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עָקַשׁ — Brown–Driver–Briggs | Berean Institutes

Brown–Driver–Briggs: עָקַשׁ

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עָקַשׁ

ʿāqaš

twist

[עָקַשׁ] vb. twist

Niph. one crooked in ways

Pi. their paths they have twisted. all that is straight they make crooked

Hiph. he hath declared me crooked, devious (in life)

Brown–Driver–Briggs — CC-BY-4.0

Brown-Driver-Briggs (BDB) Hebrew Lexicon, openscriptures/HebrewLexicon, CC BY 4.0. Curated by Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project.