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It signifies a change of mind and heart, a turning away from sin and a return to God. In the Hebrew Bible, it is frequently used to describe the act of repentance, where individuals or the nation of Israel turn back to God after a period of disobedience or idolatry.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israel, the concept of repentance was deeply embedded in the covenant relationship between God and His people. The Law and the Prophets consistently called the Israelites to return to God, emphasizing that repentance was not merely an emotional response but a decisive action to realign one's life with God's will. The Day of Atonement (Yom Kippur) was a significant time for national repentance and seeking God's forgiveness.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>from <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm">shub</a><br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>a return, answer<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>answers (2), return (1), spring (2), turn (3).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">תְּשׁוּבָה</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>noun feminine</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>return, answer</b></font>; — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1</b></font> suffix <font class="hebrew2">וּתְשֻׁבָתוֺ הָרָמָ֫תָה</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/7-17.htm">1 Samuel 7:17</a> <em>and his return was</em> (=he returned) <em>to Rama.</em> <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> especially construct <font class="hebrew2">לִתְשׁוּבַת</font> <font class="hebrew2">הַשָּׁנָה</font> <em>at the return of the year</em>, i.e. of spring, <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/11-1.htm">2 Samuel 11:1</a>; <a href="/interlinear/1_kings/20-22.htm">1 Kings 20:22,26</a>; 2Chronicles 36:10, <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">הַשּׁ</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">לְעֵת תְּשׁ</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/20-1.htm">1 Chronicles 20:1</a> ("" <a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/11-1.htm">2 Samuel 11:1</a>). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>3</b></font> <em>answer</em>, plural absolute <font class="hebrew2">תְּשֻׁבֹת</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/34-36.htm">Job 34:36</a>, suffix <font class="hebrew2">תְּשׁוּבֹתֵיכֶם</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/21-34.htm">Job 21:34</a>. <p><font class="hebrew2">שׁוּבָאֵל</font> see <font class="hebrew2">שְׁבוּאֵל</font> (compare Sabean proper name <font class="hebrew2">תֿובאל</font> Os<sup>ZMG xix (1865), 198 n.</sup> Hal<sup>485</sup> DHM<sup>ZMG xxxvii (1883), 16</sup>).<br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>answer, be expired, return <p>Or tshubah {tesh-oo-baw'}; from <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm">shuwb</a>; a recurrence (of time or place); a reply (as returned) -- answer, be expired, return. <p>see HEBREW <a href="/hebrew/7725.htm">shuwb</a> <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וְלִתְשׁוּבַ֣ת וּ֝תְשֽׁוּבֹתֵיכֶ֗ם וּתְשֻׁבָת֤וֹ ולתשובת ותשבתו ותשובתיכם לִתְשׁוּבַ֣ת לִתְשׁוּבַ֨ת לתשובת תְּ֝שֻׁבֹ֗ת תְּשׁוּבַ֨ת תשבת תשובת liṯ·šū·ḇaṯ litshuVat liṯšūḇaṯ tə·šū·ḇaṯ tə·šu·ḇōṯ teshuVat teshuVot təšūḇaṯ təšuḇōṯ ū·ṯə·šu·ḇā·ṯōw ū·ṯə·šū·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem uteshuvaTo uteshuvoteiChem ūṯəšuḇāṯōw ūṯəšūḇōṯêḵem velitshuVat wə·liṯ·šū·ḇaṯ wəliṯšūḇaṯ<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/7-17.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 7:17</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> וּתְשֻׁבָת֤וֹ </b> הָרָמָ֙תָה֙ כִּֽי־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">Then his return</span> [was] to Ramah,<br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">And his return</span> [was] to Ramah;<br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/7-17.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">his return</span> Ramah for<p><b><a href="/text/2_samuel/11-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Samuel 11:1</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/11.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וַיְהִי֩ <b> לִתְשׁוּבַ֨ת </b> הַשָּׁנָ֜ה לְעֵ֣ת ׀</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_samuel/11.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Then it happened <span class="itali">in the spring,</span> at the time<br><a href="/kjvs/2_samuel/11.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And it came to pass, after the year <span class="itali">was expired,</span> at the time<br><a href="/interlinear/2_samuel/11-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> happened <span class="itali">the spring</span> the year the time<p><b><a href="/text/1_kings/20-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Kings 20:22</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/20.