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Lexicon :: Strong's H5753 - ʿāvâ

Aa
עָוָה
Transliteration
ʿāvâ
Pronunciation
aw-vaw'
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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.
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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

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

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:19 - And said H559 unto H413 the king, H4428 Let H2803➔ not H408 my lord H113 impute ➔H2803 iniquity H5771 unto me, H589 neither H408 do thou remember H2142 that which H834 thy servant H5650 did perversely H5753 the day H3117 that H834 my lord H113 the king H4428 went out H3318 of Jerusalem, H3389 that H7760➔ the king H4428 should take it ➔H7760 to H413 his heart. H3820

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:17 - And H559➔ David H1732 spake ➔H559 unto H413 the LORD H3068 when he saw H7200 the angel H4397 that smote H5221 the people, H5971 and said, H559 Lo, H2009 I H595 have sinned, H2398 and I H595 have done wickedly: H5753 but these H428 sheep, H6629 what H4100 have they done? H6213 let H1961➔ thine hand, H3027 I pray thee, H4994 be ➔H1961 against me, and against H1004➔ my father's H1 house. ➔H1004

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:47 - Yet if they shall bethink H7725 themselves H3820 in the land H776 whither H834 they were carried captives, H7617 and repent, H7725 and make supplication H2603 unto thee H413 in the land H776 of them that carried them captives, H7617 saying, H559 We have sinned, H2398 and have done perversely, H5753 we have committed wickedness; H7561

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:37 - Yet if they bethink H7725 H413➔ H3824 themselves ➔H413 in the land H776 whither H834 they are carried captive, H7617 and turn H7725 and pray H2603 unto thee H413 in the land H776 of their captivity, H7633 saying, H559 We have sinned, H2398 we have done amiss, H5753 and have dealt wickedly; H7561

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16 - And H559➔ Memucan H4462 answered ➔H559 before H6440 the king H4428 and the princes, H8269 Vashti H2060 the queen H4436 hath H5753➔ not H3808 done wrong ➔ H5753 to H5921 the king H4428 only, H905 but H3588 also H5921 to all H3605 the princes, H8269 and to H5921 all H3605 the people H5971 that H834 are in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of the king H4428 Ahasuerus. H325

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 33:27 - He looketh H7789 upon H5921 men, H376 and if any say, H559 I have sinned, H2398 and H3477➔ perverted H5753 that which was right, ➔H3477 and H3808➔ it profited H7737 me H589 not; ➔H3808

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 38:6 - I am troubled; H5753 I am bowed down H7817 greatly; H3966 I go H1980 mourning H6937 all H3605 the day long. H3117

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:6 - We have sinned H2398 with H5973 our fathers, H1 we have committed iniquity, H5753 we have done wickedly. H7561

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:8 - A man H376 shall be commended H1984 according to H6310 his wisdom: H7922 but he that is of a perverse H5753 heart H3820 shall be H1961 despised. H937

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 21:3 - Therefore H5921 H3651 are H4390➔ my loins H4975 filled ➔H4390 with pain: H2479 pangs H6735 have taken hold upon me, H270 as the pangs H6735 of a woman that travaileth: H3205 I was bowed down H5753 at the hearing H8085 of it; I was dismayed H926 at the seeing H7200 of it.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:21 - A voice H6963 was heard H8085 upon H5921 the high places, H8205 weeping H1065 and supplications H8469 of the children H1121 of Israel: H3478 for H3588 they have perverted H5753 their way, H1870 and they have forgotten H7911 the LORD H3068 their God. H430

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:5 - And H376➔ they will deceive H2048 every one ➔H376 his neighbour, H7453 and H571➔ will H1696➔ not H3808 speak ➔H1696 the truth: ➔H571 they have taught H3925 their tongue H3956 to speak H1696 lies, H8267 and weary themselves H3811 to commit iniquity. H5753

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:9 - He hath inclosed H1443 my ways H1870 with hewn stone, H1496 he hath made H5753➔ my paths H5410 crooked. ➔ H5753

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:5 - We have sinned, H2398 and have committed iniquity, H5753 and have done wickedly, H7561 and have rebelled, H4775 even by departing H5493 from thy precepts H4687 and from thy judgments: H4941
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