Strongs Number: H6140
- Hebrew Word
- עָקַשׁ
- Transliteration
- ʻâqash
- Phonetic
- aw-kash'
- Part of Speech
- Verb
- Strongs Definition
-
to knot or distort; figuratively to pervert (act or declare perverse)
- BDB Definition
-
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
- Bible Usage
- make {crooked} ({prove} that is) perverse (-rt).