# מְשׁוּבָה (meshuvah)

Israeli respelling: meshu-vah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H4878. 12 Old Testament occurrences.

apostasy

King James renderings: backsliding, turning away.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/meshuvah-h4878

## Occurrences

- [Proverbs 1:32](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/1/32) — For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.
- [Jeremiah 2:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/2/19) — Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitte…
- [Jeremiah 3:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/3/6) — The LORD said also unto me in the days of Josiah the king, Hast thou seen that which backsliding Israel hath done? she is gone up upon ever…
- [Jeremiah 3:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/3/8) — And I saw, when for all the causes whereby backsliding Israel committed adultery I had put her away, and given her a bill of divorce; yet h…
- [Jeremiah 3:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/3/11) — And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
- [Jeremiah 3:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/3/12) — Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to…
- [Jeremiah 3:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/3/22) — Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
- [Jeremiah 5:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/5/6) — Wherefore a lion out of the forest shall slay them, and a wolf of the evenings shall spoil them, a leopard shall watch over their cities: e…
- [Jeremiah 8:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/8/5) — Why then is this people of Jerusalem slidden back by a perpetual backsliding? they hold fast deceit, they refuse to return.
- [Jeremiah 14:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/14/7) — O LORD, though our iniquities testify against us, do thou it for thy name’s sake: for our backslidings are many; we have sinned against the…
- [Hosea 11:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/11/7) — And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.
- [Hosea 14:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hosea/14/4) — I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.