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Strong's H7725 שׁוּב (shub)

Shub means “back” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.

Strong's Number H7725
Language Hebrew
Linked Usages 949
Books 38

Strong's H7725 Quick Answer

Strong's H7725 שׁוּב (shuwb) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. shuwb (shoob) v. 1. to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point) 2. (generally) to retreat It has 949 linked Bible usages across 38 books. Visible English usage signals include returned, return, will, they, and turn. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.

Meaning
shuwb (shoob) v. 1. to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point) 2. (generally) to retreat
Usage
949 linked usages
Books
38 indexed books
Corpus
Old Testament
Usage Words
returned, return, will, they, and turn

Meaning and Definition

shuwb (shoob) v. 1. to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point) 2. (generally) to retreat 3.

(often adverbially) again [a primitive root] KJV: ((break, build, circumcise, dig, do anything, do evil, feed, lay down, lie down, lodge, make, rejoice, send, take, weep)) X again, (cause to) answer (+ again), X in any case (wise), X at all, averse, bring (again, back, home again), call (to mind), carry again (back), cease, X certainly, come again (back), X consider, + continually, convert, deliver (again), + deny, draw back, fetch home again, X fro, get (oneself) (back) again, X give (again), go again (back,

home), (go) out, hinder, let, (see) more, X needs, be past, X 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, + say nay, send back, set again, slide back, still, X surely, take back (off), (cause to, make to) turn (again, self again, away, back, back again, backward, from, off), withdraw.

Original Word
שׁוּב
Transliteration
shuwb
Derivation
Root: שׁוב
Morphology
verb

Across Lexicons

How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H7725. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.

Extended Strong's Hebrew Lexicon (Brown-Driver-Briggs based)

to return: return

Usage: : return 1) to return, turn back 1a) (Qal) 1a1) to turn back, return 1a1a) to turn back 1a1b) to return, come or go back 1a1c) to return unto, go back, come back 1a1d) of dying 1a1e) of human relations (fig) 1a1f) of spiritual relations (fig) 1a1f1) to turn back (from God), apostatise 1a1f2) to turn away (of God) 1a1f3) to turn back (to God), repent 1a1f4) turn back (from evil) 1a1g) of inanimate things 1a1h) in repetition 1b) (Polel) 1b1) to bring back 1b2) to restore, refresh, repair (fig) 1b3) to lead away

(enticingly) 1b4) to show turning, apostatise 1c) (Pual) restored (participle) 1d) (Hiphil) to cause to return, bring back 1d1) to bring back, allow to return, put back, draw back, give back, restore, relinquish, give in payment 1d2) to bring back, refresh, restore 1d3) to bring back, report to, answer 1d4) to bring back, make requital, pay (as recompense) 1d5) to turn back or backward, repel, defeat, repulse, hinder, reject, refuse 1d6) to turn away (face), turn toward 1d7) to turn against 1d8) to bring back to

mind 1d9) to show a turning away 1d10) to reverse, revoke 1e) (Hophal) to be returned, be restored, be brought back 1f) (Pulal) brought back

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How Strong's H7725 Is Translated

The English word each shown verse actually uses to render shuwb, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.

returned Genesis 8:9 26× return Genesis 3:19 20× will Genesis 18:10 they Genesis 14:7 turn Genesis 27:44 turned Exodus 4:7 Go Genesis 43:2 away Leviticus 6:4 back Exodus 23:4 restored Genesis 20:14 bring Genesis 37:14 brought Genesis 14:16 certainly Genesis 18:10 have Genesis 43:21 is Genesis 42:28 restore Genesis 40:13

How Strong's H7725 Usage Compares

Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.

  • The largest indexed corpus on this page is Old Testament with 949 linked usages.
  • The linked rows are Old Testament Hebrew usage, grouped by book for fast canonical scanning.

Strong's H7725 by Corpus

Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.

Strong's H7725 in the Old Testament

949 indexed usages in Old Testament.

Genesis 3:19 KJV

In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

Genesis 8:3 KJV

And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.

Genesis 8:7 KJV

And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.

Usage Excerpts

First 120 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H7725.

