# H6141 עִקֵּשׁ

עִקֵּשׁ (ʻiqqêsh), Strong’s H6141: distorted; hence, false KJV: crooked, froward, perverse.. Occurs 11 times.

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*ʻiqqêsh* — distorted; hence, false

KJV: crooked, froward, perverse.

Derived from [עָקַשׁ ʻâqash](https://besorah.bible/word/H6140) (to knot or distort)

Occurs 11 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עִקֵּשׁ adj. twisted, perverted

## Where it occurs
- [Deuteronomy 32:5](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/32?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/2-samuel/22?v=27) — With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
- [Psalms 18:27](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/18?v=27) — With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
- [Psalms 101:4](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/101?v=4) — A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.
- [Proverbs 2:15](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/2?v=15) — who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths,
- [Proverbs 8:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/8?v=8) — All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
- [Proverbs 11:20](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/11?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/17?v=20) — One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
- [Proverbs 19:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/19?v=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](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/22?v=5) — Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked; whoever guards his soul stays far from them.