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
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H5753 — עָוָה
a.vah · to twist · Hebrew/Aramaic
17 tagged verse occurrences
1 Samuel 20:30 · נַעֲוַ֖תThen Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of a perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame, and unto the shame of thy mother’s nakedness?2 Samuel 7:14 · בְּהַ֣עֲוֹת֔וֹI will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;2 Samuel 19:19 · הֶעֱוָ֣הAnd he said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.2 Samuel 24:17 · הֶעֱוֵ֔יתִיAnd David spake unto Jehovah when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? let thy hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.1 Kings 8:47 · וְהֶעֱוִ֖ינוּyet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly;2 Chronicles 6:37 · הֶעֱוִ֖ינוּyet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;Esther 1:16 · עָוְתָ֖הAnd Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.Job 33:27 · הֶעֱוֵ֗יתִיHe singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:Psalm 38:6 · נַעֲוֵ֣יתִיI am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.Psalm 106:6 · הֶעֱוִ֥ינוּWe have sinned with our fathers, We have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.Proverbs 12:8 · וְנַעֲוֵה־A man shall be commended according to his wisdom; But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.Isaiah 21:3 · נַעֲוֵ֣יתִיTherefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.Isaiah 24:1 · וְעִוָּ֣הBehold, Jehovah maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.Jeremiah 3:21 · הֶעֱוּוּ֙A voice is heard upon the bare heights, the weeping and the supplications of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Jehovah their God.Jeremiah 9:5 · הַעֲוֵ֥הAnd they will deceive every one his neighbor, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies; they weary themselves to commit iniquity.Lamentations 3:9 · עִוָּֽה׃ סHe hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.Daniel 9:5 · וְעָוִ֖ינוּwe have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from thy precepts and from thine ordinances;