Lexical Summary shobab: turning back, recusant, apostate Original Word: שׁוֹבָבTransliteration: shobab Phonetic Spelling: (sho-bawb') Part of Speech: Adjective Short Definition: turning back, recusant, apostate Meaning: turning back, recusant, apostate Strong's Concordance backsliding, turn away fromFrom shuwb; apostate, i.e. Idolatrous -- backsliding, frowardly, turn away (from margin). see HEBREW shuwb Brown-Driver-Briggs H7726. shobab I. שׁוֺבָב adjective backturning, recusant, apostate (perhaps for מְשׁוֺבָב, Participle Po`l. Ol§ 251 b Ges§ 52s Köi. 454); — ׳שׁ Isaiah 57:17; plural שׁוֺבָבִים בָּנִים שׁוּבוּ Jeremiah 3:14, 22. — שׁובבים 50:6 Kt < Qr ᵐ5 שׁוֺבְבוּם Comm., compare √ Po`l. |