house; and they said, Where are Ahimaaz and Jonathan? The woman said to them, They have gone over the brook of water. When they had sought and could not find them, they returned to Jerusalem.
- 2 Samuel 18:16 וַ/יָּ֣שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Joab blew the trumpet, and the people returned from pursuing after Israel; for Joab held back the people.
- 2 Samuel 19:10 לְ/הָשִׁ֥יב prep + Hiphil inf.cs Absalom, whom we anointed over us, is dead in battle. Now therefore why don't you speak a word of bringing the king back?
- 2 Samuel 19:11 לְ/הָשִׁ֥יב prep + Hiphil inf.cs King David sent to Zadok and to Abiathar the priests, saying, Speak to the elders of Judah, saying, Why are you the last to bring the king back to his house? seeing the speech of all Israel is come to the king, [to bring him] to his house.
- 2 Samuel 19:12 לְ/הָשִׁ֥יב prep + Hiphil inf.cs You are my brothers, you are my bone and my flesh: why then are you the last to bring back the king?
- 2 Samuel 19:14 שׁ֥וּב Qal impv 2ms He bowed the heart of all the men of Judah, even as [the heart of] one man; so that they sent to the king, [saying], Return you, and all your servants.
- 2 Samuel 19:15 וַ/יָּ֣שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So the king returned, and came to the Jordan. Judah came to Gilgal, to go to meet the king, to bring the king over the Jordan.
- 2 Samuel 19:37 יָֽשָׁב Qal juss 3ms Please let your servant turn back again, that I may die in my own city, by the grave of my father and my mother. But behold, your servant Chimham; let him go over with my lord the king; and do to him what shall seem good to you.
- 2 Samuel 19:39 וַ/יָּ֖שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms All the people went over the Jordan, and the king went over: and the king kissed Barzillai, and blessed him; and he returned to his own place.
- 2 Samuel 19:43 לְ/הָשִׁ֣יב prep + Hiphil inf.cs The men of Israel answered the men of Judah, and said, We have ten parts in the king, and we have also more [right] in David than you: why then did you despise us, that our advice should not be first had in bringing back our king? The words of the men of Judah were fiercer than the words of the men of Israel.
- 2 Samuel 20:22 שָׁ֥ב Qal pf 3ms Then the woman went to all the people in her wisdom. They cut off the head of Sheba the son of Bichri, and threw it out to Joab. He blew the trumpet, and they were dispersed from the city, every man to his tent. Joab returned to Jerusalem to the king.
- 2 Samuel 22:21 יָשִׁ֥יב Hiphil impf 3ms Yahweh rewarded me according to my righteousness; According to the cleanness of my hands has he recompensed me.
- 2 Samuel 22:25 וַ/יָּ֧שֶׁב conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms Therefore has Yahweh recompensed me according to my righteousness, According to my cleanness in his eyesight.
- 2 Samuel 22:38 אָשׁ֖וּב Qal impf 1cs I have pursued my enemies, and destroyed them; Neither did I turn again until they were consumed.
- 2 Samuel 23:10 יָשֻׁ֥בוּ Qal impf 3mp He arose, and struck the Philistines until his hand was weary, and his hand froze to the sword; and Yahweh worked a great victory that day; and the people returned after him only to take spoil.
- 2 Samuel 24:13 אָשִׁ֥יב Hiphil impf 1cs So Gad came to David, and told him, and said to him, Shall seven years of famine come to you in your land? or will you flee three months before your foes while they pursue you? or shall there be three days' pestilence in your land? now advise you, and consider what answer I shall return to him who sent me.
1 Kings 54 verses
- 1 Kings 2:16 תָּשִׁ֖בִי Hiphil juss 2fs Now I ask one petition of you; don't deny me. She said to him, Say on.
- 1 Kings 2:17 יָשִׁ֖יב Hiphil impf 3ms He said, Please speak to Solomon the king (for he will not tell you 'no'), that he give me Abishag the Shunammite as wife.
- 1 Kings 2:20 תָּ֖שֶׁב אָשִׁ֖יב Hiphil juss 2ms Hiphil impf 1cs Then she said, I ask one small petition of you; don't deny me. The king said to her, Ask on, my mother; for I will not deny you.
- 1 Kings 2:30 וַ/יָּ֨שֶׁב conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms Benaiah came to the Tent of Yahweh, and said to him, Thus says the king, Come forth. He said, No; but I will die here. Benaiah brought the king word again, saying, Thus said Joab, and thus he answered me.
- 1 Kings 2:32 וְ/הֵשִׁיב֩ conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms Yahweh will return his blood on his own head, because he fell on two men more righteous and better than he, and killed them with the sword, and my father David didn't know it, [to wit], Abner the son of Ner, captain of the host of Israel, and Amasa the son of Jether, captain of the host of Judah.
- 1 Kings 2:33 וְ/שָׁ֤בוּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp So shall their blood return on the head of Joab, and on the head of his seed forever: but to David, and to his seed, and to his house, and to his throne, shall there be peace for ever from Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 2:41 וַ/יָּשֹֽׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms It was told Solomon that Shimei had gone from Jerusalem to Gath, and was come again.
- 1 Kings 2:44 וְ/הֵשִׁ֧יב conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms The king said moreover to Shimei, You know all the wickedness which your heart is privy to, that you did to David my father: therefore Yahweh shall return your wickedness on your own head.
- 1 Kings 8:33 וְ/שָׁ֤בוּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp When your people Israel are struck down before the enemy, because they have sinned against you; if they turn again to you, and confess your name, and pray and make supplication to you in this house:
- 1 Kings 8:34 וַ/הֲשֵֽׁבֹתָ/ם֙ conj + Hiphil wpf 2ms + sfx pers 3mp then hear you in heaven, and forgive the sin of your people Israel, and bring them again to the land which you gave to their fathers.
- 1 Kings 8:35 יְשׁוּב֖וּ/ן Qal impf 3mp + sfx n When the sky is shut up, and there is no rain, because they have sinned against you; if they pray toward this place, and confess your name, and turn from their sin, when you do afflict them:
- 1 Kings 8:47 וְ/הֵשִׁ֨יבוּ֙ וְ/שָׁ֣בוּ conj + Hiphil wpf 3cp conj + Qal wpf 3cp yet if they shall repent themselves in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly;
- 1 Kings 8:48 וְ/שָׁ֣בוּ conj + Qal wpf 3cp if they return to you with all their heart and with all their soul in the land of their enemies, who carried them captive, and pray to you toward their land, which you gave to their fathers, the city which you have chosen, and the house which I have built for your name:
- 1 Kings 9:6 שׁ֨וֹב תְּשֻׁב֜וּ/ן Qal inf.abs Qal impf 2mp + sfx n But if you shall turn away from following me, you or your children, and not keep my commandments and my statutes which I have set before you, but shall go and serve other gods, and worship them;
- 1 Kings 12:5 וְ/שׁ֣וּבוּ conj + Qal impv 2mp He said to them, Depart yet for three days, then come again to me. The people departed.
- 1 Kings 12:6 לְ/הָשִׁ֥יב prep + Hiphil inf.cs King Rehoboam took counsel with the old men, who had stood before Solomon his father while he yet lived, saying, What counsel give you me to return answer to this people?
- 1 Kings 12:9 וְ/נָשִׁ֥יב conj + Hiphil impf 1cp He said to them, What counsel do you give, that we may return answer to this people, who have spoken to me, saying, Make the yoke that your father did put on us lighter?
- 1 Kings 12:12 שׁ֥וּבוּ Qal impv 2mp So Jeroboam and all the people came to Rehoboam the third day, as the king bade, saying, Come to me again the third day.
- 1 Kings 12:16 וַ/יָּשִׁ֣בוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp When all Israel saw that the king didn't listen to them, the people answered the king, saying, What portion have we in David? neither have we inheritance in the son of Jesse: to your tents, Israel: now see to your own house, David. So Israel departed to their tents.
- 1 Kings 12:20 שָׁ֣ב Qal pf 3ms It happened, when all Israel heard that Jeroboam was returned, that they sent and called him to the congregation, and made him king over all Israel: there was none who followed the house of David, but the tribe of Judah only.
- 1 Kings 12:21 לְ/הָשִׁיב֙ prep + Hiphil inf.cs When Rehoboam was come to Jerusalem, he assembled all the house of Judah, and the tribe of Benjamin, a hundred and eighty thousand chosen men, who were warriors, to fight against the house of Israel, to bring the kingdom again to Rehoboam the son of Solomon.
