Lexical Summary meshubah: turning back, apostasy Original Word: מְשׁוּבָהTransliteration: meshubah Phonetic Spelling: (mesh-oo-baw') Part of Speech: Noun Feminine Short Definition: turning back, apostasy Meaning: turning back, apostasy Strong's Concordance backsliding, turning away Or mshubah {mesh-oo-baw'}; from shuwb; apostasy -- backsliding, turning away. see HEBREW shuwb Brown-Driver-Briggs H4878. meshubah [מְשׁוּבָה], מְשֻׁבָה noun feminine turning back, apostasy; — absolute מְשֻׁבָה Jeremiah 3:6 +; construct מְשׁוּבַת Proverbs 1:32; suffix מְשׁוּבָתָם Hosea 14:5; plural suffix מְשׁוּבֹתֵיכֶם Jeremiah 3:22, etc.; — backturning, apostasy, of Israel, Hosea 14:5, מְשׁוּבָתִי 11:7 apostasy from me (si vera lectio); of Judah Jeremiah 2:19; 3:22; 5:6; 8:5; 14:7 (all plural) + Ezekiel 37:33 (read מְשׁוּבֹתֵיהֶם for ᵐ5 ׳מוֺשְׁ, Comm.); ׳מ נִצַחַת 8:5 enduring, perpetual apostasy; also as noun concrete, apposition of following word, יִשׂ ׳מְשֻׁבָה 3:6, 8, 11, 12 apostate one, Israel. Of individual, מְּתָיִם מְשׁוּבַת Proverbs 1:32. |