תְּשׁוּבָה
tᵉshûwbâh · tesh-oo-baw'
a recurrence (of time or place); a reply (as returned)
Lexicon
Derivation: or תְּשֻׁבָה; from H7725 (שׁוּב);
a recurrence (of time or place); a reply (as returned)
- a recurrence (of time or place)
- a reply (as returned)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: answer, be expired, return.
Letters
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
- Concrete
- house · tent · dwelling
- Extended
- family · household · what is inside · in
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
the mark, the covenant sign › to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › the house, what is within › to reveal, behold
The mark, the covenant sign that works to consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of תְּשׁוּבָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
8 occurrences · 8 OT · 0 NT · 7 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- was expired3 · 38%
- and his return1 · 13%
- for at the return1 · 13%
- and it came to pass at the return1 · 13%
- seeing in your answers1 · 13%
- because of his answers1 · 13%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.