עָוַת
ʻâvath · aw-vath'
to wrest
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to wrest
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: bow self, (make) crooked., falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down.
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)
- תTav400
Picture: a crossed mark
- Concrete
- mark · sign · cross · signature
- Extended
- a covenant · to seal · to sign · the end · monument
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › to fasten and establish › the mark, the covenant sign
To see and know that works to fasten and establish of the mark, the covenant sign.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָוַת 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
11 occurrences · 11 OT · 0 NT · 11 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- pervert3 · 27%
- hath overthrown1 · 9%
- for they dealt perversely1 · 9%
- he turneth upside down1 · 9%
- that which is crooked1 · 9%
- which he hath made crooked1 · 9%
- shall bow1 · 9%
- to subvert1 · 9%
- and falsifying1 · 9%
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.