Strong H6140עָקַשׁ
to twist
- Transliteration
- ‛âqash
- Pronunciation
- aw-kash'
- Morphology
- Hebrew Verb
Definition
A primitive root; to knot or distort; figuratively to pervert (act or declare perverse): - make {crooked} ({prove} that is) perverse (-rt).
Detailed definition
1) to be perverse, twist, pervert, make crooked, prove perverse, declare perverse
1a) (Niphal) to be crooked
1b) (Piel) to twist, distort, pervert, make crooked
1c) (Hiphil) to declare crooked
1d) (Qal) perverse
1a) (Niphal) to be crooked
1b) (Piel) to twist, distort, pervert, make crooked
1c) (Hiphil) to declare crooked
1d) (Qal) perverse
In the Bible
Strong H6140 appears in 5 verses of the KJV.
Translated in the KJV by
- perverse2
- crook1
- pervert1
- perverteth1
First verses
- Job 9:20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
- Proverbs 10:9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
- Proverbs 28:18Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
- Isaiah 59:8The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
- Micah 3:9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.