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Backslide

To draw back or apostatize in matters of religion (Acts 21:21; 2 Thess. This unified study connects 4 installed resource categories without replacing their source records.

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Subject type
Subject
Strong’s
H5253, H5472, H7734
Hebrew
סוּג · nâçag

Strong’s and original-language information

Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible lexical data / BDB-Strong mapping

סוּג

H5472
Transliteration
çûwg
Pronunciation
soog
Language
Hebrew
Indexed occurrences
24

Glosses

move away, backslide, backslider, drive, go back, turn (away, back).

Lexicon definition

properly, to flinch, i.e. (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize)

Greek lexical coverage

No safely matched Greek Strong’s entry

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Complete dictionary entries

Easton’s Bible Dictionary (1897)

Backslide

To draw back or apostatize in matters of religion (Acts 21:21; 2 Thess. 2:3; 1 Tim. 4:1). This may be either partial (Prov. 14:14) or complete (Heb. 6:4-6; 10:38, 39). The apostasy may be both doctrinal and moral.

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Backslide

To draw back or apostatize in matters of religion (Acts 21:21; 2 Thess. 2:3; 1 Tim. 4:1). This may be either partial (Prov. 14:14) or complete (Heb. 6:4-6; 10:38, 39). The apostasy may be both doctrinal and moral.

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All Scripture references25 references

Deuteronomy 2

Deuteronomy 19:14Deuteronomy 27:17

2 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 1:22

Psalms 8

Psalms 35:4Psalms 40:15Psalms 44:19Psalms 53:4Psalms 70:3Psalms 78:57Psalms 80:19Psalms 129:5

Proverbs 3

Proverbs 14:14Proverbs 22:28Proverbs 23:10

Isaiah 4

Isaiah 42:17Isaiah 50:5Isaiah 59:13Isaiah 59:14

Jeremiah 2

Jeremiah 38:22Jeremiah 46:5

Hosea 1

Hosea 5:10

Micah 2

Micah 2:6Micah 6:14

Zephaniah 1

Zephaniah 1:6

Acts 1

Acts 21:21

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