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Froward
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
or FROWARD . ‘Froward’ is a dialectic form of ‘fromward’; it is the opposite of ‘toward,’ as we say ‘to and fro’ for ‘to and from.’ Thus its meaning is perverse . The word is used chiefly in Proverbs. In NT it occurs only once, 1 Peter 2:18 , where the Gr. means literally tortuous like the course of a river, and then is applied to conduct that is not straightforward. Frowardly is found in Isaiah 57:17 ‘and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart.’ The Heb. is lit. ‘be walked turning away,’ as AVm [Note: Authorized Version margin.] . Frowardness occurs only in Pr. ( Proverbs 2:14; Proverbs 6:14; Proverbs 10:32 ). Barlowe says ‘Moyses the most faythfull seruaunte of God was partely by their frowardnes debarred fro the plesaunte lande of behest.’
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Hastings, James. Entry for 'Froward'. Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/dictionaries/eng/hdb/f/froward.html. 1909.
