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DEEP KJV WORD STUDY

Backsliding

Begin with the exact English word as it appears in the King James Bible. Follow its whole-Bible usage, book distribution, related indexed forms, Webster 1828, every occurrence, and the occurrence-specific Hebrew/Aramaic/Greek mappings behind it.

12exact KJV occurrences 12Old Testament 0New Testament 2books containing the word 4mapped Strong's IDs 12occurrence-specific Strong's links
FIRST OCCURRENCE

Jeremiah 3:6

The 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.

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LAST OCCURRENCE

Hosea 14:4

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

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KJV DISTRIBUTION

Where backsliding appears.

This is exact English-word usage from the canonical KJV token index, not a Strong's estimate.

Jeremiah 99 verses Hosea 33 verses
ORIGINAL-LANGUAGE MAP

Which Hebrew, Aramaic, or Greek words stand behind this KJV word?

These relationships come from exact verse + token-position mappings. We do not assume that one English spelling always equals one Strong's number. A single English token can also carry more than one source tag, so the Strong's-link total can exceed the number of English occurrences.

HebrewH7726
שׁוֹבָב

shôwbâb · sho-bawb'

2 times translated as this KJV form3 total Strong's occurrences

a

apostate, i.e. idolatrous

Strong's KJV usage: backsliding, frowardly, turn away (from margin).

Other KJV renderings

Strong's first: Jeremiah 3:14Strong's last: Jeremiah 3:22

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HebrewH7728
שׁוֹבֵב

shôwbêb · sho-babe'

2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences

a

apostate, i.e. heathenish or (actually) heathen

Strong's KJV usage: backsliding.

Strong's first: Jeremiah 31:22Strong's last: Jeremiah 49:4

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Strong's data is a concordance/lexical reference layer. Scripture context controls interpretation. Lexical source data is shown separately from future TWBC editorial teaching.

EVERY OCCURRENCE

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3 occurrences match the current filters. Each row keeps its exact KJV token position so Original Word and TSK remain occurrence-specific.

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Hosea 4:16
H5637

For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the LORD will feed them as a lamb in a large place.

Hosea 11:7
H4878

And my people are bent to backsliding from me: though they called them to the most High, none at all would exalt him.

Hosea 14:4
H4878

I will heal their backsliding, I will love them freely: for mine anger is turned away from him.

WEBSTER’S 1828

English meaning and historical usage.

Dictionary data is kept visibly separate from Scripture and from lexical Strong's data.

backsliding

BACKSLI'DING, noun The act of apostatizing from faith or practice; a falling insensibly from religion into sin or idolatry. Jer. v.6.

Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.

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KJV English usageExact token counts, verse counts, first/last occurrence, and book distribution come from the canonical TWBC PCE KJV index.
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Original Word / Strong'sHebrew, Aramaic, and Greek links attach by exact verse + KJV token position. No global “English word always equals Strong's ID” rule is used.

Curated TWBC teaching will remain a separate editorial layer. Raw source data is never silently rewritten to force a doctrinal conclusion.