Hebrew word study

סוּגçûwg properly, to flinch, i.e. (by implication) to go back, li…

Pronounced “soog

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

Translated in the King James as: backslider, drive, go back, turn (away, back).

Appears 14 times in Scripture

Origin: a primitive root;

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Where it appears

Psalms 8×
Psalms 35:4Psalms 40:14Psalms 44:18Psalms 53:3Psalms 70:2Psalms 78:57Psalms 80:18Psalms 129:5
Proverbs 1×
Proverbs 14:14
Isaiah 2×
Isaiah 42:17Isaiah 50:5
Jeremiah 2×
Jeremiah 38:22Jeremiah 46:5
Zephaniah 1×
Zeph 1:6

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