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Strong's Number H5753

עָוָה
`avah · aw-vaw'
Transliteration:
`avah{aw-vaw'}
Word Origin:
a primitive root
TWOT:
1577
Part of Speech:
verb
Strong's Definition:
to crook, literally or figuratively
Usage in the KJV:
iniquity 4, perverse 2, perversely 2, perverted 2, amiss 1, turn 1, crooked 1, bowed down 1, troubled 1, wickedly 1, wrong 1

Total: 17
Occurs 17 times in the Hebrew text.
Definition:
  1. to bend, twist, distort
    1. (Niphal) to be bent, be bowed down, be twisted, be perverted
    2. (Piel) to twist, distort
    3. (Hiphil) to do perversely
  2. to commit iniquity, do wrong, pervert
    1. (Qal) to do wrong, commit iniquity
    2. (Hiphil) to commit iniquity
TDNT - Theological Dictionary of the New Testament
TWOT - Theological Word Book of the Old Testament