עָוַת
a.vat
“to pervert”
Definition
to wrest
a primitive root;
- 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
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Grammar & Morphology
Verb
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Hebrew Verb
Occurrences
עָוַת appears 10 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
asking, “When will the New Moon be over,that we may sell grain?When will the Sabbath end,that we may market wheat?Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel;let us cheat with dishonest scales.
on the day the keepers of the house trembleand the strong men stoop,when those grinding cease because they are fewand those watching through windows see dimly,
then understand that it is God who has wronged meand drawn His net around me.
Does God pervert justice?Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
May the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie;I will meditate on Your precepts.
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