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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Pervert

The Bible

Bible Usage:

Dictionaries:

  • Included in Eastons: No
  • Included in Hitchcocks: No
  • Included in Naves: No
  • Included in Smiths: No
  • Included in Websters: Yes
  • Included in Strongs: Yes
  • Included in Thayers: Yes
  • Included in BDB: Yes

Strongs Concordance:

Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Pervert

PERVERT', verb transitive [Latin perverto; per and verto, to turn.]

1. To turn from truth, propriety, or from its proper purpose; to distort from its true use or end; as, to pervert reason by misdirecting it; to pervert the laws by misinterpreting and misapplying them; to pervert justice; to pervert the meaning of an author; to pervert nature; to pervert truth.

2. To turn from the right; to corrupt.

He in the serpent had perverted Eve.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Perverted

PERVERT'ED, participle passive Turned from right to wrong; distorted; corrupted; misinterpreted; misemployed.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Perverter

PERVERT'ER, noun One that perverts or turns from right to wrong; one that distorts, misinterprets or misapplies.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Pervertible

PERVERT'IBLE, adjective That may be perverted.


Webster's 1828 Dictionary
Perverting

PERVERT'ING, participle present tense Turning from right to wrong; distorting; misinterpreting; misapplying; corrupting.

[Pervert, when used of persons, usually implies evil design.]