Iqqesh עִקֵּשׁ

Iqqesh (Hebrew עִקֵּשׁ, Strong's H6141) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “twisted”. It occurs 11 times in 11 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Iqqesh, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Deuteronomy

• Deuteronomy 32:5
  They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.His people have acted corruptly toward Him; the spot on them is not that of His children, but of a perverse and crooked generation.

2 Samuel

• 2 Samuel 22:27
  With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.

Psalms

• Psalm 18:26
  With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.to the pure You show Yourself pure, but to the crooked You show Yourself shrewd.
• Psalm 101:4
  A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.A perverse heart shall depart from me; I will know nothing of evil.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 2:15
  Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:whose paths are crooked and whose ways are devious.
• Proverbs 8:8
  All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.All the words of my mouth are righteous; none are crooked or perverse.
• 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.The perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but the blameless in their walk 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.The one with a perverse heart finds no good, and he whose tongue is deceitful falls into trouble.
• Proverbs 19:1
  Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a fool whose lips are perverse.
• Proverbs 22:5
  Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.Thorns and snares lie on the path of the perverse; he who guards his soul stays 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.Better a poor man who walks with integrity than a rich man whose ways are perverse.

Notes

1. 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.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).