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
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a.qash · to twist · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Job 9:20 · וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי׃Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me: Though I be perfect, it shall prove me perverse.Proverbs 10:9 · וּמְעַקֵּ֥שׁHe that walketh uprightly walketh surely; But he that perverteth his ways shall be known.Proverbs 28:18 · וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁWhoso walketh uprightly shall be delivered; But he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.Isaiah 59:8 · עִקְּשׁ֣וּThe way of peace they know not; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whosoever goeth therein doth not know peace.Micah 3:9 · יְעַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, that abhor justice, and pervert all equity.