H6140 עָקַשׁ

Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 5 KJV occurrences

עָקַשׁ

ʻâqash · aw-kash'

Definition

to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse)

KJV Renderings

make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).

Derivation / Etymology

a primitive root;

KJV Verses (5)

Job 9:20If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Proverbs 10:9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
Proverbs 28:18Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
Isaiah 59:8The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
Micah 3:9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.