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Isaiah 42:17
“They shall be turned back, they shall be greatly ashamed, that trust in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
סוּגçûwg · soog
H5472 · Hebrew
H5472 · Hebrew
- Definition
- properly, to flinch, i.e. (by implication) to go back, literally (to retreat) or figuratively (to apostatize)
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- KJV renderings
- backslider, drive, go back, turn (away, back).
- Grammar
- נָסֹ֤גוּ — verb Niphal, perfect, 3rd person, common, plural
- Usage
- Occurs 14 times in the Hebrew Bible.Psalms 35:4Psalms 40:15Psalms 44:19Psalms 53:4Psalms 70:3
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read סוּג here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.