Lexical 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). |