Lexicon
שׁוֹבֵב
sho.vev
H7728
H:A Hebrew

backsliding

3
Occurrences
2
Books
Hebrew
Language

sho.vev describes a person characterized by turning away, applied to a daughter and to an apostate in judgment contexts.

The attested use characterizes persons as turning away: it modifies a daughter in Jeremiah 31:22 and Jeremiah 49:4, and a masculine individual in Micah 2:4 amid a lament over removed fields.

Senses in use

  1. A person marked by turning away · dominant

    In Jeremiah 31:22, the feminine singular adjective stands with “daughter” in a question about continuing to turn away; the APB renders the address “O backsliding daughter.” Jeremiah 49:4 again uses the feminine singular form for a daughter who trusts in her treasures, while Micah 2:4 uses the masculine singular form in the clause about fields being apportioned; the APB renders that figure “the apostate.”

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB presents the term as “backsliding” in the two addresses to a daughter and as “apostate” in Micah 2:4. These renderings confirm the verses' portrayal rather than establish separate senses.

Passages featuring this word

Across Scripture