Returning
שׁוּבָהStrong’s H7729shuvah (shu-vah)
Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament
In short
Shuvah is the Hebrew word usually translated “returning”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.
“For thus saith the Lord GOD, the Holy One of Israel; In returning and rest shall ye be saved; in quietness and in confidence shall be your strength: and ye would not.”
Meaning
- Retirement, withdrawal
How it's translated
- in returning 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Isaiah 1
1 book in all.
Related words
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Hebrew dictionary
שׁוּבָה shuvah · returning
retirement, withdrawal
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “returning” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
RETURN'ING, participle present
tense Giving, carrying or sending back; coming or going back; making report.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.