Quick Definition
backsliding
Strong's Definition
apostate, i.e. heathenish or (actually) heathen
Derivation: from H7725 (שׁוּב);
KJV Usage: backsliding.
TWOT Reference: 2340d
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) backturning, apostate, backsliding
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
שׁוֹבֵב (sho.vev) — backsliding. backturning, apostate, backsliding
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
שׁוֹבֵב adj. backturning, apostate base