H6140 · עָקַשׁ
ʻâqash · aw-kash' · perverse, crooked
H6140 (ʻâqash, pronounced aw-kash') is the Hebrew word עָקַשׁ in Strong’s dictionary: to knot or distort. It appears 5 times in 5 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- עָקַשׁ (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- ʻâqash
- Pronunciation
- aw-kash'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse)
- Rendered in the KJV
- make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
5 occurrences in 5 verses.
How the BSB renders it
- “They have turned them into crooked” ×1
- “and pervert” ×1
- “but he who perverts” ×1
- “but whoever is perverse” ×1
- “it would declare me guilty” ×1
By book
Job 1 · Proverbs 2 · Isaiah 1 · Micah 1
Verses
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H6140.