- 1 Kings 12:24 שׁ֚וּבוּ וַ/יָּשֻׁ֥בוּ Qal impv 2mp conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Thus says Yahweh, You shall not go up, nor fight against your brothers the children of Israel: return every man to his house; for this thing is of me. So they listened to the word of Yahweh, and returned and went their way, according to the word of Yahweh.
- 1 Kings 12:26 תָּשׁ֥וּב Qal impf 3fs Jeroboam said in his heart, Now will the kingdom return to the house of David:
- 1 Kings 12:27 וְ֠/שָׁב וְ/שָׁ֖בוּ conj + Qal wpf 3ms conj + Qal wpf 3cp if this people go up to offer sacrifices in the house of Yahweh at Jerusalem, then will the heart of this people turn again to their lord, even to Rehoboam king of Judah; and they will kill me, and return to Rehoboam king of Judah.
- 1 Kings 13:4 לַ/הֲשִׁיבָ֥/הּ prep + Hiphil inf.cs + sfx pers 3fs It happened, when the king heard the saying of the man of God, which he cried against the altar in Bethel, that Jeroboam put forth his hand from the altar, saying, Lay hold on him. His hand, which he put forth against him, dried up, so that he could not draw it back again to him.
- 1 Kings 13:6 וְ/תָשֹׁ֥ב וַ/תָּ֤שָׁב conj + Qal juss 3fs conj + Qal wimpf 3fs The king answered the man of God, Entreat now the favor of Yahweh your God, and pray for me, that my hand may be restored me again. The man of God entreated Yahweh, and the king's hand was restored him again, and became as it was before.
- 1 Kings 13:9 תָשׁ֔וּב Qal impf 2ms for so was it charged me by the word of Yahweh, saying, You shall eat no bread, nor drink water, neither return by the way that you came.
- 1 Kings 13:10 שָׁ֣ב Qal pf 3ms So he went another way, and didn't return by the way that he came to Bethel.
- 1 Kings 13:16 לָ/שׁ֥וּב prep + Qal inf.cs He said, I may not return with you, nor go in with you; neither will I eat bread nor drink water with you in this place:
- 1 Kings 13:17 תָשׁ֣וּב Qal impf 2ms for it was said to me by the word of Yahweh, You shall eat no bread nor drink water there, nor turn again to go by the way that you came.
- 1 Kings 13:18 הֲשִׁבֵ֤/הוּ Hiphil impv 2ms + sfx pers 3ms He said to him, I also am a prophet as you are; and an angel spoke to me by the word of Yahweh, saying, Bring him back with you into your house, that he may eat bread and drink water. [But] he lied to him.
- 1 Kings 13:19 וַ/יָּ֣שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms So he went back with him, and ate bread in his house, and drank water.
- 1 Kings 13:20 הֱשִׁיבֽ/וֹ Hiphil pf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms It happened, as they sat at the table, that the word of Yahweh came to the prophet who brought him back;
- 1 Kings 13:22 וַ/תָּ֗שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 2ms but came back, and have eaten bread and drunk water in the place of which he said to you, Eat no bread, and drink no water; your body shall not come to the tomb of your fathers.
- 1 Kings 13:23 הֱשִׁיבֽ/וֹ Hiphil pf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms It happened, after he had eaten bread, and after he had drunk, that he saddled for him the donkey, [to wit], for the prophet whom he had brought back.
- 1 Kings 13:26 הֱשִׁיב֣/וֹ Hiphil pf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms When the prophet who brought him back from the way heard of it, he said, It is the man of God, who was disobedient to the mouth of Yahweh: therefore Yahweh has delivered him to the lion, which has torn him, and slain him, according to the word of Yahweh, which he spoke to him.
- 1 Kings 13:29 וַ/יְשִׁיבֵ֑/הוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3ms + sfx pers 3ms The prophet took up the body of the man of God, and laid it on the donkey, and brought it back; and he came to the city of the old prophet, to mourn, and to bury him.
- 1 Kings 13:33 שָׁ֥ב וַ֠/יָּשָׁב Qal pf 3ms conj + Qal wimpf 3ms After this thing Jeroboam didn't return from his evil way, but made again from among all the people priests of the high places: whoever would, he consecrated him, that there might be priests of the high places.
- 1 Kings 14:28 וֶ/הֱשִׁיב֖וּ/ם conj + Hiphil pf 3cp + sfx pers 3mp It was so, that as often as the king went into the house of Yahweh, the guard bore them, and brought them back into the guard-chamber.
- 1 Kings 17:21 תָּ֥שָׁב Qal juss 3fs He stretched himself on the child three times, and cried to Yahweh, and said, Yahweh my God, please let this child's soul come into him again.
- 1 Kings 17:22 וַ/תָּ֧שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3fs Yahweh listened to the voice of Elijah; and the soul of the child came into him again, and he revived.
- 1 Kings 18:43 שֻׁ֖ב Qal impv 2ms He said to his servant, Go up now, look toward the sea. He went up, and looked, and said, There is nothing. He said, Go again seven times.
- 1 Kings 19:6 וַ/יָּ֖שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He looked, and, behold, there was at his head a cake baked on the coals, and a jar of water. He ate and drink, and laid him down again.
- 1 Kings 19:7 וַ/יָּשָׁב֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms The angel of Yahweh came again the second time, and touched him, and said, Arise and eat, because the journey is too great for you.
- 1 Kings 19:15 שׁ֥וּב Qal impv 2ms Yahweh said to him, Go, return on your way to the wilderness of Damascus: and when you come, you shall anoint Hazael to be king over Syria;
- 1 Kings 19:20 שׁ֔וּב Qal impv 2ms He left the oxen, and ran after Elijah, and said, Let me, I pray you, kiss my father and my mother, and then I will follow you. He said to him, Go back again; for what have I done to you?
- 1 Kings 19:21 וַ/יָּ֨שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He returned from following him, and took the yoke of oxen, and killed them, and boiled their flesh with the instruments of the oxen, and gave to the people, and they ate. Then he arose, and went after Elijah, and ministered to him.
- 1 Kings 20:5 וַ/יָּשֻׁ֨בוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp The messengers came again, and said, Thus speaks Ben Hadad, saying, I sent indeed to you, saying, You shall deliver me your silver, and your gold, and your wives, and your children;
- 1 Kings 20:9 וַ/יְשִׁבֻ֖/הוּ conj + Hiphil wimpf 3mp + sfx pers 3ms Therefore he said to the messengers of Ben Hadad, Tell my lord the king, All that you did send for to your servant at the first I will do; but this thing I may not do. The messengers departed, and brought him word again.
- 1 Kings 20:34 אָשִׁ֗יב Hiphil impf 1cs [Ben Hadad] said to him, The cities which my father took from your father I will restore; and you shall make streets for you in Damascus, as my father made in Samaria. I, [said Ahab], will let you go with this covenant. So he made a covenant with him, and let him go.
- 1 Kings 22:17 יָשׁ֥וּבוּ Qal juss 3mp He said, I saw all Israel scattered on the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and Yahweh said, These have no master; let them return every man to his house in peace.
- 1 Kings 22:26 וַ/הֲשִׁיבֵ֖/הוּ conj + Hiphil impv 2ms + sfx pers 3ms The king of Israel said, Take Micaiah, and carry him back to Amon the governor of the city, and to Joash the king's son;
- 1 Kings 22:28 שׁ֤וֹב תָּשׁוּב֙ Qal inf.abs Qal impf 2ms Micaiah said, If you return at all in peace, Yahweh has not spoken by me. He said, Hear, you peoples, all of you.
- 1 Kings 22:33 וַ/יָּשׁ֖וּבוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp It happened, when the captains of the chariots saw that it was not the king of Israel, that they turned back from pursuing him.
2 Kings 53 verses
- 2 Kings 1:5 וַ/יָּשׁ֥וּבוּ שַׁבְתֶּֽם conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Qal pf 2mp The messengers returned to him, and he said to them, Why is it that you have returned?
- 2 Kings 1:6 שׁוּבוּ֮ Qal impv 2mp They said to him, There came up a man to meet us, and said to us, Go, turn again to the king who sent you, and tell him, Thus says Yahweh, Is it because there is no God in Israel, that you send to inquire of Baal Zebub, the god of Ekron? therefore you shall not come down from the bed where you are gone up, but shall surely die.
