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Lexicon :: Strong's H5791 - ʿāvaṯ

Aa
עָוַת
Transliteration
ʿāvaṯ
Pronunciation
aw-vath'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1591

Strong’s Definitions

עָוַת ʻâvath, aw-vath'; a primitive root; to wrest:—bow self, (make) crooked, falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H5791 in the following manner: pervert (3x), crooked (2x), bow (1x), bow down (1x), falsifying (1x), overthrown (1x), perversely (1x), subvert (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H5791 in the following manner: pervert (3x), crooked (2x), bow (1x), bow down (1x), falsifying (1x), overthrown (1x), perversely (1x), subvert (1x).

  1. to be bent, be crooked, bend, make crooked, pervert

    1. (Piel)

      1. to make crooked, falsify, pervert, subvert

      2. to bend, make crooked

    2. (Pual) thing bent (participle)

    3. (Hithpael) to bend oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָוַת ʻâvath, aw-vath'; a primitive root; to wrest:—bow self, (make) crooked, falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down.
STRONGS H5791: Abbreviations
† [עָוַת] verb be bent, crooked (Late Hebrew id., Pi. Nithp.; Aramaic עַוֵּית Pa.; compare bdb073605, bdb073606 deceive PS3008); —
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix עִוְּתָ֑נִי Job 19:6, עִוְּתוֺ Ecclesiastes 7:13; 3rd person plural suffix עִוְּתוּנִי Psalm 119:78; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְעַוֵּת Psalm 146:9; Job 8:3, יְעַוֶּתֿ Job 8:3; Infinitive לְעַוֵּת Amos 8:5; Lamentations 3:22; —
1.
a. make crooked = falsify, scales Amos 8:5; pervert justice (מִשְׁפָּט, צֶדֶק) Job 8:3 (twice in verse); Job 34:12 (all God subject); with accusative of person subvert (i.e. deprive of justice), אָדָם בְּרִיבוֺ לְע׳ Lamentations 3:36, compare Psalm 119:78; so עִוְּתָ֑נִי Job 19:6 (י׳ subject).
2. bend, make crooked, דֶּרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים Psalm 146:9 (י׳ subject); in general Ecclesiastes 7:13 (God subject; opposed to תִּקֵּן).
Pu. Participle מְעֻוָּת Ecclesiastes 1:15 what is bent (opposed to תְּקֹן).
Hithp. Perfect 3rd person plural consecutive וְהִתְעַוְּתוּ Ecclesiastes 12:3 and the strong men bend themselves.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

8:3; 8:3; 8:3; 19:6; 19:6; 34:12

Psalms

119:78; 119:78; 146:9; 146:9

Ecclesiastes

1:15; 7:13; 7:13; 12:3

Lamentations

3:22; 3:36

Amos

8:5; 8:5

H5791

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5791 matches the Hebrew עָוַת (ʿāvaṯ),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:3 -

“Does God H410 pervert H5791 justice H4941?

Or H518 does [fn]the Almighty H7706 pervert H5791 what H6664 is H6664 right H6664?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:6 -

Know H3045 then H645 that God H433 has wronged H5791 me

And has surrounded H5362 me with His net H4685.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:12 -

“God H410 certainly H637 H551 will not act H7561 wickedly H7561,

And the Almighty H7706 will not pervert H5791 justice H4941.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:78

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May the arrogant H2086 be put H954 to H954 shame H954, because H3588 they lead H5791 me astray H5791 with a lie H8267;

But I shall meditate H7878 on Your precepts H6490.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:9

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The LORD H3068 watches H8104 over H8104 strangers H1616;

He [fn]supports H5749 the fatherless H3490 and the widow H490,

But He [fn]thwarts H5791 the way H1870 of the wicked H7563.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:15 - What is crooked H5791 cannot H3201 H3808 be straightened H8626, and what H2642 is H2642 lacking H2642 cannot H3201 H3808 be counted H4487.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:13 -

Consider H7200 the work H4639 of God H430,

For who H4310 is H3201 able H3201 to straighten H8626 what H834 He has bent H5791?

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:3 - on the day H3117 that the watchmen H8104 of the house H1004 tremble H2111, and strong H2428 men H376 are bent H5791 over H5791, the grinders H2912 stop H988 working H988 because H3588 they are H4591 few H4591, and those who look H7200 through [fn]windows H699 grow H2821 [fn]dim H2821;

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Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:36

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To [fn]defraud H5791 someone H120 in his lawsuit H7379—

Of these things the Lord H136 does not [fn]approve H7200.

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Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - saying H559,

“When H4970 will the new H2320 moon H2320 [fn]be H5674 over H5674,

So that we may sell H7666 grain H7668;

And the Sabbath H7676, so that we may open H6605 the wheat H1250 market,

To make H6994 the [fn]ephah H374 smaller H6994 and the [fn]shekel H8255 bigger H1431,

And to cheat H5791 with dishonest H4820 scales H3976,

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