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KING JAMES BIBLE DICTIONARY

 

Hebrew - English Dictionary

H5753 - Perverse

Strong's No.:H5753

Hebrew:עָוָה

Transliteration:ʻâvâh

Phonetic:aw-vaw'

Word Origin:A primitive root

Bible Usage:do {amiss} bow {down} make {crooked} commit {iniquity} {pervert} (do) perverse ({-ly}) {trouble} X-(idiom) {turn} do {wickedly} do wrong.

Part of Speech:Verb

Strongs
Definition:

to {crook} literally or figuratively


Brown Driver
Biggs Definition:

1. to bend, twist, distort

a. (Niphal) to be bent, be bowed down, be twisted, be perverted

b. (Piel) to twist, distort

c. (Hiphil) to do perversely

2. to commit iniquity, do wrong, pervert

a. (Qal) to do wrong, commit iniquity

b. (Hiphil) to commit iniquity


Bible References:
Perverse

Translation
Occurrences:
amiss ( 1 )
crooked ( 1 )
down ( 2 )
iniquity ( 4 )
perverse ( 2 )
perversely ( 2 )
perverted ( 2 )
troubled ( 1 )
wickedly ( 1 )
wrong ( 1 )

 

Definitions are taken from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
by James Strong (S.T.D.) (LL.D.) 1890.