Genesis 3:19 Old Testament, KJV
In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.
Genesis 8:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the waters returned from off the earth continually: and after the end of the hundred and fifty days the waters were abated.
Genesis 8:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he sent forth a raven, which went forth to and fro, until the waters were dried up from off the earth.
Genesis 8:9 Old Testament, KJV
But the dove found no rest for the sole of her foot, and she returned unto him into the ark, for the waters were on the face of the whole earth: then he put forth his hand, and took her, and pulled her in unto him into the ark.
Genesis 8:12 Old Testament, KJV
And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more.
Genesis 14:7 Old Testament, KJV
And they returned, and came to Enmishpat, which is Kadesh, and smote all the country of the Amalekites, and also the Amorites, that dwelt in Hazezontamar.
Genesis 14:16 Old Testament, KJV
And he brought back all the goods, and also brought again his brother Lot, and his goods, and the women also, and the people.
Genesis 14:17 Old Testament, KJV
And the king of Sodom went out to meet him after his return from the slaughter of Chedorlaomer, and of the kings that were with him, at the valley of Shaveh, which is the king's dale.
Genesis 15:16 Old Testament, KJV
But in the fourth generation they shall come hither again: for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet full.
Genesis 16:9 Old Testament, KJV
And the angel of the LORD said unto her, Return to thy mistress, and submit thyself under her hands.
Genesis 18:10 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, I will certainly return unto thee according to the time of life; and, lo, Sarah thy wife shall have a son. And Sarah heard it in the tent door, which was behind him.
Genesis 18:14 Old Testament, KJV
Is any thing too hard for the LORD? At the time appointed I will return unto thee, according to the time of life, and Sarah shall have a son.
Genesis 18:33 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD went his way, as soon as he had left communing with Abraham: and Abraham returned unto his place.
Genesis 20:7 Old Testament, KJV
Now therefore restore the man his wife; for he is a prophet, and he shall pray for thee, and thou shalt live: and if thou restore her not, know thou that thou shalt surely die, thou, and all that are thine.
Genesis 20:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Abimelech took sheep, and oxen, and menservants, and womenservants, and gave them unto Abraham, and restored him Sarah his wife.
Genesis 21:32 Old Testament, KJV
Thus they made a covenant at Beersheba: then Abimelech rose up, and Phichol the chief captain of his host, and they returned into the land of the Philistines.
Genesis 22:5 Old Testament, KJV
And Abraham said unto his young men, Abide ye here with the ass; and I and the lad will go yonder and worship, and come again to you.
Genesis 22:19 Old Testament, KJV
So Abraham returned unto his young men, and they rose up and went together to Beersheba; and Abraham dwelt at Beersheba.
Genesis 24:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the servant said unto him, Peradventure the woman will not be willing to follow me unto this land: must I needs bring thy son again unto the land from whence thou camest?
Genesis 24:6 Old Testament, KJV
And Abraham said unto him, Beware thou that thou bring not my son thither again.
Genesis 24:8 Old Testament, KJV
And if the woman will not be willing to follow thee, then thou shalt be clear from this my oath: only bring not my son thither again.
Genesis 26:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Isaac digged again the wells of water, which they had digged in the days of Abraham his father; for the Philistines had stopped them after the death of Abraham: and he called their names after the names by which his father had called them.
Genesis 27:44 Old Testament, KJV
And tarry with him a few days, until thy brother's fury turn away;
Genesis 27:45 Old Testament, KJV
Until thy brother's anger turn away from thee, and he forget that which thou hast done to him: then I will send, and fetch thee from thence: why should I be deprived also of you both in one day?
Genesis 28:15 Old Testament, KJV
And, behold, I am with thee, and will keep thee in all places whither thou goest, and will bring thee again into this land; for I will not leave thee, until I have done that which I have spoken to thee of.
Genesis 28:21 Old Testament, KJV
So that I come again to my father's house in peace; then shall the LORD be my God:
Genesis 29:3 Old Testament, KJV
And thither were all the flocks gathered: and they rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place.
Genesis 30:31 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, What shall I give thee? And Jacob said, Thou shalt not give me any thing: if thou wilt do this thing for me, I will again feed and keep thy flock.
Genesis 31:3 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Jacob, Return unto the land of thy fathers, and to thy kindred; and I will be with thee.
Genesis 31:13 Old Testament, KJV
I am the God of Bethel, where thou anointedst the pillar, and where thou vowedst a vow unto me: now arise, get thee out from this land, and return unto the land of thy kindred.
Genesis 31:55 Old Testament, KJV
And early in the morning Laban rose up, and kissed his sons and his daughters, and blessed them: and Laban departed, and returned unto his place.
Genesis 32:6 Old Testament, KJV
