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Lexicon :: Strong's H6140 - ʿāqaš

Aa
עָקַשׁ
Transliteration
ʿāqaš
Pronunciation
aw-kash'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1684

Strong’s Definitions

עָקַשׁ ʻâqash, aw-kash'; a primitive root; to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse):—make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x

The KJV translates Strong's H6140 in the following manner: perverse (2x), pervert (2x), crooked (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 5x
The KJV translates Strong's H6140 in the following manner: perverse (2x), pervert (2x), crooked (1x).

  1. to be perverse, twist, pervert, make crooked, prove perverse, declare perverse

    1. (Niphal) to be crooked

    2. (Piel) to twist, distort, pervert, make crooked

    3. (Hiphil) to declare crooked

    4. (Qal) perverse

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָקַשׁ ʻâqash, aw-kash'; a primitive root; to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse):—make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).
STRONGS H6140: Abbreviations
† [עָקַשׁ] verb twist (Late Hebrew id. (rare)); —
Niph. Participle construct דְּרָכַיִם Proverbs 28:18 one crooked in ways (< plural, compare Toy).
Pi. Perfect 3rd person plural עִקְּשׁז לָהֶם Isaiah 59:8 their paths they have twisted. Imperfect 3rd person masculine plural יְעַקֵּ֑שׁזּ Micah 3:9 all that is straight they make crooked; Participle מְעַקֵּשׁ דְּרָכָיו Proverbs 10:9 (compare Niph.).
Hiph. Imperfect וַיּעְקְשֵׁנִי Job 9:20 (Ges§ 53 n) he hath declared me crooked, devious (in life).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

9:20

Proverbs

10:9; 28:18

Isaiah

59:8

Micah

3:9

H6140

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6140 matches the Hebrew עָקַשׁ (ʿāqaš),
which occurs 5 times in 5 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:20

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:20 - If H518 I justify myself, H6663 mine own mouth H6310 shall condemn me: H7561 if I say, I H589 am perfect, H8535 it shall also prove me perverse. H6140

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:9 - He that walketh H1980 uprightly H8537 walketh H3212 surely: H983 but he that perverteth H6140 his ways H1870 shall be known. H3045

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:18 - Whoso walketh H1980 uprightly H8549 shall be saved: H3467 but he that is perverse H6140 in his ways H1870 shall fall H5307 at once. H259

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:8

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 59:8 - The way H1870 of peace H7965 they know H3045 not; H3808 and H369➔ there is no ➔H369 judgment H4941 in their goings: H4570 they have made H6140➔ them crooked ➔ H6140 paths: H5410 whosoever H3605 goeth H1869 therein shall H3045➔ not H3808 know ➔H3045 peace. H7965

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Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:9

Unchecked Copy BoxMic 3:9 - Hear H8085 this, H2063 I pray you, H4994 ye heads H7218 of the house H1004 of Jacob, H3290 and princes H7101 of the house H1004 of Israel, H3478 that abhor H8581 judgment, H4941 and H853 pervert H6140 all H3605 equity. H3477
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