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H6143 עִקְּשׁוּת (ʻiqqᵉshûwth) ik-kesh-ooth'

Hebrew
Noun (Feminine, Hebrew)
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Quick Definition

crookedness

Strong's Definition

perversity

Derivation: from H6141 (עִקֵּשׁ);

KJV Usage: [idiom] froward.

TWOT Reference: 1684b

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) distortion, crookedness

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

עִקְּשׁוּת (iq.q.shut) — crookedness. distortion, crookedness

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew

noun f · עקשׁ

Wrong

crookedness literally: crookedness (of an event); hence: = state in which an event differs from the general standard and is therefore unacceptable

PRO 4:24 · PRO 6:12

Reinier de Blois

UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עִקְּשׁוּת n.f. crookedness base

Bible Occurrences (2)

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