שׁוֹבָבshôwbâb

backturning, recusant, apostate, perhaps for מְשׁוֺבָב, compare √ Po`l.

Pronunciation: sho-bawb' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H7726

Meanings

(Isaiah 57:17; Jeremiah 3:14; Jeremiah 3:22; Jeremiah 50:6)

Same root

שׁוּבshûwb · H7725to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point); generally to retreat; often adverbial, again
שׁוֹבָבShôwbâb · H7727Shobab, the name of two Israelites

Where it appears

Appears 4 times in the Bible.

Isaiah 57:17 I was angry, so I punished these greedy people. I withdrew from them, but they kept going on their own stubborn way.
Jeremiah 3:14 “Return home, you wayward children,” says the Lord, “for I am your master. I will bring you back to the land of Israel— one from this town and two from that family— from wherever you are scattered.
Jeremiah 3:22 “My wayward children,” says the Lord, “come back to me, and I will heal your wayward hearts.” “Yes, we’re coming,” the people reply, “for you are the Lord our God.
Jeremiah 50:6 “My people have been lost sheep. Their shepherds have led them astray and turned them loose in the mountains. They have lost their way and can’t remember how to get back to the sheepfold.

Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).