- 2 Kings 1:11 וַ/יָּ֜שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Again he sent to him another captain of fifty and his fifty. He answered him, man of God, thus has the king said, Come down quickly.
- 2 Kings 1:13 וַ/יָּ֗שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Again he sent the captain of a third fifty with his fifty. The third captain of fifty went up, and came and fell on his knees before Elijah, and begged him, and said to him, man of God, please let my life, and the life of these fifty your servants, be precious in your sight.
- 2 Kings 2:13 וַ/יָּ֥שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He took up also the mantle of Elijah that fell from him, and went back, and stood by the bank of the Jordan.
- 2 Kings 2:18 וַ/יָּשֻׁ֣בוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They came back to him, while he stayed at Jericho; and he said to them, "Didn't I tell you, 'Don't go?'"
- 2 Kings 2:25 שָׁ֥ב Qal pf 3ms He went from there to Mount Carmel, and from there he returned to Samaria.
- 2 Kings 3:4 וְ/הֵשִׁ֤יב conj + Hiphil wpf 3ms Now Mesha king of Moab was a sheep-master; and he rendered to the king of Israel the wool of one hundred thousand lambs, and of one hundred thousand rams.
- 2 Kings 3:27 וַ/יָּשֻׁ֖בוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp Then he took his eldest son who would have reigned in his place, and offered him for a burnt offering on the wall. There was great wrath against Israel: and they departed from him, and returned to their own land.
- 2 Kings 4:22 וְ/אָשֽׁוּבָה conj + Qal impf 1cs She called to her husband, and said, Please send me one of the servants, and one of the donkeys, that I may run to the man of God, and come again.
- 2 Kings 4:31 וַ/יָּ֤שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Gehazi passed on before them, and laid the staff on the face of the child; but there was neither voice, nor hearing. Therefore he returned to meet him, and told him, saying, The child has not awakened.
- 2 Kings 4:35 וַ/יָּ֜שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then he returned, and walked in the house once back and forth; and went up, and stretched himself on him: and the child sneezed seven times, and the child opened his eyes.
- 2 Kings 4:38 שָׁ֤ב Qal pf 3ms Elisha came again to Gilgal. There was a dearth in the land; and the sons of the prophets were sitting before him; and he said to his servant, Set on the great pot, and boil stew for the sons of the prophets.
- 2 Kings 5:10 וְ/יָשֹׁ֧ב conj + Qal impf 3ms Elisha sent a messenger to him, saying, Go and wash in the Jordan seven times, and your flesh shall come again to you, and you shall be clean.
- 2 Kings 5:14 וַ/יָּ֣שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3ms Then went he down, and dipped [himself] seven times in the Jordan, according to the saying of the man of God; and his flesh came again like the flesh of a little child, and he was clean.
- 2 Kings 5:15 וַ/יָּשָׁב֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms He returned to the man of God, he and all his company, and came, and stood before him; and he said, See now, I know that there is no God in all the earth, but in Israel: now therefore, please take a present from your servant.
- 2 Kings 7:8 וַ/יָּשֻׁ֗בוּ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp When these lepers came to the outermost part of the camp, they went into one tent, and ate and drink, and carried there silver, and gold, and clothing, and went and hid it; and they came back, and entered into another tent, and carried there also, and went and hid it.
- 2 Kings 7:15 וַ/יָּשֻׁ֨בוּ֙ conj + Qal wimpf 3mp They went after them to the Jordan: and, behold, all the way was full of garments and vessels, which the Syrians had cast away in their haste. The messengers returned, and told the king.
- 2 Kings 8:3 וַ/תָּ֥שָׁב conj + Qal wimpf 3fs It happened at the seven years' end, that the woman returned out of the land of the Philistines: and she went forth to cry to the king for her house and for her land.
- 2 Kings 8:6 הָשֵׁ֤יב Hiphil impv 2ms When the king asked the woman, she told him. So the king appointed to her a certain officer, saying, Restore all that was hers, and all the fruits of the field since the day that she left the land, even until now.
- 2 Kings 8:29 וַ/יָּשָׁב֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms King Joram returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him at Ramah, when he fought against Hazael king of Syria. Ahaziah the son of Jehoram king of Judah went down to see Joram the son of Ahab in Jezreel, because he was sick.
- 2 Kings 9:15 וַ/יָּשָׁב֩ conj + Qal wimpf 3ms but king Joram was returned to be healed in Jezreel of the wounds which the Syrians had given him, when he fought with Hazael king of Syria.) Jehu said, If this be your mind, then let none escape and go forth out of the city, to go to tell it in Jezreel.
- 2 Kings 9:18 שָֽׁב Qal pf 3ms So there went one on horseback to meet him, and said, Thus says the king, Is it peace? Jehu said, What have you to do with peace? turn you behind me. The watchman told, saying, The messenger came to them, but he isn't coming back.
- 2 Kings 9:20 שָׁ֑ב Qal pf 3ms The watchman told, saying, He came even to them, and isn't coming back: and the driving is like the driving of Jehu the son of Nimshi; for he drives furiously.
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The Hebrew verb שוב centers on the idea of “to return.” As a verb its force shifts by stem, across 5 stems (Qal, Hiphil, and more). Spanning 952 verses in 38 books, it ranks among the most common words of the Hebrew Bible. Its earliest occurrence is Genesis 3:19. Related forms include משובה, שובב and שובב. Dig into 952-verse concordance and the renderings breakdown below.
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Strong's · 1890
to turn back
Modern gloss
to return
Strong's 1890 sometimes compressed multiple senses — or homonymous roots — under one number, and used 19th-century English phrasing that no longer carries the same connotation. The modern gloss reflects current BDB scholarship; open the Lexicon Entry tab for the full sense breakdown.
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Strong's H7725 catalogs a Hebrew word from the Hebrew Old Testament.
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- 952
- distinct verses
- The word appears in 952 distinct verses.
- 38 / 39
- OT books
- The word appears in 38 of 39 Old Testament books.
- #38
- by frequency
- Top 50 most frequent Hebrew words (rank 38 of 8,640 Hebrew words by occurrence).
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Conventional, traditional groupings — biblical authorship is debated, so this is a traditional corpus grouping, not an authorship claim. Each share is this word’s portion of its verses in that division of the Hebrew canon. Each figure is a share of the word’s 952 distinct verses.
- Prophets (Nevi'im) 528 verses · 55%
- Writings (Ketuvim) 265 verses · 28%
- Torah (Pentateuch) 159 verses · 17%
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Counts come from each version’s own published word-to-Strong’s tagging or interlinear alignment — an approximate guide to how each version renders this word, not a word-level alignment the data otherwise carries. Because each total is that version’s own tagged count, the per-version totals vary from one another and need not match the appearance or distinct-verse counts above. These counts may also differ from a printed concordance because Lemma counts each distinctly tagged rendering and does not collapse phrase taggings into a single head-word total. This is a fixed set of word-tagged versions (KJV, ASV, BSB, ULT) and does not change with the reading translation you choose elsewhere. Each version’s license is shown beside its name below (and on Sources).
- King James Version: Return 84×, Returned 80×, Again 66×
- American Standard Version: Returned 75×, Return 69×, Again 60×
- Berean Standard Bible: Return 102×, Returned 62×, Turn 29×
- unfoldingWord Literal Text: Return 164×, Returned 95×, And 80×
King James Version Public Domain
Renders H7725 across 1,106 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 386 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 11 further occurrences.
American Standard Version Public Domain
Renders H7725 across 1,102 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 386 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
Berean Standard Bible Public Domain
Renders H7725 across 1,007 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 306 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings. Not rendered by a distinct English word in 48 further occurrences.
unfoldingWord Literal Text CC BY-SA 4.0
Renders H7725 across 1,254 tagged occurrences — most commonly:
Plus other, less common renderings. Plus 223 renderings that appear only once — usually multi-word phrases or single function words the recovered tagging swept in, not distinct renderings.
64 senses and sub-senses in the full BDB
Hebrew verbs can shift meaning by stem (binyan): Qal is the basic action, Niphal is often passive or reflexive, Piel often intensifies or makes it factitive, and Hiphil is typically causative. The senses below are grouped under the stem BDB assigns to each. This entry also uses Hophal (the passive of Hiphil) and one or more reduplicated stems (the Pōlēl/Pilpēl type), which for hollow or geminate roots behave much like Piel — often intensive or iterative.
