# H5557 סָלַף

סָלַף (çâlaph), Strong’s H5557: properly, to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvert KJV: overthrow, pervert.. Occurs 7 times.

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*çâlaph* — properly, to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvert

KJV: overthrow, pervert.

Occurs 7 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- סָלַף vb. twist, pervert, overturn
- Pi.
- 1 pervert
- 2 subvert, turn upside down, ruin

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 23:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/23?v=8) — “You shall take no bribe, for a bribe blinds those who have sight and perverts the words of the righteous.
- [Deuteronomy 16:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/16?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/13?v=6) — Righteousness guards the way of integrity, but wickedness overthrows the sinner.
- [Proverbs 19:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/19?v=3) — The foolishness of man subverts his way; his heart rages against the LORD.
- [Proverbs 21:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/21?v=12) — The Righteous One considers the house of the wicked, and brings the wicked to ruin.
- [Proverbs 22:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/22?v=12) — The LORD’s eyes watch over knowledge, but he frustrates the words of the unfaithful.
- [Job 12:19](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/12?v=19) — He leads priests away stripped, and overthrows the mighty.