Aqash עָקַשׁ
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| עָקַשׁ | |
|---|---|
| Transliteration | aqash |
| Strong's number | H6140 |
| Language | Hebrew |
| Part of speech | verb |
| Gloss | to twist |
| Occurrences | 5 in 5 verses |
| Most frequent in | Proverbs (2) |
Aqash (Hebrew עָקַשׁ, Strong's H6140) is a Hebrew verb meaning “to twist”. It occurs 5 times in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
Definition
1) to be perverse, twist, pervert, make crooked, prove perverse, declare perverse
1a) (Niphal) to be crooked
1b) (Piel) to twist, distort, pervert, make crooked
1c) (Hiphil) to declare crooked
1d) (Qal) perverse
1a) (Niphal) to be crooked
1b) (Piel) to twist, distort, pervert, make crooked
1c) (Hiphil) to declare crooked
1d) (Qal) perverse
From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
Translated as
| KJV | perverse (2), perverteth (1), crooked (1), pervert (1) |
|---|---|
| BSB | it would declare me guilty (1), he who perverts (1), whoever is perverse (1), crooked (1), pervert (1) |
Verses
Every verse with Aqash, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).
Job
- Job 9:20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
Proverbs
- Proverbs 10:9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
- Proverbs 28:18Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.
Isaiah
- Isaiah 59:8The 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.The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.
Micah
- Micah 3:9Hear 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.Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,
Notes
- Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
- English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).