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Crooked place

מַעֲקָשׁStrong’s H4625

maaqash (ma-a-qash)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

Maaqash is the Hebrew word usually translated “rough places”. It appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament.

“And I will bring the blind by a way that they knew not; I will lead them in paths that they have not known: I will make darkness light before them, and crooked things straight. These things will I do unto them, and not forsake them.”
Isaiah 42:16 KJV
Meaning
  1. Crooked place, twisted, crooked things
How it's translated
  • and rough places 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Isaiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    מַעֲקָשׁ maaqash · crooked place

    crooked place, twisted, crooked things

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

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