עָקַשׁ
ʻâqash · aw-kash'
to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse)
Lexicon
Derivation: a primitive root;
to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse)
- to knot or distort
- figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).
Letters
- עAyin70
Picture: an eye
- Concrete
- eye · spring of water
- Extended
- to see · to know · experience · to watch
- קQof100
Picture: the back of the head, or the sun on the horizon
- Concrete
- back of the head · rising sun · circle
- Extended
- what is behind · the last · a cycle · to come around again
- שShin300
Picture: two front teeth (or a composite bow)
- Concrete
- teeth · sharp · press · bow
- Extended
- to consume · to destroy · to press or grind · to change · again
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to see and know › what comes behind, the returning cycle › to consume, to destroy
To see and know of what comes behind, the returning cycle that works to consume, to destroy.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of עָקַשׁ 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
5 occurrences · 5 OT · 0 NT · 5 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- it shall also prove me perverse1 · 20%
- but he that perverteth1 · 20%
- but he that is perverse1 · 20%
- they have made them crooked1 · 20%
- and pervert1 · 20%
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.