H6140: עָקַשׁ
ʻâqash · pronounced aw-kash' · “to twist”
Definition
to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse)
KJV translates it as: make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a) (Niphal) to be crooked
1b) (Piel) to twist, distort, pervert, make crooked
1c) (Hiphil) to declare crooked
1d) (Qal) perverse
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6140 is translated
- me ×1
- one who perverts ×1
- one who is crooked of ×1
- they have made crooked ×1
- they make crooked ×1
Bible verses with H6140 (ʻâqash)
ʻâqash appears in 5 verses.
- Job 9:20
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
- Proverbs 10:9
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
- Proverbs 28:18
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
- Isaiah 59:8
The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
- Micah 3:9
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.