To fall off; to apostatize; to turn gradually from the faith and practice of christianity. Jeremiah 3:1 . Hosea 4.
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To slide back; to fall away; esp. to abandon gradually the faith and practice of a religion that has been professed.
1. An apostate; one who falls from the faith and practice of religion. Proverbs 14:14 .
2. One who neglects his vows of obedience and falls into sin.
One who backslides.
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1 KJV and 1 BSB verses contain “Backslide”
The backslider in heart shall be filled with his own ways: and a good man shall be satisfied from himself.
The backslider in heart receives the fill of his own ways, but a good man is rewarded for his ways.