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BDB uses these scholarly abbreviations:
| Symbol | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 𝔊 | the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation, LXX) |
| 𝔙 | the Vulgate (the Latin translation) |
| 𝔖 | the Syriac version (the Peshitta) |
| 𝔗 | the Targum (the Aramaic translation) |
| ψ | the Psalms |
| √ | root (the underlying root or stem) |
| ‖ | parallel passage (a synonymous or contrasted parallel) |
| † | the dagger: every passage where the word occurs is cited |
The 64 senses and sub-senses the full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon distinguishes for this word, in lexicon order (not ranked by frequency), with BDB’s own verbatim wording and sub-sense lettering. Shown in Hebrew script with BDB’s own scholarly abbreviations. The condensed entry is in the Lexicon Entry tab. See also the Forms in the corpus table below.
Qal
- Pf. 3 ms. שָׁב Gn 18:33 +, 3 fs. שָׁ֫בָה Ru 1:15 +, וְשָׁבַת consec. †Ez 46:17 (Ges§ 72 o, but Co Toy Krae וְשָׁבָה), 2 ms. שַׁבְתָּ ψ 85:2, etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יָשׁוּב Ho 11:5 + often, יָשֻׁב ψ 146:4; La 3:3, juss. יָשֹׁב Ju 7:3 +, וַיָּ֫שָׁב Gn 26:18 +; 3 fpl. תָּשֹׁבְןָ Ez 16:55(×2), תְּשֻׁבֶינָה v 55, etc.; Imv. ms. שׁוּב Gn 31:3 +, שֻׁב Ex 4:19; 1 K 18:43, שׁוּ֫בָה Ho 14:2 +, fpl. שֹׁבְנָה Ru 1:8, 11, 12, etc.; Inf. abs. שׁוֹב Gn 8:3 +, cstr. שׁוּב Ex 4:21 +, שֹׁב Jos 2:16 (Ges§ 72 q), etc.; Pt. שָׁב Gn 43:18 +, fs. שָׁבָ֫ה Ru 1:22 +, etc.; pass. cstr. שׁוּבֵי Mi 2:8;—turn back, return: e.g. Genesis 18:33
- 1. turn back, c. מִן loc. Ju 3:19; 8:13, cf. 7:3, c. מֵאַחֲרֵי pers., i.e. from following 2 S 11:15; 1 K 19:21; Ru 1:16, from pursuing 2 S 2:26, 30; 1 K 22:33 = 2 Ch 18:32; c. מִן of pursuit 1 S 17:53; 23:28, cf. 2 Ch 11:4; c. אַחֲרֵי pers., i.e. so as to follow 1 S 15:31 2 S 23:10; turn back in fear, מִן rei Jb 39:22 (of horse), מִפְנֵי כֹל Pr 30:30 (of lion), so abs. (of foes) ψ 6:11; 56:10; 70:4, in shame La 1:8; turn back and do so and so: Gn 14:7; Ex 14:2, cf. Nu 33:7 (עַל loc., both P), Jos 8:21 (E), 11:10 (J), 1 Ch 21:20, sq. inf. 2 Ch 20:27; abs. turn back (face about) Ct 7:1(×4) (+ vb.); = be repulsed, defeated ψ 9:4 (+ אָחוֹר), 74:21; fig. turn back, viz. from promise or vow Ju 11:35; c. מִן of service Nu 8:25 (P), i.e. be exempt. e.g. Judges 3:19
- 2. return, come or go back, c. מֵעַל pers. 1 S 17:15 (opp. הלך), 2 S 10:14; 2 K 18:14, מִן pers. Jos 10:31 (+ בְּשָׁלוֹם), מִן loc., especially from foreign land 2 K 8:3; 2 Ch 10:2; Ru 1:6, 22; 2:6; 4:3; Je 31:16; 40:12; 43:5; 44:28; Ezr 6:21; Ne 8:17, מֵהַכּוֹת Gn 14:17 (JE?), 1 S 17:57; 18:6; 2 S 1:1; 8:13, מֵאַחֲרֵי i.e. from pursuing 1 S 24:2 (Gi v 1); fig., לֹא שׁ׳ מִנִּי חֹשֶׁךְ Jb 15:22 (v. חֹשֶׁךְ 3 a); עִבְרוּ וָשׁוּבוּ מִשַּׁעַר לָשַׁעַר Ex 32:27 (J), i.e. go back and forth from gate to gate, cf. (abs.) pt. as subst. עֹבֵר וָשָׁב Zc 7:14; 9:8 and (= all persons) Ez 35:7; also וַיֵּצֵא יָצוֹא וָשׁוֹב Gn 8:7 (J), רָצוֹא וָשׁוֹב Ez 1:14 (del. Hi Co Toy al.; yet v. Krae); Gn 8:3 (J) v. הלך 4 c (4). e.g. 1 Samuel 17:15
- 3. especially return unto:
- a. go back, אֶל pers. Nu 23:5, 16 (JE), 2 K 1:6 (‖ הָלַךְ, as often), Ex 5:22 (J; אֶל־י׳, 32:31 (E; id.), Nu 17:15 (P), 2 S 20:22 (+ acc. loc.), Je 46:16 (both + אֶל loc.), + 17 times; אֶל loc. also Gn 21:32; 28:21 (both E), 2 S 11:4; Ho 5:15 (of י׳), 2 Ch 19:1 (+ בְּשָׁלוֹם, + ל pers.), Est 2:14 (opp. בּוֹא), 7:8 (+ מִן loc.), + 27 times; of a dog שׁ׳ עַל־קֵאוֹ Pr 26:11; ל loc. Gn 18:33 (J), 1 S 26:25; 29:4; 1 K 19:15 (+ -ה loc.), Gn 33:16 (J; לְדַרְכּוֹ, + id.), ψ 7:8 (of י׳), + 25 times; ל pers. †Ru 1:10 (לְעַמֵּךְ); -ה loc. also Gn 44:13 (J), Ex 4:20, 21 (R), 13:17 (E), + 5 times; שָׁם (= שָׁ֫מָּה) Je 22:27; acc. loc. also Ho 8:13; 9:3; 1 S 18:2; 2 S 3:27; 15:27 (+ בְּשָׁלוֹם), 2 K 2:25 (+ מִן loc.), + 15 times; acc. דֶּרֶךָ Ez 46:9; acc. pers. †Nu 10:36; אַחֲרֵי pers. Ru 1:15; abs. 2 S 3:16; 19:16 (+ בּוֹא), 1 K 18:43; Je 40:5 (Ez 7:13b (del. 𝔊 Co Krae al.) +; sq. vb., go back and do so and so, Gn 43:2; 1 S 1:19; 29:7 (שׁוּב וְלֵךְ בְּשָׁלוֹם), 1 K 13:22; 2 Ch 18:16 (+ בְּשָׁלוֹם) +, (Je 42:10 read יָשׁוֹב Vrss and mod.); sq. inf. purpose Ju 14:8; 2 S 6:20 + 10 times e.g. Numbers 23:5
- b. come back, אֶל pers. Gn 8:9 (J; + אֶל loc.), Ex 24:14 (J), 1 S 23:23 + 2 S 17:3 (𝔊 Ew Th We Dr HPS Bu), 1 K 12:15 (opp. הָלַךְ) + 9 times + (in hostility) Ju 20:48; אֶל loc. also Zc 8:3 (subj. י׳); Jos 22:32 (P) has מֵאֵת pers. + מִן loc. + אֶל loc. + אֶל pers.; אֶל rei Ez 7:13; עַל pers. †Ne 4:6 Mi 5:2 (be reunited to); עַל loc. †1 K 17:21, 22; ל loc. Jos 1:15 (R), Zc 1:16 (subj. י׳), 2 Ch 30:9 + (from exile) 5 times; ל animal., Jb 39:4; -ה loc. †Gn 15:16 (E), 50:14 (J); acc. loc. †2 Ch 19:8; שָׁם Je 22:11 (opp. יָצָא), שָׁ֫מָּה v 27, הֵ֫נָּה 31:8; abs. Gn 43:10 (J), 2 S 10:5; 2 K 1:5; Is 21:12 (‖ אָתָה), Jb 39:12 (Kt, so Bu Du; of wild ox), + often; + בְּשָׁלוֹם Ju 8:9; 1 K 22:28 (שׁוֹב תָּשׁוּב) = 2 Ch 18:27; 2 Ch 18:26; + vb., come back and do so and so, †Dt 1:45; 30:8; Je 37:8; 1 K 19:7; 20:5; 2 K 9:36 ψ 60:2 (title), cf. Zc 4:1; Dn 11:10, שׁ׳ לָשֶׁבֶת Nu 35:32 (P), שׁ׳ לָלֶכֶת Ec 5:14. e.g. Genesis 8:9
- 4.
