Strong's #4878: mshuwbah (pronounced mesh-oo-baw')
or mshubah {mesh-oo-baw'}; from 7725; apostasy:--backsliding, turning away.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon:
ׁ / ּׁ
meshûbâh
1) turning away, turning back, apostasy, backsliding
Part of Speech: noun feminine
Relation: from H7725
Usage:
This word is used 12 times:
Proverbs 1:32: "For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy"
Jeremiah 2:19: "Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil"
Jeremiah 3:6: "the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up"
Jeremiah 3:8: "all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given"
Jeremiah 3:11: "And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous"
Jeremiah 3:12: "toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not"
Jeremiah 3:22: "ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou"
Jeremiah 5:6: "thence shall be torn in pieces: because their transgressions are many, and their backslidings are increased."
Jeremiah 8:5: "of Jerusalem slid back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return."
Jeremiah 14:7: "against us, do thou it for thy name's sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned"
Hosea 11:7: "And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all"
Hosea 14:4: "I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from"