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The term often signifies a restoration, a coming back to a previous state, or the fulfillment of a promise. 1. Spiritual Returns: The theme of returning to God is prevalent throughout the Scriptures. The prophets frequently called the people of Israel to return to the Lord, emphasizing repentance and restoration. In the book of Joel, the prophet urges, "Return to the LORD your God, for He is gracious and compassionate, slow to anger, abounding in loving devotion" (<a href="/joel/2-13.htm">Joel 2:13</a>). This call to return is not merely a physical act but a heartfelt repentance and turning back to God’s ways. 2. Physical Returns: The Bible also records numerous instances of physical returns, often involving the Israelites returning to their homeland. After the Babylonian exile, the return to Jerusalem is a significant event, symbolizing both physical and spiritual restoration. <a href="/ezra/1-3.htm">Ezra 1:3</a> states, "Whoever among you belongs to His people, may his God be with him, and let him go up to Jerusalem in Judah and build the house of the LORD, the God of Israel." 3. Eschatological Returns: The return of Jesus Christ is a central tenet of Christian eschatology. The New Testament speaks of Christ's second coming as a future event when He will return in glory to judge the living and the dead. In <a href="/acts/1-11.htm">Acts 1:11</a> , the angels declare to the disciples, "Men of Galilee, why do you stand here looking into the sky? This same Jesus, who has been taken from you into heaven, will come back in the same way you have seen Him go into heaven." 4. Returns in Parables: Jesus often used parables to illustrate the concept of return, particularly in the context of repentance and forgiveness. The Parable of the Prodigal Son (<a href="/luke/15-11.htm">Luke 15:11-32</a>) is a profound example, where the wayward son returns to his father, symbolizing the sinner's return to God and the joy it brings in heaven. 5. Returns and Rewards: The Bible also speaks of returns in terms of rewards for faithfulness. In the Parable of the Talents (<a href="/matthew/25-14.htm">Matthew 25:14-30</a>), the servants who wisely invest their master's money are rewarded upon his return. This parable underscores the principle that God rewards those who are faithful and diligent in their service to Him. 6. Returns and Restoration: The theme of return is closely linked with restoration. In the prophetic books, God promises to restore Israel after a period of judgment and exile. <a href="/jeremiah/30-3.htm">Jeremiah 30:3</a> proclaims, "For behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when I will restore from captivity My people Israel and Judah, declares the LORD. I will restore them to the land that I gave to their fathers, and they will possess it." In summary, the concept of returns in the Bible encompasses a wide range of meanings, from personal repentance and spiritual renewal to the physical return of exiles and the anticipated return of Christ. Each aspect highlights the faithfulness of God in fulfilling His promises and the hope of restoration for His people.<a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/1994.htm">1994. epistrepho -- to turn, to return</a> ... Word Origin from epi and strepho Definition to turn, to return NASB Word Usage back (2), back* (3), return (6), returned (3), returns (2), take back (1), turn ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/1994.htm - 8k<a href="/greek/360.htm">360. analuo -- to unloose for departure</a> ... return. Word Origin from ana and luo Definition to unloose for departure NASB Word Usage depart (1), returns (1). depart, return. ... //strongsnumbers.com/greek2/360.htm - 6k<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/7725.htm">7725. shub -- to turn back, return</a> ... 2), retire (1), retreat (1), return (261), return and take back (1), return* (1), returned (151), returned* (1), returning (2), returns (9), reverse (1 ... /hebrew/7725.htm - 9k<a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><a href="/library/peabody/mornings_in_the_college_chapel/li_the_law_of_increasing.htm">Li the Law of Increasing Returns</a> ... LI THE LAW OF INCREASING RETURNS. Matthew xxv.14-30. ... To the faithful in the few things the many things are revealed. That is the law of increasing returns. ... /.../peabody/mornings in the college chapel/li the law of increasing.htm<a href="/library/watts/hymns_and_spiritual_songs/hymn_2_20_backslidings_and_returns.htm">Backslidings and Returns; Or, the Inconstancy of Our Love.