H7726: שׁוֹבָב
shôwbâb · pronounced sho-bawb' · “turning back”
Definition
apostate, i.e. idolatrous
KJV translates it as: backsliding, frowardly, turn away (from margin).
Word origin: from H7725 (שׁוּב);
Extended definition
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H7726 is translated
- backsliding ×2
- apostate ×1
- them ×1
Bible verses with H7726 (shôwbâb)
Shôwbâb appears in 4 verses.
- Isaiah 57:17
For 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 3:14
Turn, 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 3:22
Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the Lord our God.
- Jeremiah 50:6
My 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.