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Strong’s H6141 · Hebrew

עִקֵּשׁ

ʻiqqêsh · ik-kashe'

Origin from עָקַשׁ (H6140);

Meaning distorted; hence, false

In the King James Version crooked, froward, perverse.

In 11 verses of the King James Version

  1. Deuteronomy 32:5They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
  2. 2 Samuel 22:27With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
  3. Psalms 18:26With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
  4. Psalms 101:4A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
  5. Proverbs 2:15Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
  6. Proverbs 8:8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
  7. Proverbs 11:20They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
  8. Proverbs 17:20He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
  9. Proverbs 19:1Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
  10. Proverbs 22:5Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
  11. Proverbs 28:6Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.

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.

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