- a. of dying, שׁ׳ אֶל־(הֶ)עָפָר Gn 3:19(×2) (J), ψ 104:29; Ec 3:20, עַל־עָפָר Jb 34:15; שׁ׳ לְאַדְמָתוֹ ψ 146:4, cf. אָשׁוּב שָׁ֫מָּה (i.e. בֶּטֶן אִמּוֹ) Jb 1:21 (v. Di Bu, also Ec 5:14); שׁ׳ לִשְׁא֑וֹלָה ψ 9:18; so prob. abs. ψ 90:3 (> come back to life); of (human) dust, שׁ׳ עַל־הָאָרֶץ Ec 12:7; breath, שׁ׳ אֶל־הָאֱלֹהִים v 7. e.g. Genesis 3:19
- b. of revival from death, שׁ׳ לְבֵיתוֹ Jb 7:10, abs. 10:21 (opp. הָלַךְ), 16:22 (id.), Pr 2:19; also c. אֶל pers. 2 S 12:23. e.g. Job 7:10
- 5. fig. of human relations:
- a. return to leader, king, אֶל pers., Ju 11:8; 1 K 12:27(×2); to divorced wife Je 3:1 (opp. הלך). e.g. Judges 11:8
- b. = change so as to approach (in purpose, desire), אֶל־ pers. Je 15:19(×2). e.g. Jeremiah 15:19
- c. turn, i.e. resort to, ל pers. ψ 119:79. e.g. Psalms 119:79
- d. return to a physical condition Jb 33:25 (ל rei); to a state or course of life, ל rei Is 23:17; Ez 16:55(×3); Ne 9:17 ψ 85:9 עַל rei Je 11:10, הֲלוֹם ψ 73:10 (but crpt.); ב Je 8:6 (Du reads שָׁט for שָׁב). e.g. Job 33:25
- e. abs. = change course of action; from good to bad, וַיָּשָׁב וַיִּמְרָד־בּוֹ 2 K 24:1; Je 34:11, 16; bad to good v 15; so שׁ׳ alone Jb 6:29(×2) (prob.; read וְשׁוּבוּ, so Di Da Bu al.; other interpr. De Du al.). e.g. 2 Kings 24:1
- f. pt. pass. = averse, שׁוּבֵי מִלְחָמָה Mi 2:8 (> We Now שׁבִי spoil of war). e.g. Micah 2:8
- 6. fig., specif. of spiritual relations:
- a. turn back from God, = apostatize, מֵאַחֲרֵי י׳ Nu 14:43 (J), 1 S 15:11; 1 K 9:6 (שׁוֹב תְּשֻׁב֫וּן), Je 3:19; Nu 32:15; Jos 22:16, 18, 23, 29 (all P); abs. (usually + vb.) Ju 2:19; 8:33; Jos 23:12 (RD), Je 8:4 ψ 78:41; 2 Ch 7:19. e.g. Numbers 14:43
- b. of י׳, turn away, מֵאַחֲרֵי pers. Dt 23:15. e.g. Deuteronomy 23:15
- c. turn back to God (= seek penitently), אֶל־י׳ Ho 6:1; 7:10; 14:3; Je 3:7; 1 K 8:33, 48 (בְּכָל־לֵבָב), + 18 times; אֶל־אֱלֹהִים †Ho 5:4 ψ 51:15, cf. Is 10:21; עַל־י׳ †2 Ch 15:4; 30:9; עַד־י׳ Am 4:6, 8, 9, 10, 11; Ho 14:2; Is 9:12 + 5 times; עַד־שַׁדַּי †Jb 22:23; לי׳ Is 31:6, שׁ׳ נַפְשִׁי לִמְנוּחָ֑יְכִי ψ 116:7; cf. לַבַּעַל Ho 7:16 (for לֹא עַל, Now, cf. Marti); לְתוֹכַחְתִּי Pr 1:23 (prob. del., v. Toy). e.g. Hosea 6:1
- d. abs. repent, Ho 3:5; 11:5; Is 6:10; 10:22; Je 3:7, 12, 14, 22; 4:1; 5:3 + 14 times, + pt. as subst. Is 1:27. e.g. Hosea 3:5
- e. turn back from evil, c. מִן (especially Je Ez) 1 K 8:35; 13:33; Je 15:7; 18:8 + 8 times Je, Ez 3:19; 13:22 + 12 times Ez, + 9 times; cf. שָׁבֵי פֶשַׁע Is 59:20; שׁוּבוּ וְהָשִׁיבוּ מִן Ez 18:30, so c. מֵעַל 14:6; from good, c. מִן, †Ez 3:20; 18:24, 26; 33:18. e.g. 1 Kings 8:35
- f. of י׳, שׁ׳ מֵחֲרוֹן אַפּוֹ Ex 32:12 (JE), Dt 13:18; Jos 7:26 (J), 2 K 23:26; Jon 3:9; שׁ׳ מִמֶּנּוּ אַף־י׳ Ho 14:5; Je 2:35; 4:8; Nu 25:4 (P), 2 Ch 12:12; 29:10; 30:8, so (man’s anger) Gn 27:45 (J) and (abs.) v 44 (E); abs. of אַף־י׳ Is 5:25; 9:11, 16, 20; 10:4; 12:1; Je 23:20 (opp. יָצָא v 19), 30:24 Jb 14:13; Dn 9:16. e.g. Exodus 32:12
- g. of י׳, return (to shew favour), אֶל pers. †Gn 18:10 (+ inf. abs.), v 14 Zc 1:3; Mal 3:7; 2 Ch 30:6, abs. Is 63:17 ψ 80:15 (‖ הִבִּיט, פָּקַד), 90:13, + vb. Je 12:15 ψ 6:5 Jo 2:14 Jon 3:9; also in hostility, + vb. Jos 24:20 (E), c. inf. purpose Ho 11:9. e.g. Genesis 18:10
- h. of י׳, turn back from (מִן) judgment Je 4:28, אֱמֶת ψ 132:11; מֵאַחֲרֵי pers., i.e. cease to bless, Je 32:40. e.g. Jeremiah 4:28
- 7. of inanimate things (sometimes personified, or treated as things of life):
- a. as perceptibly moving, water Gn 8:3 (J; מֵעַל loc.), Jos 4:18 (J; ל loc.), Ex 14:26 (P; עַל pers.), v 28 (P; + vb.), ψ 104:9 (ל inf.), sea Ex 14:27 (J; לְאֵיתָנוֹ); wind ψ 78:39 (opp. הלך), Ec 1:6 (עַל loc.); shadow 2 K 20:9, 10 (+ אֲחֹרַנִּית), ‖ Is 38:8 (sun on dial), of breath (= revive) Ju 15:19; 1 S 30:12 (אֶל pers.); clouds Ec 12:2 (מִן temp.); rain and snow Is 55:10 (ה loc.); rolling stone Pr 26:27; sword 2 S 1:22 (מִן rei), Ez 21:10, arrow Je 50:9; of plague-spot = re-appear, Lv 14:43 (P). e.g. Genesis 8:3
