{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H4878",
  "lemma": "מְשׁוּבָה",
  "transliteration": "mᵉshûwbâh",
  "definition": "apostasy",
  "kjv": "backsliding, turning away.",
  "occurrences": 12,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H7725",
      "lemma": "שׁוּב",
      "transliteration": "shûwb",
      "meaning": "to turn back",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H7725"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[מְשׁוּבָה], מְשֻׁבָה n.f. turning back, apostasy"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 2:19",
      "text": "“Your own wickedness will correct you, and your backsliding will rebuke you. Know therefore and see that it is an evil…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/2?v=19"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 3:6",
      "text": "Moreover, the LORD said to me in the days of Josiah the king, “Have you seen that which backsliding Israel has done?…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/3?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 3:8",
      "text": "I saw when, for this very cause, that backsliding Israel had committed adultery, I had put her away and given her a…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/3?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 3:11",
      "text": "The LORD said to me, “Backsliding Israel has shown herself more righteous than treacherous Judah.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/3?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 3:12",
      "text": "Go, and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, ‘Return, you backsliding Israel,’ says the LORD; ‘I will not…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/3?v=12"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 3:22",
      "text": "Return, you backsliding children, and I will heal your backsliding. “Behold, we have come to you; for you are the LORD…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/3?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 5:6",
      "text": "Therefore a lion out of the forest will kill them. A wolf of the evenings will destroy them. A leopard will watch…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/5?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 8:5",
      "text": "Why then have the people of Jerusalem fallen back by a perpetual backsliding? They cling to deceit. They refuse to…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/8?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Jeremiah 14:7",
      "text": "Though our iniquities testify against us, work for your name’s sake, LORD; for our rebellions are many. We have sinned…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/14?v=7"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Hosea 11:7",
      "text": "My people are determined to turn from me. Though they call to the Most High, he certainly won’t exalt them.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/hosea/11?v=7"
    }
  ],
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