And the messengers returned to Jacob, saying, We came to thy brother Esau, and also he cometh to meet thee, and four hundred men with him.
Genesis 32:9 Old Testament, KJV
And Jacob said, O God of my father Abraham, and God of my father Isaac, the LORD which saidst unto me, Return unto thy country, and to thy kindred, and I will deal well with thee:
Genesis 33:16 Old Testament, KJV
So Esau returned that day on his way unto Seir.
Genesis 37:14 Old Testament, KJV
And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. So he sent him out of the vale of Hebron, and he came to Shechem.
Genesis 37:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Reuben said unto them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
Genesis 37:29 Old Testament, KJV
And Reuben returned unto the pit; and, behold, Joseph was not in the pit; and he rent his clothes.
Genesis 37:30 Old Testament, KJV
And he returned unto his brethren, and said, The child is not; and I, whither shall I go?
Genesis 38:22 Old Testament, KJV
And he returned to Judah, and said, I cannot find her; and also the men of the place said, that there was no harlot in this place.
Genesis 38:29 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as he drew back his hand, that, behold, his brother came out: and she said, How hast thou broken forth? this breach be upon thee: therefore his name was called Pharez.
Genesis 40:13 Old Testament, KJV
Yet within three days shall Pharaoh lift up thine head, and restore thee unto thy place: and thou shalt deliver Pharaoh's cup into his hand, after the former manner when thou wast his butler.
Genesis 40:21 Old Testament, KJV
And he restored the chief butler unto his butlership again; and he gave the cup into Pharaoh's hand:
Genesis 41:13 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, as he interpreted to us, so it was; me he restored unto mine office, and him he hanged.
Genesis 42:24 Old Testament, KJV
And he turned himself about from them, and wept; and returned to them again, and communed with them, and took from them Simeon, and bound him before their eyes.
Genesis 42:25 Old Testament, KJV
Then Joseph commanded to fill their sacks with corn, and to restore every man's money into his sack, and to give them provision for the way: and thus did he unto them.
Genesis 42:28 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto his brethren, My money is restored; and, lo, it is even in my sack: and their heart failed them, and they were afraid, saying one to another, What is this that God hath done unto us?
Genesis 42:37 Old Testament, KJV
And Reuben spake unto his father, saying, Slay my two sons, if I bring him not to thee: deliver him into my hand, and I will bring him to thee again.
Genesis 43:2 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when they had eaten up the corn which they had brought out of Egypt, their father said unto them, Go again, buy us a little food.
Genesis 43:10 Old Testament, KJV
For except we had lingered, surely now we had returned this second time.
Genesis 43:12 Old Testament, KJV
And take double money in your hand; and the money that was brought again in the mouth of your sacks, carry it again in your hand; peradventure it was an oversight:
Genesis 43:13 Old Testament, KJV
Take also your brother, and arise, go again unto the man:
Genesis 43:18 Old Testament, KJV
And the men were afraid, because they were brought into Joseph's house; and they said, Because of the money that was returned in our sacks at the first time are we brought in; that he may seek occasion against us, and fall upon us, and take us for bondmen, and our asses.
Genesis 43:21 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when we came to the inn, that we opened our sacks, and, behold, every man's money was in the mouth of his sack, our money in full weight: and we have brought it again in our hand.
Genesis 44:8 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, the money, which we found in our sacks' mouths, we brought again unto thee out of the land of Canaan: how then should we steal out of thy lord's house silver or gold?
Genesis 44:13 Old Testament, KJV
Then they rent their clothes, and laded every man his ass, and returned to the city.
Genesis 44:25 Old Testament, KJV
And our father said, Go again, and buy us a little food.
Genesis 48:21 Old Testament, KJV
And Israel said unto Joseph, Behold, I die: but God shall be with you, and bring you again unto the land of your fathers.
Genesis 50:5 Old Testament, KJV
My father made me swear, saying, Lo, I die: in my grave which I have digged for me in the land of Canaan, there shalt thou bury me. Now therefore let me go up, I pray thee, and bury my father, and I will come again.
Genesis 50:14 Old Testament, KJV
And Joseph returned into Egypt, he, and his brethren, and all that went up with him to bury his father, after he had buried his father.
Genesis 50:15 Old Testament, KJV
And when Joseph's brethren saw that their father was dead, they said, Joseph will peradventure hate us, and will certainly requite us all the evil which we did unto him.
Exodus 4:7 Old Testament, KJV
And he said, Put thine hand into thy bosom again. And he put his hand into his bosom again; and plucked it out of his bosom, and, behold, it was turned again as his other flesh.
Exodus 4:18 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses went and returned to Jethro his father in law, and said unto him, Let me go, I pray thee, and return unto my brethren which are in Egypt, and see whether they be yet alive. And Jethro said to Moses, Go in peace.
