H6140
Hebrew
עָקַשׁ
ʻâqash (aw-kash')
to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse)
KJV Translations of H6140
make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).
Word Origin & Derivation
a primitive root;
H6140 in the King James Bible
5 verses
Isaiah 59:8
עִקְּשׁ֣וּ
The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
Job 9:20
וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי׃
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
Micah 3:9
יְעַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
Proverbs 10:9
וּמְעַקֵּ֥שׁ
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
Proverbs 28:18
וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁ
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.