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עָוָה H5753
H5753 is the Hebrew word עָוָה, transliterated ʻâvâh and said aw-vaw'. The King James Version most often renders it perverse.
What it means
to crook, literally or figuratively.
Where it comes from
a primitive root.
How the King James Version translates it
Across 15 tagged occurrences, counted from this edition's word index.
Strong's own list of renderings: do amiss, bow down, make crooked, commit iniquity, pervert, (do) perverse(-ly), trouble, [idiom] turn, do wickedly, do wrong.
Verses using עָוָה
All 15 verses, quoted in full.
1 Samuel 20:30 · KJV
Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother’s nakedness?
2 Samuel 7:14 · KJV
I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
2 Samuel 19:19 · KJV
And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king went out of Jerusalem, that the king should take it to his heart.
2 Samuel 24:17 · KJV
And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have they done? let thine hand, I pray thee, be against me, and against my father’s house.
1 Kings 8:47 · KJV
Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that carried them captives, saying, We have sinned, and have done perversely, we have committed wickedness;
2 Chronicles 6:37 · KJV
Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, saying, We have sinned, we have done amiss, and have dealt wickedly;
Esther 1:16 · KJV
And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, and to all the people that are in all the provinces of the king Ahasuerus.
Job 33:27 · KJV
He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
Psalm 38:6 · KJV
I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
Psalm 106:6 · KJV
We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
Proverbs 12:8 · KJV
A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
Isaiah 21:3 · KJV
Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was dismayed at the seeing of it.
Isaiah 24:1 · KJV
Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
Jeremiah 3:21 · KJV
A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the LORD their God.
Daniel 9:5 · KJV
We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:
Common questions
What does Strong's H5753 mean?
H5753 is the Hebrew word עָוָה (ʻâvâh), meaning to crook, literally or figuratively.
How is H5753 translated in the King James Version?
The King James translators rendered it perverse (2 times), perverted (2 times), committed iniquity (2 times), if he commit iniquity (1 time), perversely (1 time), among others.
How many times does H5753 appear in the Bible?
עָוָה (ʻâvâh) is tagged in 15 verses of the King James Version in this edition's word index.
Where does H5753 come from?
Strong's gives its derivation as: a primitive root.
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