Exodus 4:19 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses in Midian, Go, return into Egypt: for all the men are dead which sought thy life.
Exodus 4:20 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses took his wife and his sons, and set them upon an ass, and he returned to the land of Egypt: and Moses took the rod of God in his hand.
Exodus 4:21 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, When thou goest to return into Egypt, see that thou do all those wonders before Pharaoh, which I have put in thine hand: but I will harden his heart, that he shall not let the people go.
Exodus 5:22 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, LORD, wherefore hast thou so evil entreated this people? why is it that thou hast sent me?
Exodus 10:8 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses and Aaron were brought again unto Pharaoh: and he said unto them, Go, serve the LORD your God: but who are they that shall go?
Exodus 13:17 Old Testament, KJV
And it came to pass, when Pharaoh had let the people go, that God led them not through the way of the land of the Philistines, although that was near; for God said, Lest peradventure the people repent when they see war, and they return to Egypt:
Exodus 14:2 Old Testament, KJV
Speak unto the children of Israel, that they turn and encamp before Pihahiroth, between Migdol and the sea, over against Baalzephon: before it shall ye encamp by the sea.
Exodus 14:26 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Stretch out thine hand over the sea, that the waters may come again upon the Egyptians, upon their chariots, and upon their horsemen.
Exodus 14:27 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses stretched forth his hand over the sea, and the sea returned to his strength when the morning appeared; and the Egyptians fled against it; and the LORD overthrew the Egyptians in the midst of the sea.
Exodus 14:28 Old Testament, KJV
And the waters returned, and covered the chariots, and the horsemen, and all the host of Pharaoh that came into the sea after them; there remained not so much as one of them.
Exodus 15:19 Old Testament, KJV
For the horse of Pharaoh went in with his chariots and with his horsemen into the sea, and the LORD brought again the waters of the sea upon them; but the children of Israel went on dry land in the midst of the sea.
Exodus 19:8 Old Testament, KJV
And all the people answered together, and said, All that the LORD hath spoken we will do. And Moses returned the words of the people unto the LORD.
Exodus 21:34 Old Testament, KJV
The owner of the pit shall make it good, and give money unto the owner of them; and the dead beast shall be his.
Exodus 22:26 Old Testament, KJV
If thou at all take thy neighbour's raiment to pledge, thou shalt deliver it unto him by that the sun goeth down:
Exodus 23:4 Old Testament, KJV
If thou meet thine enemy's ox or his ass going astray, thou shalt surely bring it back to him again.
Exodus 24:14 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto the elders, Tarry ye here for us, until we come again unto you: and, behold, Aaron and Hur are with you: if any man have any matters to do, let him come unto them.
Exodus 32:12 Old Testament, KJV
Wherefore should the Egyptians speak, and say, For mischief did he bring them out, to slay them in the mountains, and to consume them from the face of the earth? Turn from thy fierce wrath, and repent of this evil against thy people.
Exodus 32:27 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto them, Thus saith the LORD God of Israel, Put every man his sword by his side, and go in and out from gate to gate throughout the camp, and slay every man his brother, and every man his companion, and every man his neighbour.
Exodus 32:31 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses returned unto the LORD, and said, Oh, this people have sinned a great sin, and have made them gods of gold.
Exodus 33:11 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD spake unto Moses face to face, as a man speaketh unto his friend. And he turned again into the camp: but his servant Joshua, the son of Nun, a young man, departed not out of the tabernacle.
Exodus 34:31 Old Testament, KJV
And Moses called unto them; and Aaron and all the rulers of the congregation returned unto him: and Moses talked with them.
Exodus 34:35 Old Testament, KJV
And the children of Israel saw the face of Moses, that the skin of Moses' face shone: and Moses put the vail upon his face again, until he went in to speak with him.
Leviticus 6:4 Old Testament, KJV
Then it shall be, because he hath sinned, and is guilty, that he shall restore that which he took violently away, or the thing which he hath deceitfully gotten, or that which was delivered him to keep, or the lost thing which he found,
Leviticus 13:16 Old Testament, KJV
Or if the raw flesh turn again, and be changed unto white, he shall come unto the priest;
Leviticus 14:39 Old Testament, KJV
And the priest shall come again the seventh day, and shall look: and, behold, if the plague be spread in the walls of the house;
Leviticus 14:43 Old Testament, KJV
And if the plague come again, and break out in the house, after that he hath taken away the stones, and after he hath scraped the house, and after it is plaistered;
Leviticus 22:13 Old Testament, KJV
But if the priest's daughter be a widow, or divorced, and have no child, and is returned unto her father's house, as in her youth, she shall eat of her father's meat: but there shall be no stranger eat thereof.
Leviticus 25:10 Old Testament, KJV
