Word Study · Strong's H5753
עָוָה
ʻâvâh
“to crook, literally or figuratively”
- 17occurrencescanonical count
- 17tagged so farloaded book by book
- 12books spannedamong tagged text
Strong's Dictionary (1890, public domain)
Definition
to crook, literally or figuratively KJV usage: do amiss, bow down, make crooked, commit iniquity, pervert, (do) perverse(-ly), trouble, [idiom] turn, do wickedly, do wrong.
17 loaded
The ledger of occurrences
1 Samuel1 occurrence
Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of a perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own shame, and unto the shame of thy mother’s nakedness?The first tagged occurrence in 1 Samuel.
2 Samuel3 occurrences
I will be his father, and he shall be my son: if he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men;The first tagged occurrence in 2 Samuel.
1 Kings1 occurrence
yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captive, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have dealt wickedly;The first tagged occurrence in 1 Kings.
2 Chronicles1 occurrence
yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn again, and make supplication unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done perversely, and have dealt wickedly;The first tagged occurrence in 2 Chronicles.
Esther1 occurrence
And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the peoples that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.The first tagged occurrence in Esther.
Job1 occurrence
He singeth before men, and saith, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, And it profited me not:The first tagged occurrence in Job.
Psalms2 occurrences
I am pained and bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.The first tagged occurrence in Psalms.
Proverbs1 occurrence
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom; But he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.The first tagged occurrence in Proverbs.
Isaiah2 occurrences
Therefore are my loins filled with anguish; pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman in travail: I am pained so that I cannot hear; I am dismayed so that I cannot see.The first tagged occurrence in Isaiah.
Jeremiah2 occurrences
A voice is heard upon the bare heights, the weeping and the supplications of the children of Israel; because they have perverted their way, they have forgotten Jehovah their God.The first tagged occurrence in Jeremiah.
Lamentations1 occurrence
He hath walled up my ways with hewn stone; he hath made my paths crooked.The first tagged occurrence in Lamentations.
Daniel1 occurrence
we have sinned, and have dealt perversely, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even turning aside from thy precepts and from thine ordinances;The first tagged occurrence in Daniel.