# H4878 מְשׁוּבָה

מְשׁוּבָה (mᵉshûwbâh), Strong’s H4878: apostasy KJV: backsliding, turning away.. Occurs 12 times.

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*mᵉshûwbâh* — apostasy

KJV: backsliding, turning away.

Derived from [שׁוּב shûwb](https://besorah.bible/word/H7725) (to turn back)

Occurs 12 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [מְשׁוּבָה], מְשֻׁבָה n.f. turning back, apostasy

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