Strong’s definition
to wrest
KJV gloss list in the source
bow self, (make) crooked., falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down.
Source pronunciation notation: aw-vath'
Derivation recorded by Strong
a primitive root;
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