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Hebrew noun (feminine) · H4878

מְשׁוּבָה

meshubahmesh-oo-baw'

faithlessness

12 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key

Concordance spelling: mᵉshûwbâh

Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H4878is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.

  • 3 of 39
    Old Testament books
  • 9
    spellings

The definition in full

Strong's key (1890) · H4878

apostasy

The King James renders it: backsliding, turning away.

James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.

Summary

meshubah is rendered "faithlessness". It stands 12 times in the Hebrew text, across three books.

  • Nine of the uses stand in Jeremiah, more than in any other book.
  • Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Proverbs 1:32For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.
  • The Greek text spells it nine different ways.

The first use

For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

Proverbs 1:32מְשׁוּבַ֣ת

The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.

Where the word stands

Nine of the word's twelve uses are in Jeremiah.

The other 36 Old Testament books never use the word.

What the word means

Each meaning, and the words it is translated by

How the Greek text is glossed, word by word

  • apostate one3
  • and apostasies your1
  • apostasies our1
  • apostasies their1
  • apostasies your1
  • apostasy1
  • apostasy their1
  • O apostate one1
  • to apostasy my1
  • waywardness of1

The words built on the same word-part

Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.

מְשׁוֹאָהmeshoahdesolationUses3
מְשׁוּגָהmeshugaherrorUses1
מְשׁוּסָהmeshusahspoilUsesnot recorded

All 12, in canonical order

Every use, in order

Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.

9 spellings and their grammar

STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.

How it is spelled

  • מְשֻׁבָ֣ה4
  • וּמְשֻֽׁבוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙1
  • לִמְשֽׁוּבָתִ֑י1
  • מְשֻׁבָ֤ה1
  • מְשׁוּבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃1
  • מְשׁוּבַ֣ת1
  • מְשׁוּבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם1
  • מְשׁוּבֹתֵ֖ינוּ1
  • מְשׁ֣וּבָתָ֔ם1

The grammar of each form

  • noun · feminine singular5HNcfsa
  • conjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singular1HC/Ncfpc/Sp2fs
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine plural1HNcfpc/Sp1bp
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine plural1HNcfpc/Sp2mp
  • noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcfpc/Sp3mp
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)1HNcfsc
  • noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HNcfsc/Sp3mp
  • preposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singular1HR/Ncfsc/Sp1bs

Proverbs

one use
  • For the waywardness of the simple will slay them, and the complacency of fools will destroy them.

    Proverbs 1:32

    • מְשׁוּבַ֣תmeshuvatnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”)tagged: waywardness of

Jeremiah

nine uses
  • Your own evil will discipline you; your own apostasies will reprimand you. Consider and realize how evil and bitter it is for you to forsake the LORD your God and to have no fear of Me,” declares the Lord GOD of Hosts.

    Jeremiah 2:19

    • וּמְשֻֽׁבוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙umeshuvotayikhconjunction (“and”) + noun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person feminine singulartagged: and apostasies your
  • Now in the days of King Josiah, the LORD said to me, “Have you seen what faithless Israel has done? She has gone up on every high hill and under every green tree to prostitute herself there.

    Jeremiah 3:6

    • מְשֻׁבָ֣הmeshuvahnoun · feminine singulartagged: apostate one
  • She saw that because faithless Israel had committed adultery, I gave her a certificate of divorce and sent her away. Yet that unfaithful sister Judah had no fear and prostituted herself as well.

    Jeremiah 3:8

    • מְשֻׁבָ֣הmeshuvahnoun · feminine singulartagged: apostate one
  • And the LORD said to me, “Faithless Israel has shown herself more righteous than unfaithful Judah.

    Jeremiah 3:11

    • מְשֻׁבָ֣הmeshuvahnoun · feminine singulartagged: apostate one
  • Go, proclaim this message toward the north: ‘Return, O faithless Israel,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will no longer look on you with anger, for I am merciful,’ declares the LORD. ‘I will not be angry forever.

    Jeremiah 3:12

    • מְשֻׁבָ֤הmeshuvahnoun · feminine singulartagged: O apostate one
  • “Return, O faithless children, and I will heal your faithlessness.” “Here we are. We come to You, for You are the LORD our God.

    Jeremiah 3:22

    • מְשׁוּבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑םmeshuvoteikhemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 2nd person masculine pluraltagged: apostasies your
  • Therefore a lion from the forest will strike them down, a wolf from the desert will ravage them. A leopard will lie in wait near their cities, and everyone who ventures out will be torn to pieces. For their rebellious acts are many, and their unfaithful deeds are numerous.

    Jeremiah 5:6

    • מְשׁוּבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃meshuvoteihemnoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: apostasies their
  • Why then have these people turned away? Why does Jerusalem always turn away? They cling to deceit; they refuse to return.

    Jeremiah 8:5

    • מְשֻׁבָ֣הmeshuvahnoun · feminine singulartagged: apostasy
  • Although our iniquities testify against us, O LORD, act for the sake of Your name. Indeed, our rebellions are many; we have sinned against You.

    Jeremiah 14:7

    • מְשׁוּבֹתֵ֖ינוּmeshuvoteinunoun · feminine plural · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine pluraltagged: apostasies our

Hosea

two uses
  • My people are bent on turning from Me. Though they call to the Most High, He will by no means exalt them.

    Hosea 11:7

    • לִמְשֽׁוּבָתִ֑יlimshuvatipreposition + noun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 1st person masculine or feminine singulartagged: to apostasy my
  • I will heal their apostasy; I will freely love them, for My anger has turned away from them.

    Hosea 14:4

    • מְשׁ֣וּבָתָ֔םmeshuvatamnoun · feminine singular · in construct (“…of”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: apostasy their

The letters

Where it leads

How the numbers are counted

Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.

Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.

The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.

Hebrew and Greek text, word tagging and grammar: STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org), Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0. Their grammar codes are written out in English here and shown as tagged beside each one.

Meaning and senses: STEP Bible TBESH gloss (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Dictionary key: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890, public domain). English verse text: Berean Standard Bible (public domain, 2023).

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