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To wrong

הָכַרStrong’s H1970

hakhar (ha-khar)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Hakhar is the Hebrew word usually translated “have ill-treated”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“These ten times have ye reproached me: ye are not ashamed that ye make yourselves strange to me.”
Job 19:3 KJV
Meaning
  1. (Hiphil) to deal wrongly with
How it's translated
  • you have ill-treated 1

Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.

Where it's used most
  • Job 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    הָכַר hakhar · to wrong

    (Hiphil) to deal wrongly with

    From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

    How the English word “wrong” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.

    WRONG, adjective

    Literally wrung, twisted or turned from a straight line or even surface. Hence,

    1. Not physically right; not fit or suitable; as the wrong side of a garment.
    2. Not morally right; that deviates from the line of rectitude prescribed by God; not just or equitable; not right or proper; not legal; erroneous; as a wrong practice; wrong ideas; a wrong course of life; wrong measures; wrong inclinations and desires; a wrong application of talents; wrong judgment. Habakkuk 1:4
    3. Erroneous; not according to truth; as a wrong statement.
    All definitions and other forms of “wrong”

      WRONG, noun

      Whatever deviates from moral rectitude; any injury done to another; a trespass; a violation of right. Wrongs are private or public. Private wrongs are civil injuries, immediately affecting individuals; public wrongs are crimes and misdemeanors which affect the community.

      1. “Sarai said to Abraham, my wrong be on thee” Genesis 16:5“Friend, I do thee no wrong” Matthew 20:13

      WRONG, adverb

      Not rightly; amiss; morally ill; erroneously.

        WRONG, verb transitive

        1. To injure; to treat with injustice; to deprive of some right, or to withhold some act of justice from.
        2. To do injustice to by imputation; to impute evil unjustly.

        Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.

        Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.