H4878

מְשׁוּבָה

mᵉshûwbâh · mesh-oo-baw'

apostasy

Lexicon

Derivation: or מְשֻׁבָה; from H7725 (שׁוּב);

apostasy

Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.

KJV renderings: backsliding, turning away.

Letters

מMem40
Picture: waves of water
Concrete
water · sea · blood · liquid
Extended
chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
Concrete
teeth · sharp · press · bow
Extended
to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
Concrete
nail · peg · hook
Extended
to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
בBet2
Picture: floor plan of a tent or house
Concrete
house · tent · dwelling
Extended
family · household · what is inside · in
הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
Concrete
a man calling out · a window · breath
Extended
behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)

Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)

water, chaos, the mighty deep › to consume, to destroy › to fasten and establish › the house, what is within › to reveal, behold

Water, chaos, the mighty deep that works to consume, to destroy that works to fasten and establish of the house, what is within that works to reveal, behold.

Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of מְשׁוּבָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.

Usage

12 occurrences · 12 OT · 0 NT · 9 distinct forms

KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.

for the turning away1 · 8%
thee, and thy backslidings1 · 8%
that which backsliding1 · 8%
whereby backsliding1 · 8%
unto me, the backsliding1 · 8%
thou backsliding1 · 8%
your backslidings1 · 8%
and their backslidings1 · 8%
backsliding1 · 8%
sake: for our backslidings1 · 8%
to backsliding1 · 8%
their backsliding1 · 8%

Where it is used, by book.

Inflected forms found in the text.

מְשֻׁבָ֣ה4מְשׁוּבַ֣ת1מְשׁ֣וּבָתָ֔ם1מְשׁוּבֹֽתֵיכֶ֑ם1לִמְשֽׁוּבָתִ֑י1וּמְשֻֽׁבוֹתַ֙יִךְ֙1מְשׁוּבוֹתֵיהֶֽם׃1מְשׁוּבֹתֵ֖ינוּ1מְשֻׁבָ֤ה1

Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.