H5791
עָוַת
to pervert
1) to be bent, be crooked, bend, make crooked, pervert 1a)(Piel) 1a1) to make crooked, falsify, pervert, subvert 1a2) to bend, make crooked 1b) (Pual) thing bent (participle) 1c) (Hithpael) to bend oneself
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
[עָוַת] verb be bent, crooked (Late Hebrew id., Pi`el, Nithpa`el; Aramaic עַוֵּית Pa`el; compare , deceive PS3008); —
Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular suffix עִוְּתָ֑נִי Job 19:6, עִוְּתוֺ Eccl 7:13 3 plural suffix עִוְּתוּנִי Ps 119:78 Imperfect 3 masculine singular יְעַוֵּת Ps 146:9; Job 8:3, יְעַוֶּתֿ vJob 8:3 Infinitive לְעַוֵּת Amos 8:5; Lam 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 Lam 3:36, compare Ps 119:78 so עִוְּתָ֑נִי Job 19:6 (׳י subject).
2. bend, make crooked, דֶּרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים Ps 146:9 (׳י subject); in general Eccl 7:13 (God subject; opposed to תִּקֵּן). Pu`al Participle מְעֻוָּת Eccl 1:15 what is bent (opposed to תְּקֹן). Hithpa`el Perfect 3 plural consecutive וְהִתְעַוְּתוּ Eccl 12:3 and the strong men bend themselves.
9 occurrences
Job (3), Psalms (1), Ecclesiastes (3), Lamentations (1), Amos (1)