עות
‛âvath
aw-vath'
A primitive root; to wrest
KJV Usage: bow self, (make) crooked, falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down.
עות
‛âvath
aw-vath'
A primitive root; to wrest
Brown-Driver-Briggs' Hebrew Definitions
עות
1. to be bent, be crooked, bend, make crooked, pervert
a. (Piel)
1. to make crooked, falsify, pervert, subvert
2. to bend, make crooked
b. (Pual) thing bent (participle)
c. (Hithpael) to bend oneself
Origin: a primitive root
TWOT: 1591
Parts of Speech: Verb
- עָוַת
- a.vat
- H:V
- to pervert
- 1) to be bent, be crooked, bend, make crooked, pervert
1a)(Piel)
1a1) to make crooked, falsify, pervert, subvert
1a2) to bend, make crooked
1b) (Pual) thing bent (participle)
1c) (Hithpael) to bend oneself