עָקַשׁ

Biblical Hebrew · Strong's H6140

twist — used 5 times in the Hebrew Bible. Below: its meanings with their sources, MACULA's glosses, and 2 verses word for word and in JPS 1917.

Meaning

OpenScriptures lexical index

twist tree →

Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906

עָקַשׁ: vb. twist Niph. tree →

The whole BDB entry

vb. twist (NH id. (rare));— Pt. cstr. נֶעְקַשׁ דְּרָכַיִם Pr 28:18 one crooked in ways ( Pf. 3 pl. עִקְּשׁוּ לָהֶם Is 59:8 their paths they have twisted. Impf. 3 mpl. יְעַקֵּ֑שׁוּ Mi 3:9 all that is straight they make crooked; Pt. מְעַקֵּשׁ דְּרָכָיו Pr 10:9 (cf. Niph.). Impf. וַיַּעְקְשֵׁנִי Jb 9:20 (Ges§ 53 n) he hath declared me crooked, devious (in life).

Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 5 of its verses cited, 0 words shared with the glosses (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 0 with the glosses (3 candidates)

Glosses

MACULA's English glosses of the word in the text, with how often each is used: [one who is] crooked (1); [one who] makes crooked (1); it (1).

In the verses

Proverbs 28:18 · tree →

הוֹלֵ֣ךְ תָּ֭מִים יִוָּשֵׁ֑עַ וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁ דְּ֝רָכַ֗יִם יִפּ֥וֹל בְּאֶחָֽת׃

Word for word: [one.who].walks blameless he.will.be.delivered and [one.who.is].crooked of.two.ways he.will.fall at one

JPS 1917: Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved; but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

Job 9:20 · tree →

אִם־אֶ֭צְדָּק פִּ֣י יַרְשִׁיעֵ֑נִי תָּֽם־אָ֝֗נִי וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי׃

Word for word: though I.am.righteous mouth my.own it will.condemn.me.as.guilty [am].blameless I and it declared.me.crooked

JPS 1917: Though I be righteous, mine own mouth shall condemn me; though I be innocent, He shall prove me perverse.

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Sources. The words, their counts, glosses and the word-for-word renderings: MACULA Hebrew (the Westminster Leningrad Codex; Clear Bible, CC BY 4.0). Meanings: the OpenScriptures lexical index (CC BY 4.0), Brown–Driver–Briggs 1906 and Jastrow 1903 (public domain, via Sefaria); Targum Onkelos from Sefaria (public domain). Translation: JPS 1917 (public domain, from eBible.org).

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