שׁוּבshûwb

Qal: turn back, return (Genesis 18:33; Ruth 1:15; Ezekiel 46:17)

1. turn back (Judges 3:19; Judges 8:13; Judges 7:3)

2. return, come or go back (1 Samuel 17:15; 2 Samuel 10:14; 2 Kings 18:14)

3. especially return unto

a. go back (Numbers 23:5; Numbers 23:16; 2 Kings 1:6)

b. come back (Genesis 8:9; Exodus 24:14; 1 Samuel 23:23)

4.

a. of dying (Genesis 3:19; Psalms 104:29; Ecclesiastes 3:20)

b. of revival from death (Job 7:10; Job 10:21; Job 16:22)

5. figurative of human relations

a. return (Judges 11:8; 1 Kings 12:27; Jeremiah 3:1)

b. = change so as to approach (in purpose, desire) (Jeremiah 15:9)

c. turn, i.e. resort to (Psalms 119:79)

d. return (Job 33:25; Isaiah 23:17; Ezekiel 16:55)

e. = change course of action (2 Kings 24:1; Jeremiah 34:11; Jeremiah 34:16)

f. = averse (Micah 2:8)

6. figurative, specifically of spiritual relations

a. turn back, from God, = apostatize (Numbers 14:43; 1 Samuel 15:11; 1 Kings 9:6)

b. of ׳ י, turn away (Deuteronomy 23:15)

c. turn back, to God (= seek penitently) (Hosea 6:1; Hosea 7:10; Hosea 14:3)

d. repent (Hosea 3:15; Hosea 11:5; Isaiah 6:10)

e. turn back, from evil (1 Kings 8:35; 1 Kings 13:33; Jeremiah 15:7)

f. of ׳ י (Exodus 32:12; Deuteronomy 13:18; Joshua 7:26)

g. of ׳ י, return (to shew favour) (Genesis 18:10; Genesis 18:14; Zechariah 1:3)

h. of ׳ י, turn back from (מִן) judgment (Jeremiah 4:28; Psalms 132:11; Jeremiah 32:40)

7. of inanimate things (sometimes personified, or treated as things of life)

a. as perceptibly moving (Genesis 8:3; Joshua 4:18; Exodus 14:26)

b. field, = be brought back (Genesis 43:18; 1 Samuel 5:11; Ezekiel 46:17)

c. = be turned into (Isaiah 29:17; Micah 1:7)

d. return (Isaiah 45:23; Isaiah 55:11; Psalms 35:13)

e. turn away, depart (Proverbs 25:10)

f. (in recompense), of crime, evil, etc. (1 Kings 2:33; Obadiah 1:15; Psalms 7:17)

g. judgement (-giving) shall return to (עַד) righteousness (be in accord therewith) (Psalms 94:15)

h. of boundary, = change (sometimes reverse) direction (Joshua 19:12; Joshua 19:34; Joshua 19:27)

i. be restored to healthy condition (1 Kings 13:6; Exodus 4:7; 2 Kings 5:10)

8. return, denoting repetition, etc. (Genesis 26:18; Genesis 30:31; Numbers 11:4)

9. in phrase ׳ שׁ שְׁבוּת restore captivity of, etc. (Isaiah 52:8; Psalms 85:5; Nahum 2:3)

Po`el

1. bring back (Jeremiah 50:19; Ezekiel 39:27; Isaiah 49:5)

2.

a. restore, refresh (Psalms 23:3)

b. restore, repair (Isaiah 58:12)

3. lead away, (enticingly) (Ezekiel 38:4; Ezekiel 39:2; Isaiah 47:10)

8 shew turning, = apostatize (compare Hiph`il 8) (Jeremiah 8:5)

Pu`lal: restored (Ezekiel 38:8)

Hiph`il: cause to return, bring back (Genesis 41:13; Genesis 40:13; Deuteronomy 28:68)

1.

a. bring back, allow to return (Genesis 24:5; Genesis 28:15; Genesis 42:37)

b. put back (Genesis 29:3; Exodus 34:35; 1 Samuel 5:3)

c. draw back (Genesis 38:29; 1 Kings 13:4; Joshua 8:26)

d. give back, restore (Genesis 20:14; Genesis 20:7; Exodus 23:4)

e. = relinquish (Job 20:10)

f. = give in payment, requital (1 Samuel 6:8; 1 Samuel 6:17; 2 Kings 17:3)

g. bring one back (2 Samuel 12:23; Job 33:20; Job 10:9)

2.

a. bring back (Malachi 3:24; Lamentations 5:21; Nehemiah 9:26)

b. = refresh (Lamentations 1:11; Lamentations 1:16; Lamentations 1:19)

3. bring back (Exodus 19:8; Genesis 37:14; Numbers 13:26)

4.

a. bring back, (in retribution, compare Qal 7.f.) (Judges 9:56; Judges 9:5; 1 Samuel 25:39)

b. pay as recompense (Exodus 21:34; Deuteronomy 32:41; Deuteronomy 32:43)

5. turn back, backward, = repel, defeat (2 Kings 18:24; Isaiah 36:9; Isaiah 28:6)

6.

a. turn away (Ezekiel 14:6; Malachi 2:6; Numbers 25:11)

b. turn toward (Daniel 11:18; Daniel 11:19; Psalms 119:59)

7. turn against (Job 15:43)

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