מְשׁוּבָה meshuvah
Hebrew word for “faithlessness” · Strong’s H4878 · used 12 times in 12 verses
Meaning
turning away, turning back, apostasy, backsliding
How it is translated
Glosses given for meshuvah in context, with how often each is used:
- apostasies 4
- apostate one 4
- apostasy 3
- waywardness 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Jeremiah 3 (5), Proverbs 1 (1), Jeremiah 2 (1), Jeremiah 5 (1), Jeremiah 8 (1), Jeremiah 14 (1), Hosea 11 (1), Hosea 14 (1)
Forms
- משׁבה 5
- משׁובת 1
- ומשׁבותיך 1
- משׁובתיכם 1
- משׁובותיהם 1
- משׁובתינו 1
- למשׁובתי 1
- משׁובתם 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with meshuvah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- רָבַב ravav “to multiply” 2
- בָּגַד bagad “to act treacherously” 2
- שׁוּב shuv “to return” 4
- רָפָא rapah “to heal” 2
- זָנָה zanah “to fornicate” 2
- רָאָה raah “to see” 3
- הָלַךְ halakh “to go” 3
- נְאֻם neum “utterance” 2
- קָרָא qara “to call” 2
- יְהוּדָה yehudah “Judah” 2
Key verses
The verses using meshuvah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Proverbs 1:32 — For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
- Jeremiah 2:19 — Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast…
- Jeremiah 3:6 — The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon every high mountain and…
- Jeremiah 3:8 — And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet her treacherous…
- Jeremiah 3:11 — And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
- Jeremiah 3:12 — Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I…
- Jeremiah 3:22 — Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
- Jeremiah 5:6 — Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: every one that goeth…
- Jeremiah 8:5 — Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
- Jeremiah 14:7 — O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against thee.
- Hosea 11:7 — And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
- Hosea 14:4 — I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.
See all 12 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.