עקשׁ
‛âqash
aw-kash'
A primitive root; to knot or distort; figuratively to pervert (act or declare perverse)
KJV Usage: make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse (-rt).
עקשׁ
‛âqash
aw-kash'
A primitive root; to knot or distort; figuratively to pervert (act or declare perverse)
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions
עקשׁ
1. to be perverse, twist, pervert, make crooked, prove perverse, declare perverse
a. (Niphal) to be crooked
b. (Piel) to twist, distort, pervert, make crooked
c. (Hiphil) to declare crooked
d. (Qal) perverse
Origin: a primitive root
TWOT: 1684
Parts of Speech: Verb
- עָקַשׁ
- a.qash
- H:V
- to twist
- 1) to be perverse, twist, pervert, make crooked, prove perverse, declare perverse
1a) (Niphal) to be crooked
1b) (Piel) to twist, distort, pervert, make crooked
1c) (Hiphil) to declare crooked
1d) (Qal) perverse