</a> ... Hymn 2:20. Backslidings and returns; or, The inconstancy of our love. 1 Why is my heart so far from thee, My God, my chief delight? ... /.../watts/hymns and spiritual songs/hymn 2 20 backslidings and returns.htm<a href="/library/miller/the_city_of_delight/chapter_xii_the_prince_returns.htm">The Prince Returns</a> ... Chapter XII THE PRINCE RETURNS. Joseph, the shepherd, son of Thomas of Pella, moved out of the green marsh before sunset, as he had ... /.../miller/the city of delight/chapter xii the prince returns.htm<a href="/library/ambrose/works_and_letters_of_st_ambrose/chapter_x_st_ambrose_returns.htm">St. Ambrose Returns Again to the Subject of Christ...</a> ... Chapter X. St. Ambrose returns again to the subject of Christ? St. Ambrose returns again to the subject of Christ, speaking of His goodness in all misery. ... /.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter x st ambrose returns.htm<a href="/library/ambrose/works_and_letters_of_st_ambrose/chapter_iii_st_ambrose_returns.htm">St. Ambrose Returns to the Story of the Widow of Sarepta...</a> ... Concerning Widows. Chapter III. St. Ambrose returns to the story of the widow of Sarepta? St. Ambrose returns to the story of ... /.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter iii st ambrose returns.htm<a href="/library/ambrose/works_and_letters_of_st_ambrose/chapter_xi_st_ambrose_returns.htm">St. Ambrose Returns to the Main Question, and Shows that Whenever ...</a> ... Book III. Chapter XI. St. Ambrose returns to the main question, and shows that whenever Christ is said to? St. Ambrose returns ... /.../ambrose/works and letters of st ambrose/chapter xi st ambrose returns.htm<a href="/library/cassian/the_seven_books_of_john_cassian_/chapter_xi_he_returns_to.htm">He Returns to the Prophecy of Isaiah.</a> ... Book IV. Chapter XI. He returns to the prophecy of Isaiah. "The labour," says he, "of Egypt, and the merchandize of Ethiopia, and ... /.../cassian/the seven books of john cassian /chapter xi he returns to.htm<a href="/library/justin/dialogue_of_justin_philosopher_and_martyr_with_trypho/chapter_cxxx_he_returns_to_the.htm">He Returns to the Conversion of the Gentiles, and Shows that it ...</a> ... Chapter CXXX."He returns to the conversion of the Gentiles, and shows that it was foretold. And when all had given assent, I:said ... /.../chapter cxxx he returns to the.htm<a href="/library/augustine/on_the_holy_trinity/chapter_1_augustin_returns_to_the.htm">Augustin Returns to the Question, Whether Each Person of the ...</a> ... Book VII. Chapter 1."Augustin Returns to the Question, Whether Each Person of the Trinity by Itself is Wisdom. With What Difficulty ... /.../augustine/on the holy trinity/chapter 1 augustin returns to the.htm<a href="/library/watts/the_psalms_and_hymns_of_isaac_watts/hymn_20_backslidings_and_returns.htm">Backslidings and Returns; Or, the Inconstancy of Our Love.</a> ... Hymns, Book II HYMN 20 Backslidings and returns; or, The inconstancy of our love. CM Backslidings and returns; or, The inconstancy of our love. ... /.../watts/the psalms and hymns of isaac watts/hymn 20 backslidings and returns.htm<a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/r/returns.htm">Returns (27 Occurrences)</a> ... Multi-Version Concordance Returns (27 Occurrences). ... (See NIV). Luke 11:25 When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order. (WEB). ... /r/returns.htm - 13k<a href="/topical/r/return.htm">Return (499 Occurrences)</a> ... 23. (n.) An account, or formal report, of an action performed, of a duty discharged, of facts or statistics, and the like; as, election returns; a return of ... /r/return.htm - 38k<a href="/topical/d/deluge.htm">Deluge (17 Occurrences)</a> ... Dove again sent out seven days afterwards; and in the evening she returns with an olive leaf in her mouth (Genesis 8:10, 11). Dove ... /d/deluge.htm - 47k<a href="/topical/t/turns.htm">Turns (80 Occurrences)</a> ... Luke 17:4 If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying,'I repent,' you shall forgive him." (Root in WEB WEY NAS RSV). ... /t/turns.htm - 28k<a href="/topical/r/returning.htm">Returning (37 Occurrences)</a> /r/returning.htm - 17k<a href="/topical/v/vomited.htm">Vomited (5 Occurrences)</a> ... 2 Peter 2:22 Their case is that described in the true proverb, "A dog returns to what he has vomited," and also in the other proverb, "The sow has washed ... /v/vomited.