H6141 עִקֵּשׁ
ʻiqqêsh — distorted; hence, false
KJV: crooked, froward, perverse.
Derived from עָקַשׁ ʻâqash (to knot or distort)
Occurs 11 times. Every verse with this word
Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עִקֵּשׁ adj. twisted, perverted
Where it occurs
- Deuteronomy 32:5 — They have dealt corruptly with him. They are not his children, because of their defect. They are a perverse and crooked…
- 2 Samuel 22:27 — With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
- Psalms 18:27 — With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
- Psalms 101:4 — A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.
- Proverbs 2:15 — who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,
- Proverbs 8:8 — All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
- Proverbs 11:20 — Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.
- Proverbs 17:20 — One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
- Proverbs 19:1 — Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
- Proverbs 22:5 — Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked; whoever guards his soul stays far from them.