Wrong
Bible Usage:
- wrong used 26 times.
- wronged used twice.
- wrongeth used once.
- wrongfully used 7 times.
- First Reference: Genesis 16:5
- Last Reference: Colossians 3:25
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:
- H2555 Used 3 times
- H3238 Used 1 time
- H3808 Used 1 time
- H5627 Used 1 time
- H5753 Used 1 time
- H5792 Used 1 time
- H6127 Used 1 time
- H6231 Used 2 times
- H7451 Used 1 time
- H7563 Used 1 time
- G91 Used 10 times
- G92 Used 1 time
- G93 Used 1 time
WRONG, adjective Literally wrung, twisted or turned from a straight line or even surface. Hence,
1. Not physically right; not fit or suitable; as the wrong side of a garment. You hold the book the wrong end uppermost. There may be something wrong in the construction of a watch or an edifice.
2. Not morally right; that deviates from the line of rectitude prescribed by God; not just or equitable; not right or proper; not legal; erroneous; as a wrong practice; wrong ideas; a wrong course of life; wrong measures; wrong inclinations and desires; a wrong application of talents; wrong judgment. Habakkuk 1:4.
3. Erroneous; not according to truth; as a wrong statement.
WRONG, noun Whatever deviates from moral rectitude; any injury done to another; a trespass; a violation of right. Wrongs are private or public. Private wrongs are civil injuries, immediately affecting individuals; public wrongs are crimes and misdemeanors which affect the community.
Sarai said to Abraham, my wrong be on thee. Genesis 16:5.
Friend, I do thee no wrong Matthew 20:13.
The obligation to redress a wrong is at least as binding as that of paying a debt.
WRONG, adverb Not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously.
Ten censure wrong for one that writes amiss.
WRONG, verb transitive
1. To injure; to treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from. We wrong a man, when we defraud him, and when we trespass on his property. We wrong a man, when we neglect to pay him his due. Phile 18.
2. To do injustice to by imputation; to impute evil unjustly. If you suppose me capable of a base act, you wrong me.
WRONG-DOER, noun One who injures another, or does wrong.
WRONG-DOING, noun Evil or wicked act or action.
WRONGED, participle passive Treated unjustly; injured.
WRONGER, noun One who injures another.
WRONGFUL, adjective Injurious unjust; as a wrongful taking of property; wrongful dealing.
WRONGFULLY, adverb Unjustly; in a manner contrary to the moral law or to justice; as, to accuse one wrongfully; to suffer wrongfully
WRONGHEAD, WRONGHEADED, adjective [wrong and head.] Wrong in opinion or principle; having a perverse understanding; perverse.
WRONGHEAD, WRONGHEADED adjective [wrong and head.] Wrong in opinion or principle; having a perverse understanding; perverse.
WRONGHEADEDNESS, noun Perverseness; erroneousness.
WRONGLESSLY, adverb Without injury to any one. [Not used.]
WRONGLY, adverb In a wrong manner; unjustly; amiss. He judges wrongly of my motives.
WRONGNESS, noun Wrong disposition; error.