# teshuva (תְּשׁוּבָה)

pronounced: tshoo-VAH


**Return, repentance — a later religious noun built on the biblical verb shuv**

## In Scripture

> and return to Yahweh your God, and obey his voice according to all that I command you this day, you and your children, with all your heart, and with all your soul;
> — Deuteronomy 30:2 (Moses promises Israel a road home; the verse uses the biblical verb shuv behind the later noun teshuvah)

> if my people, who are called by my name, shall humble themselves, and pray, and seek my face, and turn from their wicked ways; then I will hear from heaven, and will forgive their sin, and will heal their land.
> — 2 Chronicles 7:14 (God's answer to national return at the Temple's dedication; the verse uses the verb shuv)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/teshuva/