Help QuickNav Adv. Options
NKJV

NKJV

Click to Change

Return to Top

Return to Top

Printer Icon

Print

Copy
Copy Options
Strong's
Red Letter
The Blue Letter Bible

Lexicon :: Strong's H5753 - ʿāvâ

Choose a new font size and typeface
עָוָה
Transliteration
ʿāvâ
Pronunciation
aw-vaw'
Listen
Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1577

Strong’s Definitions

עָוָה ʻâvâh, aw-vaw'; a primitive root; to crook, literally or figuratively:—do amiss, bow down, make crooked, commit iniquity, pervert, (do) perverse(-ly), trouble, × turn, do wickedly, do wrong.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x

The KJV translates Strong's H5753 in the following manner: iniquity (4x), perverse (2x), perversely (2x), perverted (2x), amiss (1x), turn (1x), crooked (1x), bowed down (1x), troubled (1x), wickedly (1x), wrong (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 17x
The KJV translates Strong's H5753 in the following manner: iniquity (4x), perverse (2x), perversely (2x), perverted (2x), amiss (1x), turn (1x), crooked (1x), bowed down (1x), troubled (1x), wickedly (1x), wrong (1x).

  1. to bend, twist, distort

    1. (Niphal) to be bent, be bowed down, be twisted, be perverted

    2. (Piel) to twist, distort

    3. (Hiphil) to do perversely

  2. to commit iniquity, do wrong, pervert

    1. (Qal) to do wrong, commit iniquity

    2. (Hiphil) to commit iniquity

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָוָה ʻâvâh, aw-vaw'; a primitive root; to crook, literally or figuratively:—do amiss, bow down, make crooked, commit iniquity, pervert, (do) perverse(-ly), trouble, × turn, do wickedly, do wrong.
STRONGS H5753: Abbreviations
I. † [עָוָה] verb bend, twist (so Arabic bdb073001); —
Niph. Perfect 1st person singular נַעֲוֵיתִי Isaiah 21:3; Psalm 38:7 [Psalm 38:6]; Participle construct נַעֲוֵה Proverbs 12:8; feminine construct נַעֲוַת 1 Samuel 20:30 (but read נַעֲרַת Greek Version of the LXX We Dr SS Bu HPS); — be bent, bowed down, twisted, || שׁחה Psalm 38:7 [Psalm 38:6]; || נבהל Isaiah 21:3; נַעֲוֵה לֵב Proverbs 12:8 one perverted of mind.
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular עִוָּה, subject י׳ : — Lamentations 3:9 my paths hath he twisted; וְע׳ Isaiah 24:1 its surface will he distort (|| בּוֺקֵק הָאָרֶץ).
Hiph. Perfect 1st person singular יָשָׁר הֶעֱוֵיתִי Job 33:27 the right have I perverted (|| חָטָא); so 3rd person plural הֶעֱווּ אֶתדַּֿרְכָּם Jeremiah 3:21.

† [עָוָה] verb denominative (Gerber90) commit iniquity, do wrong (Aramaic עוי commit sin, עֲוָיָא sin, compare LevyNHWB iii. 626); —
Qal (late) Perfect 3rd person feminine singular עָֽוְתָה Esther 1:16 she hath done wrong (with עַל); 1st person plural עָוִינוּ Daniel 9:5 we have committed iniquity (|| חָטָא).
Hiph. commit inquity; — Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הֶעֱוָה 2 Samuel 19:20 [2 Samuel 19:19], 1st person singular הֶעֱוֵיתִי 2 Samuel 24:17 (|| חָטָא); 1st person plural הֶעֱוִינוּ 1 Kings 8:47 2 Chronicles 6:37; Psalm 106:6 (all || חָטָא); Infinitive absolute הַעֲוֵה Jeremiah 9:4 [Jeremiah 9:5] construct suffix הַעֲוֺתוֺ 2 Samuel 7:14. — Job 33:27 see I. עָוָה.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H5758.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com

BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

1 Samuel

20:30

2 Samuel

7:14; 19:19; 24:17

1 Kings

8:47

2 Chronicles

6:37

Esther

1:16

Job

33:27; 33:27

Psalms

38:6; 38:6; 106:6

Proverbs

12:8; 12:8

Isaiah

21:3; 21:3; 24:1

Jeremiah

3:21; 9:5

Lamentations

3:9

Daniel

9:5

H5753

Read the Full Entry

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5753 matches the Hebrew עָוָה (ʿāvâ),
which occurs 17 times in 17 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Sa 20:30

Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 20:30 - Then Saul’s anger was aroused against Jonathan, and he said to him, “You son of a perverse, rebellious woman! Do I not know that you have chosen the son of Jesse to your own shame and to the shame of your mother’s nakedness?

