# H6143 עִקְּשׁוּת

עִקְּשׁוּת (ʻiqqᵉshûwth), Strong’s H6143: perversity KJV: [idiom] froward.. Occurs 2 times.

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*ʻiqqᵉshûwth* — perversity

KJV: [idiom] froward.

Derived from [עִקֵּשׁ ʻiqqêsh](https://besorah.bible/word/H6141) (distorted)

Occurs 2 times.

## Brown–Driver–Briggs
- עִקְּשׁוּת n.f. crookedness

## Where it occurs
- [Proverbs 4:24](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/4?v=24) — Put away from yourself a perverse mouth. Put corrupt lips far from you.
- [Proverbs 6:12](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/6?v=12) — A worthless person, a man of iniquity, is he who walks with a perverse mouth,