Hebrew word study

שׁוּבshûwb — to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively…

Pronounced “shoob”

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

Translated in the King James as: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) again, (cause to) answer ([phrase] again), in any case (wise), at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, certainly, come again (back), consider, [phrase] continually, convert, deliver (again), [phrase] deny, draw back, fetch home again, fro, get (oneself) (back) again, give (again), go again (back, home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, needs, be past, 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, surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.

Appears 1,050 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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