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 7:14

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:14 - “I will be his Father, and he shall be My son. If he commits iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men and with the blows of the sons of men.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 19:19

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:19 - Then he said to the king, “Do not let my lord impute iniquity to me, or remember what wrong your servant did on the day that my lord the king left Jerusalem, that the king should take it to heart.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Sa 24:17

Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:17 - Then David spoke to the LORD when he saw the angel who was striking the people, and said, “Surely I have sinned, and I have done wickedly; but these sheep, what have they done? Let Your hand, I pray, be against me and against my father’s house.”

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 1Ki 8:47

Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:47 - “yet when they come to themselves in the land where they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication to You in the land of those who took them captive, saying, ‘We have sinned and done wrong, we have committed wickedness’;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box 2Ch 6:37

Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:37 - “yet when they come to themselves in the land where they were carried captive, and repent, and make supplication to You in the land of their captivity, saying, ‘We have sinned, we have done wrong, and have committed wickedness’;

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Est 1:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16 - And Memucan answered before the king and the princes: “Queen Vashti has not only wronged the king, but also all the princes, and all the people who are in all the provinces of King Ahasuerus.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Job 33:27

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:27 - Then he looks at men and says,
‘I have sinned, and perverted what was right,
And it did not profit me.’

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 38:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:6 - I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly;
I go mourning all the day long.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Psa 106:6

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:6 - We have sinned with our fathers,
We have committed iniquity,
We have done wickedly.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:8 - A man will be commended according to his wisdom,
But he who is of a perverse heart will be despised.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 21:3

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:3 - Therefore my loins are filled with pain;
Pangs have taken hold of me, like the pangs of a woman in labor.
I was distressed when I heard it;
I was dismayed when I saw it.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Isa 24:1

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 24:1 - Behold, the LORD makes the earth empty and makes it waste,
Distorts its surface
And scatters abroad its inhabitants.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 3:21

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:21 - A voice was heard on the desolate heights,
Weeping and supplications of the children of Israel.
For they have perverted their way;
They have forgotten the LORD their God.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Jer 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:5 - Everyone will deceive his neighbor,
And will not speak the truth;
They have taught their tongue to speak lies;
They weary themselves to commit iniquity.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:9 - He has blocked my ways with hewn stone;
He has made my paths crooked.

Tools

Unchecked Copy Box Dan 9:5

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:5 - “we have sinned and committed iniquity, we have done wickedly and rebelled, even by departing from Your precepts and Your judgments.
BLB Searches
Search the Bible
NKJV
  [?]

Advanced Options

Other Searches

Multi-Verse Retrieval
x
NKJV
Daily Devotionals
x

Blue Letter Bible offers several daily devotional readings in order to help you refocus on Christ and the Gospel of His peace and righteousness.

Daily Bible Reading Plans
x

Recognizing the value of consistent reflection upon the Word of God in order to refocus one's mind and heart upon Christ and His Gospel of peace, we provide several reading plans designed to cover the entire Bible in a year.

One-Year Plans

Two-Year Plan

Translations available: King James Version, New King James Version, New Living Translation, New International Version, English Standard Version, Christian Standard Bible, New American Standard Bible 2020, New American Standard Bible 1995, Legacy Standard Bible 2021, New English Translation, Revised Standard Version, American Standard Version, Young's Literal Translation, Darby Translation, Webster's Bible, Hebrew Names Version, Reina-Valera 1960, Latin Vulgate, Westminster Leningrad Codex, Septuagint, Morphological Greek New Testament, and Textus Receptus.