To twist
עָקַשׁStrong’s H6140aqash (a-qash)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Aqash is the Hebrew word usually translated “it declared guilty me”, “perverts” and “is crooked of”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.”
Meaning
- To be perverse, twist, pervert, make crooked, prove perverse, declare perverse(Niphal) to be crooked · (Piel) to twist, distort, pervert, make crooked · (Hiphil) to declare crooked · (Qal) perverse
How it's translated
- and it declared guilty me 1
- and perverts 1
- and is crooked of 1
- they have made crooked 1
- they make crooked 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 2
- Job 1
- Isaiah 1
- Micah 1
4 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Proverbs 10:9He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
- Proverbs 28:18Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
- Isaiah 59:8The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
- Micah 3:9Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
Hebrew dictionary
עָקַשׁ aqash · to twist
1) to be perverse, twist, pervert, make crooked, prove perverse, declare perverse 1a) (Niphal) to be crooked 1b) (Piel) to twist, distort, pervert, make crooked 1c) (Hiphil) to declare crooked 1d) (Qal) perverse
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “twist” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
TWIST, verb transitive
- To unite by winding one thread, strand or other flexible substance round another; to form by convolution, or winding separate things round each other; as to twist yarn or thread.
- To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.
- To contort; to writhe; as, to twist a thing into a serpentine form.
- To wreathe; to wind; to encircle.
All definitions and other forms of “twist”
- To form; to weave; as, to twist a story.
- To unite by intertexture of parts; as, to twist bays with ivy.
- To unite; to enter by winding; to insinuate; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
- To pervert; as, to twist a passage in an author.
- To turn from a straight line.
TWIST, verb intransitive
To be contorted or united by winding round each other. Some strands will twist more easily than others.
TWIST, noun
A cord, thread or any thing flexible, formed by winding strands or separate things round each other.
- A cord; a string; a single cord.
- A contortion; a writhe.
- A little roll of tobacco.
- Manner of twisting.
- A twig. [Not in use.]
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.