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H6140 · עָקַשׁ

ʻâqash

Primary-Source Attested

Strong’s definition

to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse)

KJV gloss list in the source

make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).

Source pronunciation notation: aw-kash'

Derivation recorded by Strong

a primitive root;

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