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Bible Lexicons
Old Testament Hebrew Lexical Dictionary Hebrew Lexicon
Strong's #5792 - עַוָּתָה
Transliteration
ʻavvâthâh
Phonetics
av-vaw-thaw'
Origin
from (H5791)
Parts of Speech
feminine noun
TWOT
1591a
Definition
- Brown-Driver-Briggs
- Strong
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Definition
- subversion, bending
Greek Equivalent Words:
Frequency Lists
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Verse Results

ASV (1)
Lamentations
1
BSB (1)
Lamentations
1
CSB (1)
Lamentations
1
ESV (1)
Lamentations
1
KJV (1)
Lamentations
1
LEB (1)
Lamentations
1
LSB (1)
Lamentations
1
N95 (1)
Lamentations
1
NAS (1)
Lamentations
1
NLT (0)
The World English Bible
did not use
this Strong's Number
did not use
this Strong's Number
WEB (1)
Lamentations
1
Ancient Hebrew Lexicon Definitions
1528) tg (גהת GhT) AC: Twist CO: Rope AB: ?: The pictograph g is a picture of a twisted rope. The t is a picture of a mark. Combined these mean "twisted mark".
J) tfg (גהות GhWT) AC: Twist CO: Crooked AB: ?
V) tfg (גהות GhWT) - Twist: KJV (11): (vf: Hitpael, Pual, Piel, Participle) pervert, crooked, bow, falsify, overthrow, subvert - Strongs: H5791 (עָוַת)
Nf1) etfg (גהותה GhWTH) - Crookedness: KJV (1): wrong - Strongs: H5792 (עַוָּתָה)
AHL Definitions Copyright: ©1999-2025
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Jeff Benner, Ancient Hebrew Research Center Used by permission of the author.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Expanded Definition
[עַוָּתָה] noun feminine subversion, i.e. deprivation of justice; — suffix עַוָּתָתִי Lamentations 3:59 (opposed to מִשְׁמָּטִי).
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.All rights reserved. Used by permission. BibleSoft.com
Gesenius' Hebrew and Chaldee Definition
עַוָּתָה pr. Aram. inf. Piel, from the root עָוַת (with Kametz impure), f. the bending of any one, i.e. his oppression, Lamentations 3:59 comp. the verb, verse 36.
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List of Word Forms
עַוָּ֣תָתִ֔י עותתי ‘aw·wā·ṯā·ṯî ‘awwāṯāṯî avVataTi