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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H6140 — עָקַשׁ
a.qash · to twist · Hebrew/Aramaic
5 tagged verse occurrences
Job 9:20 · וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי׃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 · וּמְעַקֵּ֥שׁHe that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.Proverbs 28:18 · וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁWhoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: 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 judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.Micah 3:9 · יְעַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃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.