# שׁוֹבָב (shovav)

Israeli respelling: sho-vav. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H7726. 4 Old Testament occurrences.

apostate, i.e. idolatrous

King James renderings: backsliding, frowardly, turn away (from margin).

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/shovav-h7726

## Occurrences

- [Isaiah 57:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/57/17) — For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him: I hid me, and was wroth, and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.
- [Jeremiah 3:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/3/14) — Turn, O backsliding children, saith the LORD; for I am married unto you: and I will take you one of a city, and two of a family, and I will…
- [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 50:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/50/6) — My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone…