Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H7726
שׁוֹבָב
sho.vav · “turning back”
Used 4 times across 2 books
Definition
backsliding, backturning, apostate, recusant
Where it appears
Isaiah1
Jeremiah3
In the text
Isaiah 57:17For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.Jeremiah 3:14Turn, O backsliding children, saith the Lord; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will bring you to Zion:Jeremiah 3:22Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.Jeremiah 50:6My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have forgotten their restingplace.
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