שׁוּב (shûwb) — Again
Hebrew word study: שׁוּב (shûwb), Strong's H7725. to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the startin
Approximate — computer-generated, not a recording of historical speech.
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
KJV translation words: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.
Strong's H7725 is tagged on 1,057 words in 953 verses across 38 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 3:19 and last appears in Malachi 4:6.
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Verses (first 25 of 953)
- Genesis 3:19 — שׁוּבְךָ — return you
- Genesis 8:3 — וַיָּשֻׁבוּ — and they turned back
- Genesis 8:7 — וָשׁוֹב — and returned
- Genesis 8:9 — וַתָּשָׁב — and it returned
- Genesis 8:12 — שׁוּב — to return
- Genesis 14:7 — וַיָּשֻׁבוּ — and they turned back
- Genesis 14:16 — וַיָּשֶׁב — and he brought back
- Genesis 14:17 — שׁוּבוֹ — returned he
- Genesis 15:16 — יָשׁוּבוּ — they will return
- Genesis 16:9 — שׁוּבִי — return
- Genesis 18:10 — שׁוֹב — certainly to return
- Genesis 18:14 — אָשׁוּב — I will return
- Genesis 18:33 — שָׁב — he returned
- Genesis 20:7 — הָשֵׁב — return
- Genesis 20:14 — וַיָּשֶׁב — and he restored
- Genesis 21:32 — וַיָּשֻׁבוּ — and they returned
- Genesis 22:5 — וְנָשׁוּבָה — and we will return
- Genesis 22:19 — וַיָּשָׁב — and he returned
- Genesis 24:5 — הֶהָשֵׁב — ¿ really to take back
- Genesis 24:6 — תָּשִׁיב — you should take back
- Genesis 24:8 — תָשֵׁב — you must take back
- Genesis 26:18 — וַיָּשָׁב — and he returned
- Genesis 27:44 — תָּשׁוּב — it will turn back
- Genesis 27:45 — שׁוּב — turns back
- Genesis 28:15 — וַהֲשִׁבֹתִיךָ — and I will bring back you
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Related entries
Entries whose derivation names this word: H475 אֶלְיָשִׁיב (ʼElyâshîyb), H3142 יוּשַׁב חֶסֶד (Yûwshab Cheçed), H3433 יָשֻׁבִי לֶחֶם (Yâshubîy Lechem), H3434 יָשׇׁבְעָם (Yâshobʻâm), H3437 יָשׁוּב (Yâshûwb), H4877 מְשׁוֹבָב (Mᵉshôwbâb), H4878 מְשׁוּבָה (mᵉshûwbâh), H7610 שְׁאָר יָשׁוּב (Shᵉʼâr Yâshûwb), H7619 שְׁבוּאֵל (Shᵉbûwʼêl), H7726 שׁוֹבָב (shôwbâb), H7728 שׁוֹבֵב (shôwbêb), H7729 שׁוּבָה (shûwbâh) and 3 more.
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Frequently asked questions
What does shûwb (H7725) mean?
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.
How is H7725 translated in the KJV?
The KJV translates H7725 as: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) [idiom] again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), [idiom] in any case (wise), [idiom] at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, [idiom] certainly, come again (back), [idiom] consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, [idiom] fro, get (oneself) (back) again, [idiom] give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, [idiom] needs, be past, [idiom] pay, pervert, pull in again, put (again, up again), recall, recompense, recover, refresh, relieve, render (again), requite, rescue, restore, retrieve, (cause to, make to) return, reverse, reward, [phrase] say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, [idiom] surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw..
How often does שׁוּב (shûwb) appear?
Strong's H7725 is tagged on 1,057 words in 953 verses across 38 books of the word-by-word Hebrew and Aramaic Old Testament text on this site. It first appears in Genesis 3:19 and last appears in Malachi 4:6.
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