Faithlessness
מְשׁוּבָהStrong’s H4878meshuvah (me-shu-vah)
Appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Meshuvah is the Hebrew word usually translated “apostate one”, “waywardness of” and “apostasies your”. It appears in 12 verses of the Old Testament.
“For the turning away of the simple shall slay them, and the prosperity of fools shall destroy them.”
Meaning
- Turning away, turning back, apostasy, backsliding
How it's translated
- apostate one 3
- waywardness of 1
- and apostasies your 1
- o apostate one 1
- apostasies your 1
- apostasies their 1
- apostasy 1
- apostasies our 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Jeremiah 9
- Hosea 2
- Proverbs 1
3 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Jeremiah 2:19Thine own wickedness shall correct thee, and thy backslidings shall reprove thee: know therefore and see that it is an evil thing and bitter, that thou hast forsaken the LORD thy God, and that my fear is not in thee, saith the Lord GOD of hosts.
- Jeremiah 3:6The 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 every high mountain and under every green tree, and there hath played the harlot.
- Jeremiah 3:8And 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 her treacherous sister Judah feared not, but went and played the harlot also.
- Jeremiah 3:11And the LORD said unto me, The backsliding Israel hath justified herself more than treacherous Judah.
- Jeremiah 3:12Go and proclaim these words toward the north, and say, Return, thou backsliding Israel, saith the LORD; and I will not cause mine anger to fall upon you: for I am merciful, saith the LORD, and I will not keep anger for ever.
- Jeremiah 3:22Return, ye backsliding children, and I will heal your backslidings. Behold, we come unto thee; for thou art the LORD our God.
Hebrew dictionary
מְשׁוּבָה meshuvah · faithlessness
turning away, turning back, apostasy, backsliding
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “faithlessness” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
FA'ITHLESSNESS, noun
- Unbelief, as to revealed religion.
- Perfidy; treachery; disloyalty; as in subjects.
- Violation of promises or covenants; inconstancy; as of husband or wife.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.