Strong's Definition
to crook, literally or figuratively
Derivation: a primitive root;
KJV Usage: do amiss, bow down, make crooked, commit iniquity, pervert, (do) perverse(-ly), trouble, [idiom] turn, do wickedly, do wrong.
TWOT Reference: 1577
Outline of Biblical Usage
Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents
This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עָוָה (a.vah) — to twist. 1) to bend, twist, distort 1a) (Niphal) to be bent, be bowed down, be twisted, be perverted 1b) (Piel) to twist, distort 1c) (Hiphil) to do perversely
עָוָה (a.vah) — to pervert. 1) to commit iniquity, do wrong, pervert 1a) (Qal) to do wrong, commit iniquity 1b) (Hiphil) to commit iniquity
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · עַוָּה · עָוֹן · עִוְעִים · עִי · מְעִי
Shape | verb pi
to twist = causative action by which deities change the shape of an object ► with the purpose of destroying it
Stance | verb nif | ≈ שׁחח
to be bowed down = state in which humans are bowed down ◄ either because of sickness or as a result of deep sorrow, distress, or fear
Afraid | verb nif
to be down, to be depressed = state in which humans feel down and depressed ◄ as a result of difficult circumstances
Evil | verb nif ptc.act | ≈ מַרְדּוּת
perverse, wicked = state in which humans are flawed in character
Wrong | verb pi, verb hif
to pervert, to make crooked = causative action by which humans cause an event to be flawed
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew © United Bible Societies, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עָוָה] vb. bend, twist Niph. be bent, bowed down, twisted
Pi. my paths hath he twisted; its surface will he distort
Hiph. the right have I perverted
base
[עָוָה] vb. denom. commit iniquity, do wrong Qal (late) she hath done wrong
Hiph. commit iniquity
base