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.