H6140 עָקַשׁ
ʻâqash — to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse)
KJV: make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).
Occurs 5 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- [עָקַשׁ] vb. twist
- Niph. one crooked in ways
- Pi. their paths they have twisted. all that is straight they make crooked
- Hiph. he hath declared me crooked, devious (in life)
Where it occurs
- Isaiah 59:8 — They don’t know the way of peace; and there is no justice in their ways. They have made crooked paths for themselves…
- Micah 3:9 — Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and…
- Proverbs 10:9 — He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
- Proverbs 28:18 — Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.
- Job 9:20 — Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me. Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse.