עָקַשׁ ʻâqash

Meaning

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

In the King James Version: make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).

Derivation: a primitive root;

Where it is used

• Job 9:20 Even if I were righteous, my mouth would condemn me; if I were blameless, it would declare me guilty.
• Proverbs 10:9 He who walks in integrity walks securely, but he who perverts his ways will be found out.
• Proverbs 28:18 He who walks with integrity will be kept safe, but whoever is perverse in his ways will suddenly fall.
• Isaiah 59:8 The way of peace they have not known, and there is no justice in their tracks. They have turned them into crooked paths; no one who treads on them will know peace.
• Micah 3:9 Now hear this, O leaders of the house of Jacob and rulers of the house of Israel, who despise justice and pervert all that is right,