{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H6140",
  "lemma": "עָקַשׁ",
  "transliteration": "ʻâqash",
  "definition": "to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse)",
  "kjv": "make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).",
  "occurrences": 5,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "[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)"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Isaiah 59:8",
      "text": "They don’t know the way of peace; and there is no justice in their ways. They have made crooked paths for themselves…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/isaiah/59?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Micah 3:9",
      "text": "Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/micah/3?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 10:9",
      "text": "He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/10?v=9"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 28:18",
      "text": "Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/28?v=18"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Job 9:20",
      "text": "Though I am righteous, my own mouth will condemn me. Though I am blameless, it will prove me perverse.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/job/9?v=20"
    }
  ],
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