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 be righteous, Mine mouth doth declare me wicked, Perfect I am!—it declareth me perverse.Proverbs 10:9 · וּמְעַקֵּ֥שׁWhoso is walking in integrity walketh confidently, And whoso is perverting his ways is known.Proverbs 28:18 · וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁWhoso is walking uprightly is saved, And the perverted of ways falleth at once.Isaiah 59:8 · עִקְּשׁ֣וּA way of peace they have not known, And there is no judgment in their paths, Their paths they have made perverse for themselves, No treader in it hath known peace.Micah 3:9 · יְעַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃Hear this, I pray you, heads of the house of Jacob, And ye judges of the house of Israel, Who are making judgment abominable, And all uprightness do pervert.