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
Leviticus 25:13 Old Testament, KJV
In the year of this jubile ye shall return every man unto his possession.
Leviticus 25:27 Old Testament, KJV
Then let him count the years of the sale thereof, and restore the overplus unto the man to whom he sold it; that he may return unto his possession.
Leviticus 25:28 Old Testament, KJV
But if he be not able to restore it to him, then that which is sold shall remain in the hand of him that hath bought it until the year of jubile: and in the jubile it shall go out, and he shall return unto his possession.
Leviticus 25:41 Old Testament, KJV
And then shall he depart from thee, both he and his children with him, and shall return unto his own family, and unto the possession of his fathers shall he return.
Leviticus 25:51 Old Testament, KJV
If there be yet many years behind, according unto them he shall give again the price of his redemption out of the money that he was bought for.
Leviticus 25:52 Old Testament, KJV
And if there remain but few years unto the year of jubile, then he shall count with him, and according unto his years shall he give him again the price of his redemption.
Leviticus 26:26 Old Testament, KJV
And when I have broken the staff of your bread, ten women shall bake your bread in one oven, and they shall deliver you your bread again by weight: and ye shall eat, and not be satisfied.
Leviticus 27:24 Old Testament, KJV
In the year of the jubile the field shall return unto him of whom it was bought, even to him to whom the possession of the land did belong.
Numbers 5:7 Old Testament, KJV
Then they shall confess their sin which they have done: and he shall recompense his trespass with the principal thereof, and add unto it the fifth part thereof, and give it unto him against whom he hath trespassed.
Numbers 5:8 Old Testament, KJV
But if the man have no kinsman to recompense the trespass unto, let the trespass be recompensed unto the LORD, even to the priest; beside the ram of the atonement, whereby an atonement shall be made for him.
Numbers 8:25 Old Testament, KJV
And from the age of fifty years they shall cease waiting upon the service thereof, and shall serve no more:
Numbers 10:36 Old Testament, KJV
And when it rested, he said, Return, O LORD, unto the many thousands of Israel.
Numbers 11:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the mixt multitude that was among them fell a lusting: and the children of Israel also wept again, and said, Who shall give us flesh to eat?
Numbers 13:25 Old Testament, KJV
And they returned from searching of the land after forty days.
Numbers 13:26 Old Testament, KJV
And they went and came to Moses, and to Aaron, and to all the congregation of the children of Israel, unto the wilderness of Paran, to Kadesh; and brought back word unto them, and unto all the congregation, and shewed them the fruit of the land.
Numbers 14:3 Old Testament, KJV
And wherefore hath the LORD brought us unto this land, to fall by the sword, that our wives and our children should be a prey? were it not better for us to return into Egypt?
Numbers 14:4 Old Testament, KJV
And they said one to another, Let us make a captain, and let us return into Egypt.
Numbers 14:36 Old Testament, KJV
And the men, which Moses sent to search the land, who returned, and made all the congregation to murmur against him, by bringing up a slander upon the land,
Numbers 14:43 Old Testament, KJV
For the Amalekites and the Canaanites are there before you, and ye shall fall by the sword: because ye are turned away from the LORD, therefore the LORD will not be with you.
Numbers 16:50 Old Testament, KJV
And Aaron returned unto Moses unto the door of the tabernacle of the congregation: and the plague was stayed.
Numbers 17:10 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Bring Aaron's rod again before the testimony, to be kept for a token against the rebels; and thou shalt quite take away their murmurings from me, that they die not.
Numbers 18:9 Old Testament, KJV
This shall be thine of the most holy things, reserved from the fire: every oblation of their's, every meat offering of their's, and every sin offering of their's, and every trespass offering of their's which they shall render unto me, shall be most holy for thee and for thy sons.
Numbers 22:8 Old Testament, KJV
And he said unto them, Lodge here this night, and I will bring you word again, as the LORD shall speak unto me: and the princes of Moab abode with Balaam.
Numbers 22:34 Old Testament, KJV
And Balaam said unto the angel of the LORD, I have sinned; for I knew not that thou stoodest in the way against me: now therefore, if it displease thee, I will get me back again.
Numbers 23:5 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD put a word in Balaam's mouth, and said, Return unto Balak, and thus thou shalt speak.
Numbers 23:6 Old Testament, KJV
And he returned unto him, and, lo, he stood by his burnt sacrifice, he, and all the princes of Moab.
Numbers 23:16 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD met Balaam, and put a word in his mouth, and said, Go again unto Balak, and say thus.
Numbers 23:20 Old Testament, KJV
Behold, I have received commandment to bless: and he hath blessed; and I cannot reverse it.
Numbers 24:25 Old Testament, KJV
And Balaam rose up, and went and returned to his place: and Balak also went his way.
Numbers 25:4 Old Testament, KJV
And the LORD said unto Moses, Take all the heads of the people, and hang them up before the LORD against the sun, that the fierce anger of the LORD may be turned away from Israel.

