Strong H5753H5753Aעָוָה
to twist
One of the 2 senses of Strong H5753
- Transliteration
- ‛âvâh
- Pronunciation
- aw-vaw'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
1) to bend, twist, distort
1a) (Niphal) to be bent, be bowed down, be twisted, be perverted
1b) (Piel) to twist, distort
1c) (Hiphil) to do perversely
1a) (Niphal) to be bent, be bowed down, be twisted, be perverted
1b) (Piel) to twist, distort
1c) (Hiphil) to do perversely
General definition
A primitive root; to {crook} literally or figuratively: - do {amiss} bow {down} make {crooked} commit {iniquity} {pervert} (do) perverse ({-ly}) {trouble} X {turn} do {wickedly} do wrong.
In the Bible
Strong H5753A appears in 7 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- pervert2
- be1
- bow1
- crook1
- perverse1
- turneth1
First verses
- Job 33:27He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
- Psalms 38:6I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
- Proverbs 12:8A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
- Isaiah 21:3Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
- Isaiah 24:1Behold, the Lord maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
- Jeremiah 3:21A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the Lord their God.
- Lamentations 3:9He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.