עָקַשׁʻâqash/aw-kash'/
HebrewH61405 occurrences (KJV)
to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse)
KJV renders it: make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).
Where it appears
- Job 9:20Though I am righteous, my own mouth shall condemn me. Though I am blameless, it shall prove me perverse.
- Prov 10:9He who walks blamelessly walks surely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
- Prov 28:18Whoever walks blamelessly is kept safe; but one with perverse ways will fall suddenly.
- Isa 59:8They don’t know the way of peace; and there is no justice in their ways. They have made crooked paths for themselves; whoever goes in them doesn’t know peace.
- Mic 3:9Please listen to this, you heads of the house of Jacob, and rulers of the house of Israel, who abhor justice, and pervert all equity.
Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.