H4878 מְשׁוּבָה (mᵉshûwbâh) mesh-oo-baw'

Hebrew

Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)

Quick Definition

faithlessness

Strong's Definition

apostasy

Derivation: or מְשֻׁבָה; from H7725 (שׁוּב);

KJV Usage: backsliding, turning away.

TWOT Reference: 2340c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) turning away, turning back, apostasy, backsliding

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G91 G266

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

מְשׁוּבָה (me.shu.vah) — faithlessness. turning away, turning back, apostasy, backsliding

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

מְשׁוּבָה (H4878)

noun f · שׁוב

Unfaithful

defection, apostasy, backsliding = process by which people turn away from someone they had pledged to serve

PRO 1:32 · JER 2:19 · JER 5:6 · JER 8:5 · JER 14:7 · HOS 11:7 · HOS 14:5

Groups

wayward one = a nation that has turned away from someone they had pledged to serve

JER 3:6 · JER 3:8 · JER 3:11 · JER 3:12 · JER 3:22

Sarah Lind

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

[מְשׁוּבָה], מְשֻׁבָה n.f. turning back, apostasy base

Bible Occurrences (12)

1:32

2:19 3:6 3:8 3:11 3:12 3:22 5:6 8:5 14:7

11:7 14:4

Proverbs 1:32

For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Jeremiah 2:19

Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me, declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

Jeremiah 3:6

Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high... hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

Jeremiah 3:8

She saw that because...... faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce [and] sent her away. Yet [that] unfaithful sister Judah had no fear... and prostituted herself as well.

Jeremiah 3:11

And the LORD said to me, Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.

Jeremiah 3:12

Go, proclaim this message toward the north -: Return, O faithless Israel, declares the LORD. I will no longer look on you with anger..., for I [am] merciful, declares the LORD. I will not be angry forever.

Jeremiah 3:22

Return, O faithless children, [and] I will heal your faithlessness. Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.

Jeremiah 5:6

Therefore... a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, [and] everyone who ventures out... will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, [and] their unfaithful deeds are numerous.