שׁוֹבָב
šôbāb
backturning
Strong's H7726AdjectiveHebrewTWOT 2340c

שׁוֹבָב (šôbāb) is a Hebrew adjective meaning backturning. It appears 4 times in 2 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H7726).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 2340c)

Range of meaning (TWOT 2340c)backturning, recusant, apostate; backsliding, frowardly, turn away
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

שׁוֹבָב adjective: backturning, recusant, apostate

Strong's H7726 שׁוֹבָב: apostate, i.e. idolatrous
KJV:backsliding, frowardly, turn away (from margin).

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

Root family 2340: שׁוּב šûb — turn back, return; come, go back, return unto, turn, apostatize, turn away, repent; bring back, restore, refresh, repair, lead away, shew turning; cause to return, put back, draw back, give back, relinguish, give in payment, bring…

See it in Scripture

Isaiah 57:17Jeremiah 3:14

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