Strong's Lexicon

H4878

H4878 — מְשׁוּבָה מֶשׁוּבָה

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

Hebrewmshuwbahnoun femOccurrences: 13TWOT: 2340c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H4878
Word:מְשׁוּבָה מֶשׁוּבָה
Part of Speech:noun fem
Etymology:from H7725
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:13
Transliteration:mshuwbah
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:mesh-oo-baw' (or mshubah {mesh-oo-baw'}) n-f.
Meaning:1. apostasy
KJV Renderings:backsliding, turning away.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB8513

[מְשׁוּבָה], מְשֻׁבָה noun feminine turning back, apostasy; — absolute מְשֻׁבָה Jer 3:6 +; construct מְשׁוּבַת Prov 1:32 suffix מְשׁוּבָתָם Hos 14:5 plural suffix מְשׁוּבֹתֵיכֶם Jer 3:22, etc.; — backturning, apostasy, of Israel, Hos 14:5, מְשׁוּבָתִי Hos 11:7 apostasy from me (si vera lectio); of Judah Jer 2:19; Jer 3:22; Jer 5:6; Jer 8:5; Jer 14:7 (all plural) + Ezek 37:33 (read מְשׁוּבֹתֵיהֶם for ׳ מוֺשְׁ, ᵐ5 Comm.); נִצַחַת ׳ מ Jer 8:5 enduring, perpetual apostasy; also as noun concrete, apposition of following word, ׳ מְשֻׁבָה יִשׂ Jer 3:6; Jer 3:8; Jer 3:11; Jer 3:12 apostate one, Israel. Of individual, מְשׁוּבַת פְּתָיִם Prov 1:32.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

Englishman's Hebrew Concordance

משובה (m’shoo-vah’)

Proverbs 1:82

EHCC: the turning away of the sim

Jeremiah 2:19

KJV: Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the Lord thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord God of hosts.
EHCC: and thy Te ke, shall pe thee:

Jeremiah 3:6

KJV: The Lord said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
EHCC: (that) ‘which backsliding lsrac] hath doce?

Jeremiah 14:4

KJV: Because the ground is chapt, for there was no rain in the earth, the plowmen were ashamed, they covered their heads.
EHCC: d will heal their backsliding, -
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