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">תַּעֲשֶׂ֑ה כִּ֚י <b> לִתְשׁוּבַ֣ת </b> הַשָּׁנָ֔ה מֶ֥לֶךְ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_kings/20.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> you have to do; <span class="itali">for at the turn</span> of the year<br><a href="/kjvs/1_kings/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> what thou doest: <span class="itali">for at the return</span> of the year<br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/20-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> do at <span class="itali">the turn</span> of the year the king<p><b><a href="/text/1_kings/20-26.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Kings 20:26</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/20.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> וַֽיְהִי֙ <b> לִתְשׁוּבַ֣ת </b> הַשָּׁנָ֔ה וַיִּפְקֹ֥ד</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_kings/20.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">At the turn</span> of the year, Ben-hadad<br><a href="/kjvs/1_kings/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">And it came to pass at the return</span> of the year,<br><a href="/interlinear/1_kings/20-26.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> become <span class="itali">the turn</span> of the year mustered<p><b><a href="/text/1_chronicles/20-1.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Chronicles 20:1</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/20.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וַיְהִ֡י לְעֵת֩ <b> תְּשׁוּבַ֨ת </b> הַשָּׁנָ֜ה לְעֵ֣ת ׀</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_chronicles/20.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Then it happened <span class="itali">in the spring,</span> at the time<br><a href="/kjvs/1_chronicles/20.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> the year <span class="itali">was expired,</span> at the time<br><a href="/interlinear/1_chronicles/20-1.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> happened the time <span class="itali">the spring</span> the year the time<p><b><a href="/text/2_chronicles/36-10.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">2 Chronicles 36:10</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/36.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> וְלִתְשׁוּבַ֣ת </b> הַשָּׁנָ֗ה שָׁלַח֙</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/2_chronicles/36.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">At the turn</span> of the year King<br><a href="/kjvs/2_chronicles/36.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> And when the year <span class="itali">was expired,</span> king<br><a href="/interlinear/2_chronicles/36-10.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">the turn</span> of the year sent<p><b><a href="/text/job/21-34.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 21:34</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/21.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">תְּנַחֲמ֣וּנִי הָ֑בֶל <b> וּ֝תְשֽׁוּבֹתֵיכֶ֗ם </b> נִשְׁאַר־ מָֽעַל׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/21.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> comfort <span class="itali">me, For your answers</span> remain<br><a href="/kjvs/job/21.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> ye me in vain, <span class="itali">seeing in your answers</span> there remaineth<br><a href="/interlinear/job/21-34.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> comfort vainly <span class="itali">your answers</span> remain falsehood<p><b><a href="/text/job/34-36.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 34:36</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/34.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">נֶ֑צַח עַל־ <b> תְּ֝שֻׁבֹ֗ת </b> בְּאַנְשֵׁי־ אָֽוֶן׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/34.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Because <span class="itali">he answers</span> like wicked<br><a href="/kjvs/job/34.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> unto the end <span class="itali">because of [his] answers</span> for wicked<br><a href="/interlinear/job/34-36.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to the limit Because <span class="itali">answers</span> men wicked<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8666.htm">8 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8666.htm">Strong's Hebrew 8666<br>8 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/litshuvat_8666.htm">liṯ·šū·ḇaṯ — 3 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/teshuvat_8666.htm">tə·šū·ḇaṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/teshuvot_8666.htm">tə·šu·ḇōṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/uteshuvato_8666.htm">ū·ṯə·šu·ḇā·ṯōw — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/uteshuvoteichem_8666.htm">ū·ṯə·šū·ḇō·ṯê·ḵem — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/velitshuvat_8666.htm">wə·liṯ·šū·ḇaṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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