H6140

עקש

עקש

iqash

Verb · A primitive root

A primitive root; to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse):—make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).

Outline

to be perverse, twist, pervert, make crooked, prove perverse, declare perverse

(Niphal) to be crooked
(Piel) to twist, distort, pervert, make crooked
(Hiphil) to declare crooked
(Qal) perverse

Usages

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.

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Proverbs 10:9

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

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Proverbs 28:18

Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

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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.

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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.

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