שׁוֹבָב
shovav · backsliding, turning away
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H7726 · appears 3 times in the Bible
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shovav (שׁוֹבָב) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “backsliding, turning away”.
From the right path.
How to say it
sho·vav
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Turning away from God and not coming back.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
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Where it appears
- Isaiah 57:17
For the iniquity of his gain I was angry and struck him; I hid myself and was angry; and he went on wayward in the way of his heart.
- Jeremiah 3:14
Return, wayward children, declares YHWH, for I am your husband, and I will take you, one from a city and two from a clan, and I will bring you to Zion.
- Jeremiah 3:22
“Return, wayward children; I will heal your apostasies.” “Look, we come to you, for you are YHWH our Elohim.