עָוָה

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H5753

Transliteration: ʻâvâh

Pronunciation: aw-vaw'

Definition: do amiss

Original: עוה

Transliteration: ‛âvâh

Phonetic: aw-vaw'

BDB Definition:

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
to commit iniquity, do wrong, pervert
1. (Qal) to do wrong, commit iniquity
2. (Hiphil) to commit iniquity

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 1577