Sug denotes turning back in reversal or retreat, and, in several clauses, turning away from the LORD or from a prior course.

The attested uses chiefly describe persons being turned back or withdrawing in shame, defeat, or reversal; they also describe turning away from the LORD or from a former course. The same directional movement is applied both to hostile groups and to moral or covenantal departure.

1. Turn back in reversal, retreat, or shame · dominant

   In Isaiah 42:17 those who trust images are turned back and put to shame, while Psalm 35:4 and Psalm 129:5 pair turning back with shame for opponents. Jeremiah 38:22 places the action after feet sink in mire, and Jeremiah 46:5 describes shattered men as turned back amid flight and terror.

   Isaiah 42:17Jeremiah 38:22Jeremiah 46:5Psalm 35:4Psalm 70:3Psalm 129:5
2. Turn away from a prior allegiance or course · common

   In Isaiah 50:5 the first-person speaker says he has not turned back after the Lord GOD opened his ear. Psalm 78:57 joins turning back with treacherous action, and Zephaniah 1:6 identifies those turning from after the LORD; Proverbs 14:14 applies the form to a heart and its ways.

   Isaiah 50:5Proverbs 14:14Psalm 44:19Psalm 78:57Psalm 80:19Zephaniah 1:6

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB often presents the movement with “turned back,” “turn back,” or “turn from,” especially in Isaiah 42:17, Isaiah 50:5, Jeremiah 46:5, and Zephaniah 1:6. In several supplied verses it does not visibly isolate an English counterpart, so its wording is only a whole-verse guide rather than a word-level rendering.