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To twist

שָׂרַךְStrong’s H8308

sarakh (sa-rakh)

Appears in 1 verse of the Old Testament

In short

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

“How canst thou say, I am not polluted, I have not gone after Baalim? see thy way in the valley, know what thou hast done: thou art a swift dromedary traversing her ways;”
Jeremiah 2:23 KJV
Meaning
  1. To twist(Piel) to criss-cross, twist, entangle
How it's translated
  • entwining 1

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

Where it's used most
  • Jeremiah 1

1 book in all.

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    Hebrew dictionary

    שָׂרַךְ sarakh · to twist

    1) to twist 1a) (Piel) to criss-cross, twist, entangle

    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

    1. 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.
    2. To form into a thread from many fine filaments; as, to twist wool or cotton.
    3. To contort; to writhe; as, to twist a thing into a serpentine form.
    4. To wreathe; to wind; to encircle.
    All definitions and other forms of “twist”
    1. To form; to weave; as, to twist a story.
    2. To unite by intertexture of parts; as, to twist bays with ivy.
    3. To unite; to enter by winding; to insinuate; as, avarice twists itself into all human concerns.
    4. To pervert; as, to twist a passage in an author.
    5. 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.

      1. A cord; a string; a single cord.
      2. A contortion; a writhe.
      3. A little roll of tobacco.
      4. Manner of twisting.
      5. 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.