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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