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 to him, “You son of a perverse rebellious woman, don’t I know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame, and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?2 Samuel 7:14 · בְּהַ֣עֲוֹת֔וֹI will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;2 Samuel 19:19 · הֶעֱוָ֣הHe said to the king, “Don’t let my lord impute iniquity to me, nor remember that which your 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 · הֶעֱוֵ֔יתִיDavid spoke to Yahweh when he saw the angel who struck the people, and said, “Behold, I have sinned, and I have done perversely; but these sheep, what have they done? Please let your hand be against me, and against my father’s house.”1 Kings 8:47 · וְהֶעֱוִ֖ינוּyet if they shall repent in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of those who carried them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned, and have done perversely; we have dealt wickedly;’2 Chronicles 6:37 · הֶעֱוִ֖ינוּyet if they shall repent themselves in the land where they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication to you in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;’Esther 1:16 · עָוְתָ֖הMemucan answered before the king and the princes, “Vashti the queen has not done wrong to just the king, but also to all the princes, and to all the people who are in all the provinces of the King Ahasuerus.Job 33:27 · הֶעֱוֵ֗יתִיHe sings before men, and says, ‘I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it didn’t profit me.Psalm 38:6 · נַעֲוֵ֣יתִיI am pained and bowed down greatly. I go mourning all 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 who has a warped mind shall be despised.Isaiah 21:3 · נַעֲוֵ֣יתִיTherefore my thighs are filled with anguish. Pains have taken hold on me, like the pains of a woman in labor. I am in so much pain that I can’t hear. I so am dismayed that I can’t see.Isaiah 24:1 · וְעִוָּ֣הBehold, Yahweh makes the earth empty, makes it waste, turns it upside down, and scatters its inhabitants.Jeremiah 3:21 · הֶעֱוּוּ֙A voice is heard on the bare heights, the weeping and the petitions of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Yahweh their God.Jeremiah 9:5 · הַעֲוֵ֥הThey will deceive everyone 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 has walled up my ways with cut stone; he has 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 your precepts and from your ordinances;