עָוַת
a.vatVerbH5791
to pervert
From: a primitive root;
Short Definition
to wrest
Full Lexicon Entry
- to be bent, be crooked, bend, make crooked, pervert 1a)(Piel) 1a1) to make crooked, falsify, pervert, subvert 1a2) to bend, make crooked 1b) (Pual) thing bent (participle) 1c) (Hithpael) to bend oneself
Grammar
Part of Speech Verb
Morphology H:V
DescriptionHebrew Verb
Occurrences
10 timesAppears 10 times in the Old Testament. Top books include:
Ecclesiastes
3
Job
3
Psalms
2
Amos
1
Lamentations
1
Key Passages
- Amos 8:5
- Ecclesiastes 12:3
- Job 19:6
- Job 8:3
- Psalms 119:78
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