H3868: לוּז
lûwz · pronounced looz · “be devious”
Definition
to turn aside , i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverse
KJV translates it as: depart, froward, perverse(-ness).
Word origin: a primitive root; (compare H3867 (לָוָה), H3874 (לוּט) and H3885 (לוּן))
Extended definition
1a) (Qal) to depart
1b) (Niphal)
1b1) to go wrong, go crooked
1b2) devious, perverse (participle)
1c) (Hiphil)
1c1) to be lost from view
1c2) to become devious
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H3868 is translated
- who are crooked ×1
- they depart ×1
- a crooked person ×1
- let them depart ×1
- the one who is crooked of ×1
- a crooked thing ×1
Bible verses with H3868 (lûwz)
Lûwz appears in 6 verses.
- Proverbs 2:15
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
- Proverbs 3:21
My son, let not them depart from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
- Proverbs 3:32
For the froward is abomination to the Lord: but his secret is with the righteous.
- Proverbs 4:21
Let them not depart from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
- Proverbs 14:2
He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the Lord: but he that is perverse in his ways despiseth him.
- Isaiah 30:12
Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness, and stay thereon: