Strongs Number: H5791
- Hebrew Word
- עָוַת
- Transliteration
- ʻâvath
- Phonetic
- aw-vath'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to wrest
- BDB Definition
-
1. to be bent, be crooked, bend, make crooked, pervert
a. (Piel)
1. to make crooked, falsify, pervert, subvert
2. to bend, make crooked
b. (Pual) thing bent (participle)
c. (Hithpael) to bend oneself
- Origin
- A primitive root
- Bible Usage
- bow {self} (make) {crooked} {falsifying} {overthrow} deal {perversely} {pervert} {subvert} turn upside down.