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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
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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.
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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 - Does God pervert justice?
Or does the Almighty pervert the right?

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 19:6

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 19:6 - know then that God has put me in the wrong
and closed his net about me.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 34:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:12 - Of a truth, God will not do wickedly,
and the Almighty will not pervert justice.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 119:78

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:78 - Let the insolent be put to shame,
because they have wronged me with falsehood;
as for me, I will meditate on your precepts.

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Unchecked Copy Box Psa 146:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 146:9 - The LORD watches over the sojourners;
he upholds the widow and the fatherless,
but the way of the wicked he brings to ruin.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 1:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:15 - What is crooked cannot be made straight,
and what is lacking cannot be counted.

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 7:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:13 - Consider the work of God:
who can make straight what he has made crooked?

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Unchecked Copy Box Ecc 12:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 12:3 - in the day when the keepers of the house tremble, and the strong men are bent, and the grinders cease because they are few, and those who look through the windows are dimmed,

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Unchecked Copy Box Lam 3:36

Unchecked Copy BoxLam 3:36 - to subvert a man in his lawsuit,
the Lord does not approve.

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Unchecked Copy Box Amo 8:5

Unchecked Copy BoxAmo 8:5 - saying, “When will the new moon be over,
that we may sell grain?
And the Sabbath,
that we may offer wheat for sale,
that we may make the ephah small and the shekel[fn] great
and deal deceitfully with false balances,
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