Strong H3868לוּז

be devious

Transliteration
lûz
Pronunciation
looz
Morphology
Hebrew Verb

Definition

A primitive root; to turn aside (compare {H3867 } H3874 and {H3885 }) that {is} (literally) to {depart} (figuratively) be perverse: - {depart} {froward} perverse (-ness).

Detailed definition

1) to depart, turn aside
1a) (Qal) to depart
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to go wrong, go crooked
1b2) devious, perverse (participle)
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to be lost from view
1c2) to become devious

In the Bible

Strong H3868 appears in 6 verses of the KJV.

Translated in the KJV by

  • depart2
  • froward2
  • perverse1
  • perverseness1

First verses

  1. Proverbs 2:15
    Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
  2. Proverbs 3:21
    My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
  3. Proverbs 3:32
    For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
  4. Proverbs 4:21
    Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
  5. Proverbs 14:2
    He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
  6. Isaiah 30:12
    Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon:
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