שׁוּבָה
shûwbâh · H7729 · Hebrew · 1 occurrence
Meanings
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returning, repentance
Literally: turning; hence: process by which humans change their mind about a certain matter, which usually results in a different course of action
ExamplesIsaiah 30:15 For this is what the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel, has said: “In repentance and rest you will be saved, In quietness and trust is your strength.” But you were not willing,
How it’s used In 1 role
Every occurrence, grouped by the words it is grammatically related to.
the word studied the word it goes with
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1 occurrences in 1 groups
- בin/on/with 2
When two words share a role, as in “Paul and Barnabas said”, the verse appears under each, so a section’s counts can add up to more than the number of occurrences.
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Contrasting words 2 words
- סוּר çûwr · H5493 · to make a turn, to cause to make a turn
- Lexical opposite: שׁוּבָה denotes returning/coming back, while סוּר denotes turning away/departing from a place or path.
- הָלַךְ hâlak · H1980 · to move, to go, to walk
- Directional opposite: שׁוּבָה emphasizes the motion of returning to a point of origin, while הָלַךְ emphasizes motion away or forward from a starting point.
In the other Testament 1 word
- ἐπιστροφή epistrophḗ · G1995 · turning to, coming to believe, acceptance
- Greek noun denoting the act of turning or returning, especially in the spiritual sense of conversion; directly parallel to the Hebrew abstract noun for 'returning.'
Semantic domains 1 entry
- Think002004002013
- In its one occurrence, Isaiah 30:15, the word names the reflective turning of repentance: "in repentance and rest you will be saved" — a change of heart and mind rather than mere physical motion.
Word family 8 words
Words formed from the same root. They share a form, not always a meaning.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon H7729. shubah שׁוּבָה noun feminine retirement, withdrawal (from war, etc., compare Mic…
Topical studies with this word 1 entry
Meanings adapted from the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament, © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0 and the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew (from the Semantic Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew), © United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0; MACULA Greek Linguistic Datasets, available at https://github.com/Clear-Bible/macula-greek/, licensed CC BY 4.0; MACULA Hebrew Linguistic Datasets © 2022-2024 by Biblica, Inc., CC BY 4.0. Westminster Leningrad Codex (tanach.us). OpenScriptures Hebrew Bible morphology (hb.openscriptures.org), CC BY 4.0.
Sources
eRhema lexical overview, based on the UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew and the UBS Dictionary of the Greek New Testament (© United Bible Societies, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Macula Hebrew and Greek (Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0); released under CC BY-SA 4.0
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