Quick Definition
to twist
Strong's Definition
to wrest
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: wrong.
TWOT Reference: 1680
Outline of Biblical Usage
1) to bend, twist
1a) (Pual) to be bent out of shape, be distorted, be crooked
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָקַל (a.qal) — to twist. 1) to bend, twist 1a) (Pual) to be bent out of shape, be distorted, be crooked
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · עֲקַלְקַל · עֲקַלָּתֹון
Wrong | verb pu'al ptc.pass
perverted literally: to be bent; hence: = state in which a process is carried out in a way that differs from the general standard and therefore unacceptable
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עָקַל] vb. bend, twist;—Pu. Hb 1:4 crooked justice. ref