STRONGS NUMBER H7728


Word Summary
shobeb: turning back, apostate
Original Word: שׁוֹבֵב
Transliteration: 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

שׁוֺבֵבadjective backturning, apostate (perhaps for ׳מְשׁוֺ‎, see I. שׁוֺבָב‎); — as substantive, ׳לְשׁוMicah 2:4 (but read probably שׁוֺבֵינוּour captors); feminine הַשּׁוֺבֵבָה הַבַּתJeremiah 31:22 (of Israel), 49:4 (of Ammon).