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Lexicon :: Strong's H5791 - ʿāvaṯ

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עָוַת
Transliteration
ʿāvaṯ
Pronunciation
aw-vath'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 1591

Strong’s Definitions

עָוַת ʻâvath, aw-vath'; a primitive root; to wrest:—bow self, (make) crooked, falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H5791 in the following manner: pervert (3x), crooked (2x), bow (1x), bow down (1x), falsifying (1x), overthrown (1x), perversely (1x), subvert (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H5791 in the following manner: pervert (3x), crooked (2x), bow (1x), bow down (1x), falsifying (1x), overthrown (1x), perversely (1x), subvert (1x).

  1. to be bent, be crooked, bend, make crooked, pervert

    1. (Piel)

      1. to make crooked, falsify, pervert, subvert

      2. to bend, make crooked

    2. (Pual) thing bent (participle)

    3. (Hithpael) to bend oneself

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָוַת ʻâvath, aw-vath'; a primitive root; to wrest:—bow self, (make) crooked, falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down.
STRONGS H5791: Abbreviations
† [עָוַת] verb be bent, crooked (Late Hebrew id., Pi. Nithp.; Aramaic עַוֵּית Pa.; compare bdb073605, bdb073606 deceive PS3008); —
Pi. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular suffix עִוְּתָ֑נִי Job 19:6, עִוְּתוֺ Ecclesiastes 7:13; 3rd person plural suffix עִוְּתוּנִי Psalm 119:78; Imperfect 3rd person masculine singular יְעַוֵּת Psalm 146:9; Job 8:3, יְעַוֶּתֿ Job 8:3; Infinitive לְעַוֵּת Amos 8:5; Lamentations 3:22; —
1.
a. make crooked = falsify, scales Amos 8:5; pervert justice (מִשְׁפָּט, צֶדֶק) Job 8:3 (twice in verse); Job 34:12 (all God subject); with accusative of person subvert (i.e. deprive of justice), אָדָם בְּרִיבוֺ לְע׳ Lamentations 3:36, compare Psalm 119:78; so עִוְּתָ֑נִי Job 19:6 (י׳ subject).
2. bend, make crooked, דֶּרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים Psalm 146:9 (י׳ subject); in general Ecclesiastes 7:13 (God subject; opposed to תִּקֵּן).
Pu. Participle מְעֻוָּת Ecclesiastes 1:15 what is bent (opposed to תְּקֹן).
Hithp. Perfect 3rd person plural consecutive וְהִתְעַוְּתוּ Ecclesiastes 12:3 and the strong men bend themselves.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
Copyright © 2002, 2003, 2006 by Biblesoft, Inc.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Job

8:3; 8:3; 8:3; 19:6; 19:6; 34:12

Psalms

119:78; 119:78; 146:9; 146:9

Ecclesiastes

1:15; 7:13; 7:13; 12:3

Lamentations

3:22; 3:36

Amos

8:5; 8:5

H5791

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H5791 matches the Hebrew עָוַת (ʿāvaṯ),
which occurs 11 times in 10 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 8:3

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 8:3 - Doth God H410 pervert H5791 judgment? H4941 or doth the Almighty H7706 pervert H5791 justice? H6664

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:6 - Know H3045 now H645 that God H433 hath overthrown H5791 me, and hath compassed H5362 me with his net. H4686

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:12 - Yea, surely H551 God H410 will not do wickedly, H7561 neither will the Almighty H7706 pervert H5791 judgment. H4941

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:78

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:78 - Let the proud H2086 be ashamed; H954 for they dealt perversely H5791 with me without a cause: H8267 but I will meditate H7878 in thy precepts. H6490

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 146:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:9 - The LORD H3068 preserveth H8104 the strangers; H1616 he relieveth H5749 the fatherless H3490 and widow: H490 but the way H1870 of the wicked H7563 he turneth upside down. H5791

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:15 - That which is crooked H5791 cannot H3201 be made straight: H8626 and that which is wanting H2642 cannot H3201 be numbered. H4487

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:13 - Consider H7200 the work H4639 of God: H430 for who can H3201 make that straight, H8626 which he hath made crooked? H5791

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:3 - In the day H3117 when the keepers H8104 of the house H1004 shall tremble, H2111 and the strong H2428 men H582 shall bow H5791 themselves, and the grinders H2912 cease H988 because they are few, H4591 and those that look out H7200 of the windows H699 be darkened, H2821

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:36 - To subvert H5791 a man H120 in his cause, H7379 the Lord H136 approveth H7200 not.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - Saying, H559 When will the new moon H2320 be gone, H5674 that we may sell H7666 corn? H7668 and the sabbath, H7676 that we may set forth H6605 wheat, H1250 making the ephah H374 small, H6994 and the shekel H8255 great, H1431 and falsifying H5791 the balances H3976 by deceit? H4820
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