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׃Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.Proverbs 10:9 · וּמְעַקֵּ֥שׁHe who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.Proverbs 28:18 · וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁWhoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.Isaiah 59:8 · עִקְּשׁ֣וּThe way of peace they don’t know; and there is no justice in their goings: they have made them crooked paths; whoever goes therein does not know peace.Micah 3:9 · יְעַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity.