# H7726 שׁוֹבָב

שׁוֹבָב (shôwbâb), Strong’s H7726: apostate, i.e. idolatrous KJV: backsliding, frowardly, turn away (from margin).. Occurs 4 times.

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*shôwbâb* — apostate, i.e. idolatrous

KJV: backsliding, frowardly, turn away (from margin).

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

Occurs 4 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- שׁוֹבָב adj. backturning, recusant, apostate

## Where it occurs
- [Isaiah 57:17](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/57?v=17) — I was angry because of the iniquity of his covetousness and struck him. I hid myself and was angry; and he went on…
- [Jeremiah 3:14](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/3?v=14) — “Return, backsliding children,” says the LORD, “for I am a husband to you. I will take one of you from a city, and two…
- [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 50:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/jeremiah/50?v=6) — My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have caused them to go astray. They have turned them away on the…