עָוָה
ʻâvâh · aw-vaw'
to crook, literally or figuratively
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to crook, literally or figuratively
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: do amiss, bow down, make crooked, commit iniquity, pervert, (do) perverse(-ly), trouble, [idiom] turn, do wickedly, do wrong.
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- וVav6
Picture: tent peg or hook
- Concrete
- nail · peg · hook
- Extended
- to fasten · to secure · to establish · and (joining)
- הHe5
Picture: a person with both arms raised
- Concrete
- a man calling out · a window · breath
- Extended
- behold! · revelation · to reveal · the (definite article)
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to fasten and establish › to reveal, behold
To see and know that works to fasten and establish that works to reveal, behold.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָוָה above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
17 occurrences · 17 OT · 0 NT · 16 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the perverse1 · 6%
- if he commit iniquity1 · 6%
- did perversely1 · 6%
- and i have done wickedly1 · 6%
- and have done perversely1 · 6%
- we have done amiss1 · 6%
- hath not done wrong1 · 6%
- and perverted1 · 6%
- i am troubled1 · 6%
- we have committed iniquity1 · 6%
- but he that is of a perverse1 · 6%
- i was bowed down1 · 6%
- and turneth1 · 6%
- for they have perverted1 · 6%
- themselves to commit iniquity1 · 6%
- crooked1 · 6%
- and have committed iniquity1 · 6%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.