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Strong's H7725 · Hebrew

shuwb

shoob

a primitive root; 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


Scholarly Lexicons

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB)

H7725

H7725 שׁוּב turn back , return .— turn back , return : . turn back . return , come or go back . esp. return unto . . of dying . of revival from death . fig. of human relations: . return to leader, king . = change so as to appoach (in purpose, desire) . turn , i.e. resort to . return to a physical condition . abs. = change course of action . fig., specif. of spiritual relations: . turn back from God = apostatize . of י׳ , turn away . turn back to God (= seek penitently) . abs. repent . turn back from evil . of י׳ . of י׳ , return (to shew favour) . of inanimate things (sts. personified, or treated as things of life): . denoting repetition, etc. . trans. . . bring back . . fig. restore , refresh . restore , repair . lead away (enticingly) . shew turning = apostatize . cause to return , bring back . . bring back into bondage . put back . = draw back . = give back , restore . = relinguish . = give in payment , requital . bring one back (from dead) . . bring back heart . = refresh . bring back words of people . . bring back (in retribution) upon . pay as recompense . turn back , backward = repel, defeat . . turn away face . late, turn toward , acc. face . turn against . bring back to mind , take into consideration . = shew a turning away from your idols (i.e. turn away) . reverse , revoke = repel, defeat . my money has been returned

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon (BDB), 1906 — public domain

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