Strong’s G4646 · Greek
σκολιός
skoliós · skol-ee-os'
Origin from the base of σκέλος (G4628);
Meaning warped, i.e. winding; figuratively, perverse
In the King James Version crooked, froward, untoward.
In 4 verses of the King James Version
- Luke 3:5Every valley shall be filled, and every mountain and hill shall be brought low; and the crooked shall be made straight, and the rough ways shall be made smooth;
- Acts 2:40And with many other words did he testify and exhort, saying, Save yourselves from this untoward generation.
- Philippians 2:15That ye may be blameless and harmless, the sons of God, without rebuke, in the midst of a crooked and perverse nation, among whom ye shine as lights in the world;
- 1 Peter 2:18Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
From James Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890): its Greek dictionary in the edition of Ulrik Petersen, its Hebrew and Chaldee dictionary in that of David Troidl and David Instone-Brewer; the King James words numbered as in the edition the site sets the King James Version from. Public domain.