עָוַתʻâvath
be bent, crooked
Pronunciation: aw-vath' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H5791
Meanings
Pi`el
1.
a. pervert, make crooked = falsify, subvert (i.e. deprive of justice) (Amos 8:5; Job 8:3; Job 34:12)
2. bend, make crooked (Psalms 146:9; Ecclesiastes 7:13)
Pu`al: what is bent (Ecclesiastes 1:15)
Hithpa`el: bend themselves (Ecclesiastes 12:3)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 11 times in the Bible.
- Job 8:3 Does God twist justice? Does the Almighty twist what is right?
- Job 19:6 But it is God who has wronged me, capturing me in his net.
- Job 34:12 Truly, God will not do wrong. The Almighty will not twist justice.
- Psalms 119:78 Bring disgrace upon the arrogant people who lied about me; meanwhile, I will concentrate on your commandments.
- Psalms 146:9 The Lord protects the foreigners among us. He cares for the orphans and widows, but he frustrates the plans of the wicked.
- Ecclesiastes 1:15 What is wrong cannot be made right. What is missing cannot be recovered.
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).