- b. = be brought back, Gn 43:18 (J), 1 S 5:11 (ל loc.), hence be restored, ל pers. Ez 46:17, so of kingdom 1 K 12:26, city 1 S 7:14 (Ez 35:9 v. ישׁב 4), field Lv 27:24 (P); of animal Dt 28:31. e.g. Genesis 43:18
- c. = be turned into, ל rei, Is 29:17; = be turned back into, עַד rei, Mi 1:7. e.g. Isaiah 29:17
- d. return, fig. of word, (1) Is 45:23, c. אֶל pers. 55:11 (both opp. יָצָא); (2) ψ 35:13 my prayer turned upon (עַל) my bosom (was uttered with bowed head, De Bae Du). e.g. Isaiah 45:23
- e. turn away, depart, of infamy Pr 25:10. e.g. Proverbs 25:10
- f. return (in recompense), of crime, evil, etc., c. בְּרֹאשׁ 1 K 2:33; Ob 15 ψ 7:17, עַל־רֹאשׁ Est 9:25, ל pers. ψ 54:7 (Kt; > Qr Hiph.), Pr 12:14. e.g. 1 Kings 2:33
- g. ψ 94:15 judgment (-giving) shall return to (עַד) righteousness (be in accord therewith). e.g. Psalms 94:15
- h. of boundary, = change (sometimes reverse) direction (P), -ה loc. Jos 19:12 (+ מִן loc.), v 34 (+ acc. loc.), acc. loc. also v 27, 29 (+ עַד loc.), v 29. e.g. Joshua 19:12
- i. be restored to healthy condition, of withered hand 1 K 13:6(×2) (אֶל pers.), leprous hand Ex 4:7 (J; c. כ comp.), flesh 2 K 5:10 (ל pers.), v 14; Lv 13:16 (‖ נֶהְפַּךְ לְלָבָן). e.g. 1 Kings 13:6
- 8. denoting repetition, etc. (Ges§ 120 d g): + vb., return (and) do = do again, Gn 26:18; 30:31; Nu 11:4 (all J), Ju 19:7; 1 S 3:5, 6; 1 K 13:33; 19:6; 2 K 1:11, 13; 19:9; 21:3 = 2 Ch 33:3; Je 18:4; 36:28; Zc 5:1; 6:1; Mal 1:4; Jb 10:16; 17:10 ψ 7:13; Dn 9:25, perhaps also 2 Ch 19:4; cf. Is 6:13 = it, in turn, shall be destroyed (destruction shall be repeated in its case), La 3:3 appar. = do repeatedly; שׁ׳ + Inf. abs. Ec 4:1, 7; 9:11; in compar. עוֹד תָּשׁוּב תִּרְאֶה Ez 8:6 thou shalt see yet greater abominations, so v 13 and (מִן comp.) v 15; שׁ׳ + Inf. cstr. Dt 24:4; 30:9; Jos 5:2 (RD), Je 36:28; Ez 8:17; Ezr 9:14; Ne 9:28; Jb 7:7; Ec 1:7: = reverse one’s action, + vb. Jos 2:23 (E), Ho 2:11; 2 K 13:25; Dt 30:3; Mi 7:19; Zc 8:15 ψ 71:20(×2); 85:7; = restore to original condition by doing, + vb. Dt 23:14. e.g. Genesis 26:18
- 9. trans., peculiarly, in phr. שׁ׳ שְׁבוּת restore captivity of, etc., c. 21 times (v. שְׁבוּת sub שָׁבָה); שׁ׳ י׳ צִיּוֹן Is 52:8, שׁ׳ c. sf. pers. ψ 85:5; elsewhere only וְשָׁב י׳ אֶת־גְּאוֹן יַעֲקֹב וגו׳ Na 2:3, cf. Hiph. 9. e.g. Isaiah 52:8
Pōʿl
- 1. bring back, Pf. 1 s. וְשֹׁבַבְתִּ֫י, c. acc. pers. + אֶל loc. Je 50:19 (י׳ subj.), Inf. cstr. sf. בְּשׁוֹבְבִי, c. מִן loc. Ez 39:27 and (fig.) לְשׁוֹבֵב, c. אֶל pers. Is 49:5; Impf. 2 ms. תְּשׁוֹבֵב לָנוּ ψ 60:3 = take us back into power. e.g. Jeremiah 50:19
- 2.
- a. fig. restore, refresh, 3 ms. נַפְשִׁי יְשׁוֹבֵב ψ 23:3 (י׳ subj.); cf. Hiph. 2 b. e.g. Psalms 23:3
- b. restore, repair, Pt. מְשׁוֹבֵב נְתִיבוֹח לָשָׁ֑בֶת Is 58:12. e.g. Isaiah 58:12
- 3. lead away (enticingly), Pf. 1 s. sf. (of Gog), י׳ subj., וְשׁוֹבַבְתִּיךָ Ez 38:4 (del. Co), וְשֹׁ׳ 39:2; so fig. 3 fs. sf. וְדַעְתֵּךְ הִיא שׁוֹבְבָ֑תֶךְ Is 47:10 (of Bab.);—Je 50:6 v. Qal. e.g. Ezekiel 38:4
- 4. shew turning = apostatize (cf. Hiph. 8), Pf. 3 fs. שׁוֹבְבָה Je 8:5 (read שׁוֹבֵב, and del. ירושׁלם, c. 𝔊).—Vid. also שׁוֹבֵב infra. e.g. Jeremiah 8:5
Puʿl
- Pt. f. מְשׁוֹבֶ֫בֶת Ez 38:8 a land restored + מִן rei.—Vid. also שׁוֹבָב infra. e.g. Ezekiel 38:8
Hiphil
- Pf. 3 ms. Gn 41:13 +; sf. וַהֲשִׁיבְךָ 40:13, וֶהֱשִׁיבְךָ Dt 28:68; 2 ms. הֱשִׁיבוֹתָ ψ 85:4, וַהֲשֵׁבֹתָ֫ Dt 4:39; 30:1, sf. וַהֲשֵׁיבוֹתָם 2 Ch 6:25; 1 s. consec. וַהֲשִׁיב֫וֹתִי Am 1:8, וַהֲשִׁבֹתִ֫י Nu 22:8 +, sf. וְהוֹשְׁבוֹתִים Zc 10:6 (but read וַהֲשִׁבוֹתִים, v. ישׁב Hiph.), etc.; Impf. 3 ms. יָשִׁיב Ex 21:34 +, (read יָשִׁב Dn 11:18, 19 > Qr v 18 יָשֵׂם), וַיָּ֫שֶׁב Gn 20:14 +; sf. יְשִׁבֵנִי 2 S 15:8 +, וַיְשִׁיבֵם 2 Ch 19:4 + 1 S 12:8 Vrss We Dr al.; 3 fpl. תָּשֵׁבְנָה Jb 20:10, etc.; Imv. ms. הָשֵׁב Gn 20:7 +, הָשֵׁיב 2 K 8:6, הָשַׁ֑ב Is 42:22, so הָשַׁ֖ב Ez 21:35 (v. Ke and still Toy; Ew Sm Krae Inf. abs. הָשֵׁב), הָשִׁיבָה Ju 11:13 +, etc.; Inf. abs. הָשֵׁב Ex 23:4 +; cstr. הָשִׁיב Gn 42:35 +, etc.; Pt. מֵשִׁיב 20:7 +, etc.;—cause to return, bring back: e.g. Genesis 41:13
- 1.
