Hebrew/roots/shin-vav-bet

Return to Hebrew.

• to Turn
• to Go Back

• Shear-jashub (A remnant shall return)
• Eliashib (God will restore)
• Meshobab (Restored, or rather, one who's being retored, by an external force [implicitly, God])
• Shobab (Turning, Wayward)

Meshuvah is a common word referring to apostasy, usually translated as backsliding.

Teshuvah is a common word referring to returning, or repentance.

• Apostasy
• Repentance