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sūg סוּג ‘to turn’ (Hebrew)

Etymology?: a primitive root

sūg v
1) to move, go, turn back, move away, backslide
 1a) (Qal) to backslide, prove recreant to
 1b) (Niphal)
  1b1) to turn oneself away, turn back
  1b2) to be turned or driven back, be repulsed

Mentioned in Isaiah 50:5, 42:17 Jeremiah 38:22, 46:5 Zephaniah 1:6 Psalms 78:57, 53:4, 35:4, 40:15, 44:19, 70:3, 129:5, 80:19 Proverbs 14:14

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