Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H6141: עִקֵּשׁ

ʻiqqêsh · pronounced ik-kashe' · “twisted”

Definition

distorted; hence, false

KJV translates it as: crooked, froward, perverse.

Word origin: from H6140 (עָקַשׁ);

Extended definition

twisted, distorted, crooked, perverse, perverted

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H6141 is translated

  • a perverse person ×3
  • perverse ×2
  • are twisted ×1
  • a distorted thing ×1
  • perverse people of ×1
  • a person twisted of ×1
  • the person perverse of ×1
  • the person perverse ×1

Bible verses with H6141 (ʻiqqêsh)

ʻiqqêsh appears in 11 verses.

  • Deuteronomy 32:5

    They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.

  • 2 Samuel 22:27

    With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.

  • Psalms 18:26

    With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.

  • Psalms 101:4

    A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.

  • Proverbs 2:15

    Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:

  • Proverbs 8:8

    All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.

  • Proverbs 11:20

    They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the Lord: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.

  • Proverbs 17:20

    He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.

  • Proverbs 19:1

    Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.

  • Proverbs 22:5

    Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.

  • Proverbs 28:6

    Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

Words derived from H6141