H6140
עָקַשׁ
to twist
1) to be perverse, twist, pervert, make crooked, prove perverse, declare perverse 1a) (Niphal) to be crooked 1b) (Piel) to twist, distort, pervert, make crooked 1c) (Hiphil) to declare crooked 1d) (Qal) perverse
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
[עָקַשׁ] verb twist (Late Hebrew id. (rare)); —
Niph`al Participle construct דְּרָכַיִם Prov 28:18 one crooked in ways (< plural, compare Toy). Pi`el Perfect 3 plural עִקְּשׁז לָהֶם Isa 59:8 their paths they have twisted. Imperfect 3 masculine plural יְעַקֵּ֑שׁזּ Mic 3:9 all that is straight they make crooked; Participle מְעַקֵּשׁ דְּרָכָיו Prov 10:9 (compare Niph`al). Hiph`il Imperfect וַיּעְקְשֵׁנִי Job 9:20 (Ges«GKC:53n»§ 53n) he hath declared me crooked, devious (in life).
4 occurrences
Job (1), Proverbs (2), Isaiah (1)