The meaning of “עָוַת”
Understanding ʻâvath reveals the original theological depth often simplified in translation.
bow self, (make) crooked., falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down. - to wrest 1) to ...
עָוַת
bow self, (make) crooked., falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down. - to wrest 1) to be bent, be crooked, bend, make crooked, pervert 1a)(Piel) 1a1) to make crooked, falsify, pervert, subvert 1a2) to bend, make crooked 1b) (Pual) thing bent (participle) 1c) (Hithpael) to bend oneself
Occurrences in the Bible
| Reference | Text | |
|---|---|---|
| Job 19:6 | “Know now that God hath overthrown me, and hath compassed me with his net.” Word: עָוַת (ʻâvath) | |
| Psalms 146:9 | “The Lord preserveth the strangers; he relieveth the fatherless and widow: but the way of the wicked he turneth upside down.” Word: עָוַת (ʻâvath) | |
| Ecclesiastes 7:13 | “Consider the work of God: for who can make that straight, which he hath made crooked?” Word: עָוַת (ʻâvath) | |
| Lamentations 3:36 | “To subvert a man in his cause, the Lord approveth not.” Word: עָוַת (ʻâvath) | |
| Amos 8:5 | “Saying, When will the new moon be gone, that we may sell corn? and the sabbath, that we may set forth wheat, making the ephah small, and the shekel great, and falsifying the balances by deceit?” Word: עָוַת (ʻâvath) |
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