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Perversity

לָזוּתStrong’s H3891

lezut (le-zut)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Lezut is the Hebrew word usually translated “deviousness of”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.”
Proverbs 4:24 KJV
Meaning
  1. Deviation, perversity, crookedness
How it's translated
  • and deviousness of 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Proverbs 1

1 book in all.

Related words
Explore in Scripture
    Hebrew dictionary

    לָזוּת lezut · perversity

    deviation, perversity, crookedness

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

    Webster's 1828 Dictionary

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

    PERVERS'ITY, noun

    Perverseness; crossness; disposition to thwart or cross.

      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.