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Bible Lexicons

Old Testament Hebrew Lexical DictionaryHebrew Lexicon

Strong's #5753 - עָוָה

Transliteration

ʻâvâh

Phonetics

aw-vaw'

Origin

a primitive root

Parts of Speech

verb

TWOT

1577

Definition

Brown-Driver-Briggs
Strong

Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition

to bend, twist, distort
1. (Niphal) to be bent, be bowed down, be twisted, be perverted
2. (Piel) to twist, distort
3. (Hiphil) to do perversely
to commit iniquity, do wrong, pervert
1. (Qal) to do wrong, commit iniquity
2. (Hiphil) to commit iniquity

Greek Equivalent Words:

Strong #: 191 ‑ ἀκούω (ak‑oo'‑o); 764 ‑ ἀσεβέω (as‑eb‑eh'‑o); 818 ‑ ἀτιμάζω (at‑im‑ad'‑zo); 1014 ‑ βούλομαι (boo'‑lom‑ahee); 1262 ‑ διαλύω (dee‑al‑oo'‑o); 2106 ‑ εὐδοκέω (yoo‑dok‑eh'‑o); 2309 ‑ θέλω (); 3975 ‑ παχύνω (pakh‑oo'‑no); 4337 ‑ προσέχω (pros‑ekh'‑o); 93 ‑ ἀδικία (ad‑ee‑kee'‑ah); 2064 ‑ ἔρχομαι (er'‑khom‑ahee); 2554 ‑ κακοποιέω (kak‑op‑oy‑eh'‑o); 5003 ‑ ταλαιπωρέω (tal‑ahee‑po‑reh'‑o); 140 ‑ αἱρετίζω (hahee‑ret‑id'‑zo); 343 ‑ ἀνακαλύπτω (an‑ak‑al‑oop'‑to); 2309 ‑ θέλω (); 5015 ‑ ταράσσω (tar‑as'‑so); 91 ‑ ἀδικέω (ad‑ee‑keh'‑o); 93 ‑ ἀδικία (ad‑ee‑kee'‑ah);

Frequency Lists

Book
Word

Verse Results

ASV (16)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

Esther 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Daniel 1

BSB (17)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Daniel 1

CSB (16)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Daniel 1

ESV (17)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Daniel 1

KJV (17)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Daniel 1

LEB (17)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

2 Chronicles 1

Esther 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Proverbs 1

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Daniel 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (15)

1 Samuel 1

2 Samuel 3

1 Kings 1

Esther 1

Job 1

Psalms 2

Isaiah 2

Jeremiah 2

Lamentations 1

Daniel 1

ASV (16)

and have dealt perversely 1

and have done perversely 1

and i have done perversely 1

and perverted 1

and turneth 1

because they have perverted 1

but he that is of a perverse 1

crooked 1

did perversely 1

hath not done wrong 1

i am pained 2

if he commit iniquity 1

of a perverse 1

themselves to commit iniquity 1

we have committed iniquity 1

BSB (17)

acted wickedly 1

and done wrong 3

and perverted 1

but a twisted 1

committing iniquity 1

crooked 1

has wronged 1

he does wrong 1

he will twist 1

i am bent 1

i am bewildered 1

of a perverse 1

they have perverted 1

we have done wrong 1

wrongdoing 1

CSB (16)

and done wrong 1

doing wrong 1

done wrong 1

have perverted 1

over 1

perplexed 1

perverse 1

perverted 1

twist 1

twisted 1

wrong 4

wrongdoing 1

wronged 1

ESV (17)

acted perversely 2

bowed 1

bowed down 1

commits iniquity 1

crooked 1

done wickedly 1

done wrong 1

iniquity 2

perverse 1

perverted 2

twist 1

twisted 1

wrong 2

KJV (17)

amiss 1

crooked 1

down 1

iniquity 4

perverse 2

perversely 2

perverted 2

troubled 1

turneth 1

wickedly 1

wrong 1

LEB (17)

a perverse 1

and acted perversely 1

and have perverted 1

and he will twist 1

and we did wrong 1

and we have done wrong 1

but he who is of perverse 1

did wrong 1

done wrong 1

from going astray 1

have done wrong 1

he has made 1

i am ⌊too bent to hear⌋ 1

i am bowed down 1

they have perverted 1

we have committed iniquity 1

when he does wrong 1

LSB (0)

The Legacy Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

N95 (0)

The New American Standard Bible (1995)
did not use
this Strong's Number

NAS (0)

The New American Standard Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

NLT (0)

The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number

WEB (15)

and have dealt perversely 1

and have done perversely 1

and i have done perversely 1

and perverted 1

because they have perverted 1

crooked 1

did perversely 1

has not done wrong 1

i am in so much pain 1

i am pained 1

if he commits iniquity 1

of a perverse 1

themselves to commit iniquity 1

turns 1

we have committed iniquity 1

Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions

1511) e g (גהה GhH) AC: Twist CO: Rope AB: ?: The pictograph g is a picture of a twisted rope. Twisted cords that form a thick rope. Related to the parent fg.

J) e f g (גהוה GhWH) AC: Twist CO: ? AB: ?

V) e f g (גהוה GhWH) - Twist: To be twisted in ones actions. KJV (17): (vf: Paal, Niphal, Hiphil, Piel) iniquity, perverse, pervert, amiss, turn, crooked, bow, trouble, wicked, wrong - Strongs: H5753 (עָוָה)

N^f1) e f g (גהוה GhWH) - Twist: KJV (3): overturn - Strongs: H5754 (עַוָּה)

f^f1) e i f g (גהויה GhWYH) - Twisted: [Aramaic only] KJV (1): iniquities - Strongs: H5758 (עֲוָיָה)

Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition

I. [עָוָה] verb bend, twist (so Arabic

); —

Niph`al Perfect 1 singular נַעֲוֵיתִי Isaiah 21:3; Psalm 38:7; Participle construct נַעֲוֵה Proverbs 12:8; feminine construct נַעֲוַת 1 Samuel 20:30 (but read נַעֲרַתᵐ5 We Dr SS Bu HPS); — be bent, bowed down, twisted, "" שׁחה Psalm 38:7; "" נבהל Isaiah 21:3; נַעֲוֵה לֵב Proverbs 12:8 one perverted of mind.

Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular עִוָּה, subject ׳י: — Lamentations 3:9 my paths hath he twisted; ׳וְע Isaiah 24:1 its surface will he distort ("" בּוֺקֵק הָאָרֶץ).

Hiph`il Perfect 1 singular יָשָׁר הֶעֱוֵיתִי Job 33:27 the right have I perverted ("" חָטָא); Song of Solomon 3plural הֶעֱווּ אֶתדַּֿרְכָּם Jeremiah 3:21.

[עָוָה] verb denominative (Gerber⁹⁰) commit iniquity, do wrong (Aramaic עוי commit sin, עֲוָיָא sin, compare Levy^{NHWB iii. 626}); —

Qal (late) Perfect 3 feminine singular עָֽוְתָה Esther 1:16 she hath done wrong (with עַל); 1 plural עָוִינוּ Daniel 9:5 we have committed iniquity ("" חָטָא).

Hiph`il commit inquity; — Perfect 3 masculine singular הֶעֱוָה 2 Samuel 19:20,1singular הֶעֱוֵיתִי 2 Samuel 24:17 ("" חָטָא); 1 plural הֶעֱוִינוּ 1 Kings 8:47 2 Chronicles 6:37; Psalm 106:6 (all "" חָטָא); Infinitive absolute הַעֲוֵה Jeremiah 9:4 construct suffix הַעֲוֺתוֺ 2 Samuel 7:14. — Job 33:27 see עָוָה.

[עֲוָיָה] noun feminine iniquity (Biblical Hebrew II. עוה, עָוֺן; compare ᵑ7עֲוָיָא); — plural suffix עֲוָיָתָךְ (K^{§ 56 a})β)2) Daniel 4:24.

Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition

עָוָה

(1) i.q. Arab. عوى to bend, to curve, to twist, to distort (cogn. root אָוָה), see Niph. Pi. Hiph.

(2) to act perversely, to sin (compare חָבַל No. II. 2), Daniel 9:5 followed by עַל of pers. Esther 1:16. (Arab. غوى to err, to be led astray.)

Niphal

(1) to be distorted, to writhe, with pains and spasms, like a parturient woman. Isaiah 21:3, נַעֲוֵיתִי מִשְּׁמֹעַ “I writhe, so that I cannot hear,” also to be, bowed, to be depressed by calamities, Psalms 38:7.

(2) to be perverse. Proverbs 12:8, נַעֲוֵה לֵב “(a man) perverse of heart.” 1 Samuel 20:30, בֶּן־נַעֲוַת הַמַּרְדּוּת “thou son of the perverse rebellious (woman),” i.e. of a perverse rebellious mother.

Piel, to pervert, to subvert, to overturn. Isaiah 24:1, עִוָּה פָנֶיהָ “he subverteth the face thereof” (of the earth). Lamentations 3:9, נְתִיבוֹתַי עִוָּה “he has subverted my ways.” Compare הָפַךְ.

Hiphil, to make crooked, to pervert, as to pervert right, Job 33:27 to pervert one’s way, i.e. course of action, i.e. to act perversely, Jerem. 3:21 then by the omission of דֶּרֶךְ to act perversely, 2 Samuel 7:14, 19:20 24:17.

Derived nouns, עַוָּה, עָוֹן, עִוְעִים, עִי, מְעִי Chald. עִוְיָא, and the pr.n. עַוִּי, עִוָּה, עֲוִית, עַי, עִיִּים, עִיּוֹן.

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List of Word Forms

בְּהַ֣עֲוֹת֔וֹ בהעותו הֶעֱוִ֖ינוּ הֶעֱוִ֥ינוּ הֶעֱוֵ֔יתִי הֶעֱוֵ֗יתִי הֶעֱוָ֣ה הֶעֱוּוּ֙ הַעֲוֵ֥ה העוה העוו העוינו העויתי וְהֶעֱוִ֖ינוּ וְנַעֲוֵה־ וְעִוָּ֣ה וְעָוִ֖ינוּ והעוינו ונעוה־ ועוה ועוינו נַעֲוֵ֣יתִי נַעֲוַ֖ת נעויתי נעות עִוָּֽה׃ עָוְתָ֖ה עוה׃ עותה ‘ā·wə·ṯāh ‘āwəṯāh ‘iw·wāh ‘iwwāh aveTah bə·ha·‘ă·wō·ṯōw bəha‘ăwōṯōw ha‘ăwêh ha·‘ă·wêh haaVeh he‘ĕwāh he‘ĕwêṯî he‘ĕwînū he‘ĕwwū he·‘ĕ·wāh he·‘ĕ·wê·ṯî he·‘ĕ·wî·nū he·‘ĕw·wū heeVah heeVeiti heeVinu heevVu ivVah na‘ăwaṯ na‘ăwêṯî na·‘ă·waṯ na·‘ă·wê·ṯî naaVat naaVeiti O veaVinu veheeVinu veivVah venaaveh wə‘āwînū wə‘iwwāh wə·‘ā·wî·nū wə·‘iw·wāh wə·he·‘ĕ·wî·nū wə·na·‘ă·wêh- wəhe‘ĕwînū wəna‘ăwêh-