- a. c. acc. pers. + אֶל loc. Gn 24:5 (J; הֶהָשֵׁב אָשִׁיב), 28:15 (J), 42:37 (E), 48:21 (E), +; especially from exile 1 K 8:34 = 2 Ch 6:25; Je 27:22 + 5 times Je; + אֶל pers. 1 K 22:26 = 2 Ch 18:25; + עַל loc. Je 16:15; 23:3; 24:6; + ל loc. 12:15; + acc. loc. 2 S 15:8 (read הָשֵׁב יְשִׁבֵנִי Vrss Th We Dr al.), Dt 28:68; Ez 29:14; 47:6; 2 Ch 33:13, etc.; + מִן loc. Je 41:16; Zc 10:10, מֵאֵת pers. Je 41:16, מִן inf. 2 Ch 25:13; acc. pers. only Ju 19:3; 1 K 13:20, 23 +; bring back into bondage, etc., Je 34:11, 16; = allow to return 15:19; acc. pers. + rei (= recover, recapture), 28:6 (+ אֶל loc., מִן loc.); = recover, rescue, Gn 14:16 (acc. pers. + rei), ψ 35:17 (acc. נַפְשִׁי, מִן rei); acc. rei + אֶל pers. Gn 44:8 (J), + עַל pers. Ex 15:9 (song), Pr 20:26; + אֶל loc. 1 K 14:28 = 2 Ch 12:11; Je 28:3; 2 Ch 24:11; acc. of hand, אֶל־פֶּה 1 S 14:27; Pr 19:24 26:15; especially of י׳’s hand, in judgment, sq. עַל Am 1:8; Is 1:25; Zc 13:7 ψ 81:15, also of man’s hand Je 6:9; Ez 38:12; + acc. loc. 2 S 15:25, 29; + שָׁם Ne 13:9; acc. rei alone Gn 43:12, 21 (both בְּיֶדְכֶם), 14:16 (= recapture), 1 S 6:21; 30:19; 1 K 13:29 (corpse), Lv 26:26 (H); c. acc. animal. 1 S 6:7 (מֵאַחֲרֵי), Ez 34:4, 16 (fig.); shadow on dial 2 K 20:11 = Is 38:8.—Jb 39:12 v. Qal 3 b. e.g. Genesis 24:5
- b. put back: acc. rei, stone, עַל־פִּי הַבְּאֵר Gn 29:3 (J), veil עַל־פָּנָיו Ex 34:35 (P), Dagon לִמְקוֹמוֹ 1 S 5:3, rod לִפְנֵי הָעֵדוּת Nu 17:25 (P), sword, + אֶל of sheath, 1 Ch 21:27; Ez 21:35 (acc. om.); hand אֶל־חֵיק Ex 4:7(×2) (J; opp. הוֹצִיא). e.g. Genesis 29:3
- c. = draw back, hand Gn 38:29 (J), 1 K 13:4 (opp. שָׁלַח; + אֶל reflex.), Jos 8:26 (E; opp. נטה), so fig., י׳ subj. La 2:3 (מִפְּנֵי, אָחוֹר), ψ 74:11; c. מִן = refrain from La 2:8; Ex 18:8, 17 (i.e. from oppressing), 20:22 (מִן om.); foot, c. מִן Is 58:13 (fig.); draw in breath Jb 9:18. e.g. Genesis 38:29
- d. = give back, restore, acc. pers. vel rei: + ל pers. Gn 20:14 (E), v 7 (E; acc. om.), Ex 23:4 (E; הָשֵׁב תָּשִׁיב), Dt 22:1 (id.; both acc. animal.), 24:13 (id.), Ex 22:25 (E), Ju 17:3(×2), 4; 1 S 12:3; 2 S 9:7; Dt 22:2 (P), Ne 5:11, so 2 S 16:3; 1 K 12:21 = 2 Ch 11:1 (all acc. of kingdom), c. acc. צְדָקָה Jb 33:26; + אֶל pers. Gn 37:22 (E; acc. pers.); + אֶל loc. 42:25 (E); acc. rei only, 2 K 8:6; Ez 18:7 (read Inf. abs. שׁוֹב for חוֹב, Co Toy Krae), 18:12; 33:15; Lv 5:23 (P), Nu 5:7 (P; + בְּרֹאשׁוֹ = in full), ψ 69:5 (opp. גָּזַל), so of land (or city) Ju 11:13; 1 K 20:34; Ne 5:12, cf. 2 K 14:28 (+ בְּיִשְׂרָאֵל), 16:6 (+ לַאֲרָם); = win back 2 K 13:25; 14:22 (+ ל terr.) = 2 Ch 26:2, boundary (i.e. re-establish it) 2 K 14:25; restore ruined city Dn 9:25 (+ לִבְנוֹת), conquered nation ψ 80:4, 8, 20; joy, acc. + ל pers. ψ 51:14.—2 S 8:3 v. יָד 2.—Acc. pers. only, Gn 20:7 (E), Is 42:22; restore to office, acc. pers. + עַל Gn 40:13, 21 (E), אֶל loc. 2 S 19:12, acc. pers. only, 2 S 19:11, 13, 44, cf. Is 1:26; = pay back money, Lv 25:27 (ל pers.), v 51, 52. e.g. Genesis 20:14
- e. = relinquish, c. acc. rei, Jb 20:10. e.g. Job 20:10
- f. = give in payment, requital, c. acc. rei + appos. 1 S 6:8 (ל pers.), v 17 (id.; cf. טְחוֹר); also pay as tribute (in answer to demand), acc. rei 2 K 17:3 ψ 72:10, + ל pers. 2 K 3:4; 2 Ch 27:5; give in exchange Ez 27:15. e.g. 1 Samuel 6:8
- g. bring one back (from dead) 2 S 12:23, so c. מִנִּי Jb 33:30; on other hand, אֶל־עָפָר Jb 10:9 = מָוֶת (acc.) 30:23, cf. עַד־דַּכָּא ψ 90:3. e.g. 2 Samuel 12:23
- 2.
- a. bring back heart, לֵב, עַל pers. Mal 3:24; הֲשִׁיבֵנוּ י׳ אֵלֶיךָ La 5:21 (restore, del. אליך); הֵשִׁיב אֶל־י׳ Ne 9:26 (cf. v 29), 2 Ch 19:4; 24:19, also (מִן of evil) Je 23:22, abs. 31:18. e.g. Malachi 3:24
- b. acc. נֶפֶשׁ = refresh La 1:11, 16, 19 ψ 19:8 Pr 25:13; Ru 4:15. e.g. Lamentations 1:11
- 3. bring back words of people, אֶל־י׳ Ex 19:8 (E); then, in gen., bring back word, דָּבָר, report to, + acc. pers. Gn 37:14; Nu 13:26; 22:8 (all E), Dt 1:22, 25; Jos 14:7 (RD), 22:32 (P), + 8 times; = answer 1 S 17:30; 2 S 3:11; 1 K 12:6 = 2 Ch 10:6 + 6 times, + (acc. מִלִּין) Jb 35:4; also (דָּבָר om.) Jb 13:22; 20:2; 33:5, 32; 2 Ch 10:16; Ne 6:4 (כַּדָּבָר הַזֶּה); acc. אֲמָרִים + ל pers. Ju 5:29; Pr 22:21; later c. ל pers. alone 1 S 12:3; c. cl. orat. recta, אֶל pers. Est 4:13, 15; similar phrases, Ez 9:11; Pr 18:13; 24:26; 26:16; Hb 2:1; Jb 31:14; 32:14 (Gi v 15), 40:4. e.g. Exodus 19:8
- 4.
- a. bring back (in retribution), cf. Qal 7 f) upon, subj. often י׳, acc. of evil, Ju 9:56, בְּרֹאשׁ Ju 9:57; 1 S 25:39; 1 K 2:44; Jo 4:4, 7, עַל־רֹאשׁ 1 K 2:32, אֶל־רֹאשׁ Ne 3:36; ל pers. Gn 50:15 (E), 1 S 6:3 (הָשֵׁב תָּשִׁיבוּ), v 4 25:21 (return evil for good), +, etc.; abs. = make requital, ל pers. 2 Ch 6:23 + (כ comp.) Ho 12:3; Pr 24:12, 29; †c. acc. of good, ל pers. 1 S 26:23; 2 S 16:12; Zc 9:12; c. כ comp. + ל pers. ψ 18:21, 25 = 2 S 22:21, 25, and (כ comp. only) 2 Ch 32:25; requite י׳’s benefits, acc. rei + לי׳ ψ 116:12, cf. Nu 18:9 (P). e.g. Judges 9:56
- b. pay as recompense, כֶּסֶף יָשׁ׳ לִבְעָלָיו Ex 21:34 (E); so (fig.) of י׳, הֵשׁ׳ נָקָם לְ Dt 32:41, 43, לְהָשׁ׳ בְּחֵמָה אַפּוֹ Is 66:15. e.g. Exodus 21:34
- 5. turn back, backward = repel, defeat, c. אֶת־פְּנֵי 2 K 18:24 = Is 36:9, acc. מִלְחָמָה Is 28:6, acc. of sword ψ 89:44, acc. pers. + אָחוֹר ψ 44:11 (+ מִנִּי pers.), Is 44:25 (fig., = refute, confute), fig. of calamity La 1:13; = repulse, hinder Je 2:24, especially acc. Is 14:27 (יַד־י׳), cf. 43:13, Jb 9:12; 11:10; 23:13; = reject, refuse, (אֶת־)פְּנֵי פ׳ 1 K 2:16, 17, 20(×2) 2 Ch 6:42 ψ 132:10. e.g. 2 Kings 18:24
- 6.
