Strong’s H7728 · Hebrew
שׁוֹבֵב
shôwbêb · sho-babe'
Origin from שׁוּב (H7725);
Meaning apostate, i.e. heathenish or (actually) heathen
In the King James Version backsliding.
In 2 verses of the King James Version
- Jeremiah 31:22How long wilt thou go about, O thou backsliding daughter? for the LORD hath created a new thing in the earth, A woman shall compass a man.
- Jeremiah 49:4Wherefore gloriest thou in the valleys, thy flowing valley, O backsliding daughter? that trusted in her treasures, saying, Who shall come unto me?
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.