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/v/vomit.htm">Vomit (12 Occurrences)</a> ... (WEB KJV JPS ASV DBY WBS YLT NAS RSV NIV). Proverbs 26:11 As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly. ... /v/vomit.htm - 10k<a href="/topical/v/vigor.htm">Vigor (11 Occurrences)</a> ... (See NAS RSV NIV). Job 33:25 His flesh shall be fresher than a child's. He returns to the days of his youth. (See NAS RSV). Psalms ... /v/vigor.htm - 9k<a href="/topical/k/knocks.htm">Knocks (5 Occurrences)</a> ... Luke 12:36 Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him. ... /k/knocks.htm - 7k<a href="/topical/n/nathan.htm">Nathan (42 Occurrences)</a> ... Nathan at first blesses the project, but that same night is given a Divine message, and returns to tell the king that instead of David building a house for ... /n/nathan.htm - 29k<a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/when-Jesus-returns.html">What will happen when Jesus returns / comes back? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/glorification.html">What is glorification? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/seed-faith.html">What is seed faith? What is a seed faith offering? | GotQuestions.org</a> <a href="https://clyx.com/term/returns.htm">Returns: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a> <a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div>Returns (27 Occurrences)<a href="/matthew/24-46.htm">Matthew 24:46</a> Blessed is that servant whom his lord finds doing so when he comes. (See NIV)<a href="/luke/11-25.htm">Luke 11:25</a> When he returns, he finds it swept and put in order. (WEB)<a href="/luke/12-36.htm">Luke 12:36</a> Be like men watching for their lord, when he returns from the marriage feast; that, when he comes and knocks, they may immediately open to him. (WEB NAS)<a href="/luke/12-43.htm">Luke 12:43</a> Blessed is that servant whom his lord will find doing so when he comes. (See NIV)<a href="/luke/17-4.htm">Luke 17:4</a> If he sins against you seven times in the day, and seven times returns, saying,'I repent,' you shall forgive him." (WEB NAS)<a href="/1_corinthians/4-5.htm">1 Corinthians 4:5</a> Therefore form no premature judgements, but wait until the Lord returns. He will both bring to light the secrets of darkness and will openly disclose the motives that have been in people's hearts; and then the praise which each man deserves will come to him from God. (WEY)<a href="/1_corinthians/11-26.htm">1 Corinthians 11:26</a> For every time that you eat this bread and drink from the cup, you are proclaiming the Lord's death--until He returns. (WEY)<a href="/1_thessalonians/5-15.htm">1 Thessalonians 5:15</a> See that no one returns evil for evil to anyone, but always follow after that which is good, for one another, and for all. (WEB)<a href="/2_peter/2-22.htm">2 Peter 2:22</a> Their case is that described in the true proverb, "A dog returns to what he has vomited," and also in the other proverb, "The sow has washed itself and now goes back to roll in its filth." (WEY NAS NIV)<a href="/leviticus/22-13.htm">Leviticus 22:13</a> But if a 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 may eat of her father's bread; but there shall no common man eat thereof. (See NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/1_kings/2-44.htm">1 Kings 2:44</a> And the king said to Shimei, Thou knowest all the wickedness of which thy heart is conscious, which thou didst to David my father; and Jehovah returns thy wickedness upon thine own head; (DBY)<a href="/job/7-10.htm">Job 7:10</a> He shall return no more to his house, neither shall his place know him any more. (See RSV)<a href="/job/14-13.htm">Job 14:13</a> Oh that Thou wouldest hide me in the nether-world, that Thou wouldest keep me secret, until Thy wrath be past, that Thou wouldest appoint me a set time, and remember me!-- (See NAS)<a href="/job/20-18.htm">Job 20:18</a> That for which he labored he shall restore, and shall not swallow it down. According to the substance that he has gotten, he shall not rejoice. (See NAS)<a href="/job/33-25.htm">Job 33:25</a> His flesh shall be fresher than a child's. He returns to the days of his youth. (WEB)<a href="/psalms/7-16.htm">Psalms 7:16</a> His mischief shall return upon his own head, and his violence shall come down upon his own pate. (See RSV)<a href="/psalms/146-4.htm">Psalms 146:4</a> His spirit departs, and he returns to the earth. In that very day, his thoughts perish. (WEB NAS RSV)<a href="/proverbs/3-14.htm">Proverbs 3:14</a> For trading in it is better than trading in silver, and its profit greater than bright gold. (See NIV)<a href="/proverbs/17-13.htm">Proverbs 17:13</a> Whoso is returning evil for good, Evil moveth not from his house. (See NAS RSV)<a href="/proverbs/26-11.htm">Proverbs 26:11</a> As a dog that returns to his vomit, so is a fool who repeats his folly. (WEB NAS RSV NIV)<a href="/ecclesiastes/1-6.