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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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Then Saul’s H7586 anger H639 burned H2734 against Jonathan H3083, and he said H559 to him, “You son H1121 of a perverse H5753, rebellious H4780 woman! Do I not know H3045 that you are choosing H977 the son H1121 of Jesse H3448 to your own shame H1322, and to the shame H1322 of your mother’s H517 nakedness H6172?

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 7:14 - “I will be a father H1 to him and he will be a son H1121 to Me; when H834 he does H5753 wrong H5753, I will discipline H3198 him with a rod H7626 of men H376 and with strokes H5061 of sons H1121 of mankind H120,

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 19:19 - And he said H559 to the king H4428, “May my lord H113 not consider H2803 me guilty H5771, nor H408 call H2142 to H2142 mind H2142 what H834 your servant H5650 did H5753 wrong H5753 on the day H3117 when H834 my lord H113 the king H4428 went H3318 out H3318 from Jerusalem H3389, so that the king H4428 would [fn]take H7760 it to heart H3820.

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 24:17 - Then David H1732 spoke H559 to the LORD H3068 when he saw H7200 the angel H4397 who was striking H5221 down H5221 the people H5971, and said H559, “Behold H2009, it is I who have sinned H2398, and it is I who have done H5753 wrong H5753; but these H428 sheep H6629, what H4100 have they done H6213? Please H4994 let Your hand H3027 be against me and against my father’s H1 house H1004!”

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 8:47 - if they [fn]take H7725 it to heart H3820 in the land H776 where H834 H8033 they have been taken H7617 captive H7617, and repent H7725 and implore H2603 Your [fn]favor H2603 in the land H776 of those who have taken H7617 them captive H7617, saying H559, ‘We have sinned H2398 and done H5753 wrong H5753, we have acted H7561 wickedly H7561’;

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 6:37 - if they [fn]take H7725 it to heart H3824 in the land H776 where H834 H8033 they are taken H7617 captive H7617, and repent H7725 and plead H2603 to You in the land H776 of their captivity H7628, saying H559, ‘We have sinned H2398, we have done H5753 wrong H5753 and have acted H7561 wickedly H7561’;

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:16 - And in the presence H6440 of the king H4428 and the other officials H8269, Memucan H4462 said H559, “Queen H4436 Vashti H2060 has wronged H5753 not only H905 the king H4428 but also all H3605 the officials H8269 and all H3605 the peoples H5971 who H834 are in all H3605 the provinces H4082 of King H4428 Ahasuerus H325.

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“He will sing H7891 to people H376 and say H559,

‘I have sinned H2398 and perverted H5753 what H3477 is H3477 right H3477,

And it is H7737 not proper H7737 for me.

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I am bent H5753 over and greatly H3966 bowed H7817 down H7817;

I go H1980 in mourning H6937 all H3605 day H3117 long.

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We have sinned H2398 [fn]like H5973 our fathers H1,

We have gone H5753 astray H5753, we have behaved H7561 wickedly H7561.

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A person H376 will be praised H1984 according H6310 to his insight H7922,

But one of perverse H5753 [fn]mind H3820 will be despised H937.

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For H5921 this H5921 H3651 reason H5921 H3651 my loins H4975 are full H4390 of anguish H2479;

Pains H6735 have seized H270 me like the pains H6735 of a woman in H3205 labor H3205.

I am so H4480 bewildered H5753 I cannot H4480 hear H8085, so H4480 terrified H926 I cannot H4480 see H7200.

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Behold H2009, the LORD H3068 lays H1238 the earth H776 waste H1238, devastates H1110 it, twists H5753 its surface H6440, and scatters H6327 its inhabitants H3427.

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A voice H6963 is heard H8085 on the bare H8205 heights H8205,

The weeping H1065, the pleading H8469 of the sons H1121 of Israel H3478.

Because H3588 they have perverted H5753 their way H1870,

They have forgotten H7911 the LORD H3068 their God H430.

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“Everyone H376 deceives H8524 his neighbor H7453

And does not speak H1696 the truth H571.

They have taught H3925 their tongue H3956 to speak H1696 lies H8267;

They weary H3811 themselves committing H5753 wrongdoing H5753.

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He has blocked H1443 my ways H1870 with cut H1496 stone H1496;

He has twisted H5753 my paths H5410.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 9:5 - we have sinned H2398, we have done H5753 wrong H5753, and [fn]acted H7561 wickedly H7561 and rebelled H4775, even turning H5493 aside H5493 from Your commandments H4687 and ordinances H4941.
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