Quick Definition
to twist
Strong's Definition
to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse)
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).
TWOT Reference: 1684
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָקַשׁ (a.qash) — to twist. 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
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · עִקֵּשׁ · עִקְּשׁוּת · מַעֲקַשִּׁים · עִקֵּשׁ
Evil | verb nif ptc.act
Collocation: עקשׁ דְּרָכָיִם
to be crooked in (one's) behavior literally: to be crooked of ways; hence: = state in which a person's behavior differs from the general standard and is therefore unacceptable
Evil | verb hif
to prove to be evil literally: to make (a person) crooked; hence: = causative action by which deities cause humans to appear to be people without integrity
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עָקַשׁ] vb. twist Niph. one crooked in ways
Pi. their paths they have twisted. all that is straight they make crooked
Hiph. he hath declared me crooked, devious (in life)
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