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:6</a> The wind goes toward the south, and turns around to the north. It turns around continually as it goes, and the wind returns again to its courses. (WEB NAS RSV)<a href="/ecclesiastes/12-7.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:7</a> and the dust returns to the earth as it was, and the spirit returns to God who gave it. (WEB RSV NIV)<a href="/isaiah/52-8.htm">Isaiah 52:8</a> The voice of your watchmen! they lift up the voice, together do they sing; for they shall see eye to eye, when Yahweh returns to Zion. (WEB NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/18-7.htm">Ezekiel 18:7</a> A man -- he doth not oppress, His pledge to the debtor he doth return, Plunder he doth not take away, His bread to the hungry he doth give, And the naked doth cover with a garment, (See NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/33-15.htm">Ezekiel 33:15</a> (The pledge the wicked restoreth, plunder he repayeth,) In the statutes of life he hath walked, So as not to do perversity, He surely liveth -- he doth not die. (See NIV)<a href="/ezekiel/35-7.htm">Ezekiel 35:7</a> Thus will I make Mount Seir an astonishment and a desolation; and I will cut off from it him who passes through and him who returns. (WEB NAS)<a href="/zechariah/9-8.htm">Zechariah 9:8</a> And I have pitched for My house a camp, Because of the passer through, and of the returner, And pass not through against them again doth an exactor, For, now, I have seen with My eyes. (See NAS)<a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><a href="/topical/r/returns.htm">Returns</a><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><a href="/topical/r/reu'el.htm">Reu'el (10 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/r/re'u.htm">Re'u (6 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/p/peleg.htm">Peleg (8 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/b/begetteth.htm">Begetteth (52 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/s/serug.htm">Serug (6 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/b/begot.htm">Begot (119 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/e/eber.htm">Eber (16 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/b/begetting.htm">Begetting (20 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/t/thirty.htm">Thirty (189 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/d/daughters.htm">Daughters (246 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/r/reuel.htm">Reuel (14 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/r/returns.htm">Returns (27 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/b/begotten.htm">Begotten (77 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/num/209.htm">209 (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/num/207.htm">207 (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/num/32.htm">32 (3 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/num/30.htm">30 (5 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/n/nine.htm">Nine (55 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/t/thirty-two.htm">Thirty-two (15 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/r/reumah.htm">Reumah (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/r/ragau.htm">Ragau (1 Occurrence)</a><a href="/topical/g/genealogy.htm">Genealogy (29 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/s/shelah.htm">Shelah (18 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/n/nations.htm">Nations (683 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/h/hundred.htm">Hundred (526 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/t/table.htm">Table (125 Occurrences)</a><a href="/topical/s/seven.htm">Seven (404 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/r/returning_to_the_work.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Returning to the Work"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Returning to the Work" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/r/reu.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Reu"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Reu" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div>  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div>  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>