{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H6141",
  "lemma": "עִקֵּשׁ",
  "transliteration": "ʻiqqêsh",
  "definition": "distorted; hence, false",
  "kjv": "crooked, froward, perverse.",
  "occurrences": 11,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "builtFrom": [
    {
      "id": "H6140",
      "lemma": "עָקַשׁ",
      "transliteration": "ʻâqash",
      "meaning": "to knot or distort",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/word/H6140"
    }
  ],
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "עִקֵּשׁ adj. twisted, perverted"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 32:5",
      "text": "They have dealt corruptly with him. They are not his children, because of their defect. They are a perverse and crooked…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/32?v=5"
    },
    {
      "reference": "2 Samuel 22:27",
      "text": "With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/22?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 18:27",
      "text": "With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/18?v=27"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 101:4",
      "text": "A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/101?v=4"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 2:15",
      "text": "who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/2?v=15"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 8:8",
      "text": "All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/8?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 11:20",
      "text": "Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/11?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 17:20",
      "text": "One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/17?v=20"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 19:1",
      "text": "Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/19?v=1"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 22:5",
      "text": "Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked; whoever guards his soul stays far from them.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/22?v=5"
    }
  ],
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