King James Bible
King James Version (KJV)
STRONGS NUMBER H7728
Transliteration: shobeb
Phonetic Spelling: (sho-babe')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: turning back, apostate
Meaning: apostate, heathenish, heathen
Word Summary
shobeb: turning back, apostate
Original Word: שׁוֹבֵבTransliteration: shobeb
Phonetic Spelling: (sho-babe')
Part of Speech: Adjective
Short Definition: turning back, apostate
Meaning: apostate, heathenish, heathen
Strong's Concordance
backsliding From shuwb; apostate, i.e. Heathenish or (actually) heathen -- backsliding.
see HEBREW shuwb
Brown-Driver-Briggs
H7728. shobeb
שׁוֺבֵב adjective backturning, apostate (perhaps for ׳מְשׁוֺ, see I. שׁוֺבָב); — as substantive, ׳לְשׁו Micah 2:4 (but read probably שׁוֺבֵינוּ our captors); feminine הַשּׁוֺבֵבָה הַבַּת Jeremiah 31:22 (of Israel), 49:4 (of Ammon).