Strongs Number: H6140
| Hebrew Word: | עָקַשׁ |
| Transliteration: | ʻâqash |
| Phonetic: | aw-kash' |
| Part of Speech: | Verb |
| Strongs Definition: | to knot or distort; figuratively to pervert (act or declare perverse) |
| BDB Definition: |
1. to be perverse, twist, pervert, make crooked, prove perverse, declare perverse a. (Niphal) to be crooked b. (Piel) to twist, distort, pervert, make crooked c. (Hiphil) to declare crooked d. (Qal) perverse |
| Origin: | A primitive root |
| Bible Usage: | make {crooked} ({prove} that is) perverse (-rt). |