Hebrew noun (feminine) · H8666
תְּשׁוּבָה
teshubahtesh-oo-baw'
turn
8 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: tᵉshûwbâh
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H8666is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 6 of 39Old Testament books
- 7spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H8666
a recurrence (of time or place); a reply (as returned)
The King James renders it: answer, be expired, return.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
teshubah is rendered "turn". It stands 8 times in the Hebrew text, across six books.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Kings, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 7:17Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
- The Greek text spells it seven different ways.
The first use
Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
1 Samuel 7:17וּתְשֻׁבָת֤וֹ
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Two of the word's eight uses are in 1 Kings.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- to return of3
- and answers your1
- and return his1
- and to return of1
- answers1
- return of1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| תְּשׁוּעָה | teshuah | deliverance: salvation | Uses34 |
| תְּשִׁיעִי | teshii | ninth | Uses18 |
| תְּשֻׁאָה | teshuah | shout | Uses4 |
| תְּשׁוּקָה | teshuqah | desire | Uses3 |
| תְּשׂוּמֶת | tesumeth | security | Uses1 |
| תְּשׁוּרָה | teshurah | present | Uses1 |
All 8, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
7 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- לִתְשׁוּבַ֣ת2
- וְלִתְשׁוּבַ֣ת1
- וּתְשֻׁבָת֤וֹ1
- וּ֝תְשֽׁוּבֹתֵיכֶ֗ם1
- לִתְשׁוּבַ֨ת1
- תְּ֝שֻׁבֹ֗ת1
- תְּשׁוּבַ֨ת1
The grammar of each form
- preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)3HR/Ncfsc
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1HC/Ncfpc/Sp2mp
- conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singular1HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms
- conjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HC/R/Ncfsc
- noun · feminine plural1HNcfpa
- noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
1 Samuel
one use
Then he would return to Ramah because his home was there, and there he judged Israel and built an altar to the LORD.
- וּתְשֻׁבָת֤וֹuteshuvatoconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: and return his
2 Samuel
one use
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, David sent out Joab and his servants with the whole army of Israel. They destroyed the Ammonites and besieged Rabbah, but David remained in Jerusalem.
- לִתְשׁוּבַ֨תlitshuvatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to return of
1 Kings
two uses
Afterward, the prophet approached the king of Israel and said, “Go and strengthen your position, and take note what you must do, for in the spring the king of Aram will come up against you.”
- לִתְשׁוּבַ֣תlitshuvatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to return of
In the spring, Ben-hadad mobilized the Arameans and went up to Aphek to fight against Israel.
- לִתְשׁוּבַ֣תlitshuvatpreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to return of
1 Chronicles
one use
In the spring, at the time when kings march out to war, Joab led out the army and ravaged the land of the Ammonites. He came to Rabbah and besieged it, but David remained in Jerusalem. And Joab attacked Rabbah and demolished it.
- תְּשׁוּבַ֨תteshuvatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: return of
2 Chronicles
one use
In the spring, King Nebuchadnezzar summoned Jehoiachin and brought him to Babylon, along with the articles of value from the house of the LORD. And he made Jehoiachin’s relative Zedekiah king over Judah and Jerusalem.
- וְלִתְשׁוּבַ֣תvelitshuvatconjunction (“and”) + preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: and to return of
Job
two uses
So how can you comfort me with empty words? For your answers remain full of falsehood.”
- וּ֝תְשֽׁוּבֹתֵיכֶ֗םuteshuvoteikhemconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: and answers your
If only Job were tried to the utmost for answering like a wicked man.
- תְּ֝שֻׁבֹ֗תteshuvotnoun · feminine pluraltagged: answers
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.