Strong's Number H7725

שׁוּב

shuwb · shoob

Transliteration:

shuwb{shoob}

Word Origin:

a primitive root

TWOT:

2340

Part of Speech:

verb

Strong's Definition:

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

Usage in the KJV:

return 393, ...again 248, turn 123, ...back 65, ...away 56, restore 39, bring 25, render 19, answer 18, recompense 8, recover 6, deliver 5, put 6, withdraw 2, requite 4, misc 40

Total: 1066
Occurs 1057 times in the Hebrew text.

Definition:

to return, turn back
1. (Qal)
  1. to turn back, return
    1. to turn back
    2. to return, come or go back
    3. to return unto, go back, come back
    4. of dying
    5. of human relations (fig)
    6. of spiritual relations (fig)
      1. to turn back (from God), apostatise
      2. to turn away (of God)
      3. to turn back (to God), repent
      4. turn back (from evil)
    7. of inanimate things
    8. in repetition
2. (Polel)
  1. to bring back
  2. to restore, refresh, repair (fig)
  3. to lead away (enticingly)
  4. to show turning, apostatise
3. (Pual) restored (participle)
4. (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back
  1. to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment
  2. to bring back, refresh, restore
  3. to bring back, report to, answer
  4. to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense)
  5. to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse
  6. to turn away (face), turn toward
  7. to turn against
  8. to bring back to mind
  9. to show a turning away
  10. to reverse, revoke
5. (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back
6. (Pulal) brought back