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Strong's Hebrew · H6140

עָקַשׁ

ʻâqash · aw-kash'

Definitionto knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse)
Derivationa primitive root;
KJV usagemake crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).
Occurrences5 in the KJV · 5 verses

עָקַשׁ in Scripture

Job 9:20 If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say , I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse. Proverbs 10:9 He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known. Proverbs 28:18 Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once. Isaiah 59:8 The 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 3:9 Hear 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.
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Strong's
H6140
Original
עָקַשׁ
Transliteration
ʻâqash
Language
Hebrew
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