Limitless Word
עִקֵּשׁʻiqqêsh/ik-kashe'/
HebrewH614111 occurrences (KJV)

distorted; hence, false

KJV renders it: crooked, froward, perverse.

Where it appears

  • Deut 32:5They have dealt corruptly with him. They are not his children, because of their defect. They are a perverse and crooked generation.
  • 2 Sam 22:27With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
  • Ps 18:26With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.
  • Ps 101:4A perverse heart will be far from me. I will have nothing to do with evil.
  • Prov 2:15who are crooked in their ways, and wayward in their paths:
  • Prov 8:8All the words of my mouth are in righteousness. There is nothing crooked or perverse in them.
  • Prov 11:20Those who are perverse in heart are an abomination to Yahweh, but those whose ways are blameless are his delight.
  • Prov 17:20One who has a perverse heart doesn’t find prosperity, and one who has a deceitful tongue falls into trouble.
  • Prov 19:1Better is the poor who walks in his integrity than he who is perverse in his lips and is a fool.
  • Prov 22:5Thorns and snares are in the path of the wicked: whoever guards his soul stays from them.
  • Prov 28:6Better is the poor who walks in his integrity, than he who is perverse in his ways, and he is rich.

Lexical data: Strong’s Hebrew & Greek Dictionaries (1890, public domain; openscriptures, CC-BY-SA). Word tagging from the Strong’s-numbered KJV.