סָלַףçâlaph
twist, pervert, overturn
Pronunciation: saw-laf' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5557
Meanings
Pi`el
1. pervert (Exodus 23:8; Deuteronomy 16:19)
2. subvert, turn upside down, ruin, (only Wisdom Literature) (Job 12:19; Proverbs 13:6; Proverbs 21:12)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 7 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 23:8 “Take no bribes, for a bribe makes you ignore something that you clearly see. A bribe makes even a righteous person twist the truth.
- Deuteronomy 16:19 You must never twist justice or show partiality. Never accept a bribe, for bribes blind the eyes of the wise and corrupt the decisions of the godly.
- Job 12:19 He leads priests away, stripped of status; he overthrows those with long years in power.
- Proverbs 13:6 Godliness guards the path of the blameless, but the evil are misled by sin.
- Proverbs 19:3 People ruin their lives by their own foolishness and then are angry at the Lord.
- Proverbs 21:12 The Righteous One knows what is going on in the homes of the wicked; he will bring disaster on them.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).