All Indexed Usage Links

Every indexed verse link for Strong's H7725, grouped by book.

Genesis 60 usages, Old Testament
Exodus 24 usages, Old Testament
Leviticus 14 usages, Old Testament
Numbers 30 usages, Old Testament
Deuteronomy 31 usages, Old Testament
Joshua 33 usages, Old Testament
Judges 27 usages, Old Testament
Ruth 13 usages, Old Testament
1 Samuel 43 usages, Old Testament
2 Samuel 47 usages, Old Testament
1 Kings 54 usages, Old Testament
2 Kings 53 usages, Old Testament
1 Chronicles 5 usages, Old Testament
2 Chronicles 53 usages, Old Testament
Ezra 4 usages, Old Testament
Nehemiah 18 usages, Old Testament
Esther 8 usages, Old Testament
Job 38 usages, Old Testament
Psalms 67 usages, Old Testament
Proverbs 23 usages, Old Testament
Ecclesiastes 9 usages, Old Testament
Song of Solomon 1 usage, Old Testament
Isaiah 50 usages, Old Testament
Jeremiah 91 usages, Old Testament
Lamentations 13 usages, Old Testament
Ezekiel 52 usages, Old Testament
Daniel 12 usages, Old Testament
Hosea 21 usages, Old Testament
Joel 6 usages, Old Testament
Amos 15 usages, Old Testament
Obadiah 1 usage, Old Testament
Jonah 4 usages, Old Testament
Micah 4 usages, Old Testament
Nahum 1 usage, Old Testament
Habakkuk 1 usage, Old Testament
Zephaniah 2 usages, Old Testament
Zechariah 16 usages, Old Testament
Malachi 5 usages, Old Testament

Strong's H7725 FAQ

What does shub (שׁוּב) mean?

Shub (Strong's H7725) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "back". shuwb (shoob) v. 1. to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point) 2. (generally) to retreat

How many times is shub (שׁוּב) used in the Bible?

This page currently indexes 949 linked usages for Strong's H7725 across 38 books.

Where can I study shub (שׁוּב) in context?

Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H7725 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.

What English words translate shub (שׁוּב)?

The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as returned, return, will, they, turn, and turned. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.