- a. turn away face, fig., + מֵעַל rei Ez 14:6; acc. pers. + מִן rei Mal 2:6; anger of י׳ (acc.) + מֵעַל pers. Nu 25:11 (P), Pr 24:18, מִן pers. Je 18:20 Ezr 10:14; acc. only, Jb 9:13 ψ 78:38; 106:23; acc. of human anger Pr 15:1; 29:8. e.g. Ezekiel 14:6
- b. late, turn toward, acc. face, ל loc. Dn 11:18, 19, acc. foot, אֶל rei ψ 119:59 (fig.). e.g. Daniel 11:18
- 7. turn against, אֶל־אֵל, c. acc. רוּחֶ֑ךָ Jb 15:13. e.g. Job 15:13
- 8. לֵב, הֵשׁ׳ אֶל־לֵבָב bring back to mind, take into consideration, c. acc. La 3:21, sq. cl. with כִּ׳ Dt 4:39 (cf. Dr), obj. om. 30:1; 1 K 8:47 = 2 Ch 6:37, Is 44:19, + (עַל) 46:8. e.g. Lamentations 3:21
- 9. הֵשִׁיב אֶת־שְׁבוּת פ׳ Je 32:44; 33:7, 11; 49:6; La 2:14; Ez 39:25 + (Qr Hiph., Kt Qal) Je 33:26; 49:39; Jo 4:1 (v. Qal 9). e.g. Jeremiah 32:44
- 10. Hiph. declar., הָשׁ׳ מֵעַל Ez 14:6 = shew a turning away from your idols (i.e. turn away), cf. (מִן) 18:30, abs. הָשׁ׳ וִחְיוּ v 32; of י׳, השׁ׳ מֵחֲרוֹן אַפֶּ֑ךָ ψ 85:4 (but read prob. הֲשִׁיבוֹתָה חֲרוֹן א׳ [6 a supra]); perhaps in physical sense Jon 1:13 (אֶל loc.; We Now sc. אֳנִיָּה, etc.). e.g. Ezekiel 14:6
- 11. reverse, revoke, acc. (sf.) rei, i.e. judgment, Am 1:3, 6, 9, 11, 13; 2:1, 4, 6; blessing Nu 23:20 (poem in E), edict Est 8:5, 8. e.g. Amos 1:3
Hophal
- Pf. 3 ms. הוּשֵׁב Gn 42:28 my money has been returned! cf. Pt. הַכֶּסֶף הַמּוּשָׁב 43:12 (both J); הַמּ׳ לי׳ Nu 5:8 (P) the אָשָׁם which is restored to י׳; pl. מוּשָׁבִים Je 27:16 the vessels are about to be brought back, c. מִן loc.; Impf. 3 ms. וַיּוּשַׁב אֶת־מֹשֶׁה Ex 10:8 (J; cf. Ges§ 121 a, b) Moses was brought back, c. אֶל pers. e.g. Genesis 42:28
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Word origin
vb. turn back, return (NH id.; Hiph. in MI 8 f. 12; Sab. תֿוב, התֿב, especially requite Os ZMG xix (1865), 198 SabDenkm No. 20, l. 1 HomChrest. 122 CIS iv. 81, 1. 9, etc.; Arabic ثَابَ return, so Aramaic תּוּב, ܬܒ );—
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Origin: a primitive root
Jastrow Dictionary
A second Hebrew/Aramaic lexicon for comparison, covering Aramaic and post-biblical (Talmudic, Targumic, Midrashic) usage that the biblical-Hebrew BDB does not. Matched by lemma rather than by Strong’s number, so a lemma may carry more than one Jastrow headword (shown separately below), and the entries cover usage well beyond the Bible.
שׁוּב I
- (b. h.) to go back, come back. Sot. 10ᵇ כל עובר ושָׁב every passer-by (in going or coming back). Gen. R. s. 48, a. fr. העוברים והשָׁבִים the travellers. Lev. R. s. 23 ושָׁבַת נפשו עליו (not עליה) and his soul came back (was restored) to him, i.e. he was reconciled; a. fr.—Esp. to return (to God); to repent. B. Bath. 110ᵃ (play on ש̇ב̇א̇ל̇ I Chr. XXVI, 24) שש̇ב̇ לא̇ל̇ בכל לבו he returned to God with all his heart. Hor. 2ᵃ (ref. to Lev. IV, 22, sq.) השב … לא שב וכ׳ he who repents when he finds out (his wrong) brings a sacrifice for his error; if he does not repent, he is not permitted to sacrifice. Ab. II, 10 ושׁוּב יום וכ׳ repent one day before thy death. Ex. R. s. 42 לעולם מקבלים השבים repentant sinners are accepted at all times; a. fr. e.g. 1 Chronicles 26:24
- 1. to bring back, return, restore. Y. Yoma VIII, 45ᵃ bot. החומץ מֵשִׁיב את הנפש vinegar restores life, is a refreshing drink. Gitt. 51ᵇ, a. e. אינו אלא כמשיב … ופטור he is in that case like one who restores a lost object, and therefore is not bound to make oath. Ib. לית ליה משיב … פטור he is not of the opinion that he who restores a lost object is exempt from making oath; a. fr.
- 2. to reply; to refute. Ab. II, 14 ורע מה שתָּשִׁיב וכ׳ that you may know how to answer the sceptic. Y. Gitt. IX, beg. 50ᵃ נכנסו … להָשִׁיב על דבריו וכ׳ four elders met to refute R. Eliezer’s words; Bab. Gitt. 83ᵃ; Tosef. ib. IX (VII), 1. Y. l. c. אין אתם מְשִׁיבִים את הארי וכ׳ are you not going to refute the lion after he is dead?; Bab. ib. l. c. אין מְשִׁיבִין וכ׳ you dare not refute &c. Y. l. c. ה׳ ר׳ טרפון R. T. argued &c. (Bab. l. c. נענה; Tosef. l. c. אמר). Sabb. 88ᵇ שומעין … משיבין, v. חֶרְפָּה. B. Kam. 63ᵇ, a. e. אין משיבין על הקישא you must not argue against a conclusion from analogy. Ab. Zar. III, 4 אין משיבין במרחץ we must not answer (a religious question) in the bath-house. M. Kat. 21ᵇ מֵשִׁיב ואינו שואל the mourner may answer (a salutation), but must not salute; שואל ומשיב כדרכו he may salute and answer as usual; a. fr.—[Y. Gitt. VIII, 49ᶜ top, in Chald. dict. משיב, v. תּוּב I.]
- 3. to go back with a message. Meg. 15ᵃ; Ab. Zar. 10ᵇ אין משיבין על הקלקלה you need not go back (to him that sent you) to bring bad news.
- to be replied; to refer. Y. B. Kam. II, 3ᵃ top על הראשונה הוּשָׁבָה the modification in the Mishnah (במה דברים אמורים) refers to the first clause only; על כולה הושבה it refers to the whole paragraph. Y. Bicc. II, 65ᵃ top; a. e.
שׁוּב II
- adv. again, furthermore. Nidd. V, 7 ש׳ אין וכ׳ her father has no longer control over her. Sabb. 88ᵇ, sq. ש׳ מה כתיב furthermore, what is written in it?; a. fr.
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Forms in the corpus
The 599 distinct written forms H7725 takes in the Hebrew Bible, most frequent first — each parse links to that stem’s occurrences in the concordance. Hebrew forms include their vowel points and cantillation, so a single lemma takes many written forms.
The 60 most common forms are shown; 539 rarer forms follow in the full concordance.
Same root — word family
Other BDB entries built from the same root as H7725, grouped by Strong’s listed origin. These share a root / origin per the lexicon — not necessarily a shared meaning. Each links to that word’s own entry.
Derived from this word
- משובה mᵉshûwbâh H4878 apostasy
- שובב shôwbâb H7726 backsliding
- שובב shôwbêb H7728 backsliding
- שובה shûwbâh H7729 withdrawal
- שיבה shîybâh H7870 restoration
- תוב tûwb H8421 to return
- תשובה tᵉshûwbâh H8666 answer
Proper names from this root
People and places named from this root — a name, not an additional meaning of the word.
- יושב חסד Yûwshab Cheçed H3142 Jushab-hesed
- ישבי לחם Yâshubîy Lechem H3433 Jashubi-lehem
- ישבעם Yâshobʻâm H3434 Jashobeam
- ישוב Yâshûwb H3437 Jashub
- משובב Mᵉshôwbâb H4877 Meshobab
Compare all same-root words → Showing 4 of 13 — not the complete family. 5 of the same-root words are proper names (people or places). They share a root, not necessarily a meaning.
Septuagint verse parallels
This word appears in 880 verses that also exist in the Greek Old Testament (Septuagint), out of the 952 Hebrew verses it occurs in. You can read those verses in Greek by switching the Old Testament edition to the Septuagint.
Read these verses in the Septuagint
- Genesis 3:19
- Exodus 4:7
- Leviticus 6:4
- Numbers 5:7
- Deuteronomy 1:22
- Joshua 1:15
- Judges 2:19
- Ruth 1:6
- 1 Samuel 1:19
- 2 Samuel 1:1
- 1 Kings 2:16
- 2 Kings 1:5
This is a verse-level parallel only — the same verses exist in both the Hebrew and Greek Old Testaments. No word-level Hebrew↔Greek correspondence is claimed: the data carries no such alignment, so no Greek word is shown as this Hebrew word’s translation. Coverage is not total — the Septuagint omits the deuterocanon and renumbers the Psalms, so some Hebrew verses have no direct Greek parallel.
