Lexicon :: Strong's H6140 - ʿāqaš

עָקַשׁ
Transliteration
ʿāqaš
Pronunciation
aw-kash'
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).
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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