עִקֵּשׁ
ʻiqqêsh · ik-kashe'
distorted; hence, false
Lexicon
Derivation: from H6140 (עָקַשׁ);
distorted; hence, false
- distorted
- hence, false
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: crooked, froward, perverse.
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 עִקֵּשׁ 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 · 9 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- and with the froward2 · 18%
- than he that is perverse2 · 18%
- they are a perverse1 · 9%
- a froward1 · 9%
- are crooked1 · 9%
- or perverse1 · 9%
- they that are of a froward1 · 9%
- he that hath a froward1 · 9%
- of the froward1 · 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.