Lexical Definition

‎מְשׁוּבָה‎ mᵉshûwbâh (mesh-oo-baw') faithlessness ^H:N-F
or מְשֻׁבָה mᵉshubâh (mesh-oo-baw'); from ‎שׁוּב‎

backsliding, turning away.

• apostasy

1) turning away, turning back, apostasy, backsliding

See Greek: ἀδικέω · ἁμαρτία

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎מְשׁוּבָה‎], ‎מְשֻׁבָה‎ noun feminine turning back, apostasy; — absolute ‎מְשֻׁבָה‎ Jer 3:6 +; construct ‎מְשׁוּבַת‎ Prov 1:32 suffix ‎מְשׁוּבָתָם‎ Hos 14:5* plural suffix ‎מְשׁוּבֹתֵיכֶם‎ Jer 3:22, etc.; — backturning, apostasy, of Israel, Hos 14:5*, ‎מְשׁוּבָתִי‎ Hos 11:7 apostasy from me (si vera lectio); of Judah Jer 2:19; Jer 3:22; Jer 5:6; Jer 8:5; Jer 14:7 (all plural) + Ezek 37:33 (read ‎מְשׁוּבֹתֵיהֶם‎ for ‎׳‎‎מוֺשְׁ‎, ᵐ5 Comm.); ‎נִצַחַת‎ ‎׳‎‎מ‎ Jer 8:5 enduring, perpetual apostasy; also as noun concrete, apposition of following word, ‎׳‎‎מְשֻׁבָה יִשׂ‎ Jer 3:6; Jer 3:8; Jer 3:11; Jer 3:12 apostate one, Israel. Of individual, ‎מְשׁוּבַת‎ ‎פְּתָיִם‎ Prov 1:32.

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