עָוַת (a.vat) means “to pervert” in the TBESH Hebrew lexicon from STEPBible.
Pronunciation guide: aw-vath' Strong’s Hebrew pronunciation spelling.
עָוַת · a.vat · 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
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a primitive root; to wrest
KJV glosses: bow self, (make) crooked., falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down.
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Counts below follow each translation’s tagged words. A rendering can cover a phrase. Differences in text editions and tagging can produce different totals.
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| pervert | 3 |
| he frustrates | 1 |
| he has bent | 1 |
| let us cheat | 1 |
| stoop | 1 |
| subverting me | 1 |
| to subvert | 1 |
| what is crooked | 1 |
| who has wronged me | 1 |
| Rendering | Count |
|---|---|
| pervert | 3 |
| and falsifying | 1 |
| crooked | 1 |
| for they dealt perversely | 1 |
| hath overthrown | 1 |
| he turneth upside down | 1 |
| shall bow | 1 |
| to subvert | 1 |
| which he hath made crooked | 1 |
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Does God pervert justice? Does the Almighty pervert what is right?
Read word by wordthen understand that it is God who has wronged me and drawn His net around me.
Read word by wordIndeed, it is true that God does not act wickedly, and the Almighty does not pervert justice.
Read word by wordMay the arrogant be put to shame for subverting me with a lie; I will meditate on Your precepts.
Read word by wordThe LORD protects foreigners; He sustains the fatherless and the widow, but the ways of the wicked He frustrates.
Read word by wordWhat is crooked cannot be straightened, and what is lacking cannot be counted.
Read word by wordConsider the work of God: Who can straighten what He has bent?
Read word by wordon the day the keepers of the house tremble and the strong men stoop, when those grinding cease because they are few and those watching through windows see dimly,
Read word by wordto subvert a man in his lawsuit—of these the Lord does not approve.
Read word by wordasking, “When will the New Moon be over, that we may sell grain? When will the Sabbath end, that we may market wheat? Let us reduce the ephah and increase the shekel; let us cheat with dishonest scales.
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