Definition
a primitive root; to wrest
Traditional renderings: bow self, (make) crooked., falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down.
Traditional renderings: bow self, (make) crooked., falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עָוַת:
Usage patterns
Occurrences
11 total
- Job 8:3יְעַוֵּ֣ת · pervert; יְעַוֵּֽת־ · pervertDoes God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
- Job 19:6עִוְּתָ֑נִי · who has wronged me…then understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
- Job 34:12יְעַוֵּ֥ת · pervertIndeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.
- Psalm 119:78עִוְּת֑וּנִי · subverting meMay the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
- Psalm 146:9יְעַוֵּֽת׃ · He frustratesThe LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
- Ecclesiastes 1:15מְעֻוָּ֖ת · What is crookedWhat is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
- Ecclesiastes 7:13עִוְּתֽוֹ׃ · He has bentConsider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?
- Ecclesiastes 12:3וְהִֽתְעַוְּת֖וּ · stoop…on the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,
- Lamentations 3:36לְעַוֵּ֤ת · to subvert…to subvert a man in his lawsuit—of these the Lord does not approve.
- Amos 8:5וּלְעַוֵּ֖ת · let us cheat…asking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.