H5557 סָלַף
çâlaph — properly, to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvert
KJV: overthrow, pervert.
Occurs 7 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- סָלַף vb. twist, pervert, overturn
- Pi.
- 1 pervert
- 2 subvert, turn upside down, ruin
Where it occurs
- Exodus 23:8 — “You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
- Deuteronomy 16:19 — You shall not pervert justice. You shall not show partiality. You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes…
- Proverbs 13:6 — Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
- Proverbs 19:3 — The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against the LORD.
- Proverbs 21:12 — The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.
- Proverbs 22:12 — The LORD’s eyes watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
- Job 12:19 — He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.