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.