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# froward

«froward» in Mova's judaism dictionary: **stubborn and hard to deal with; turning away from what is…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 5 sentences of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

adjective

### meaning for a pupil

stubborn and hard to deal with; turning away from what is right (an old word) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/froward/#m1)

### sense in the lessons

In the Tanakh and Jewish tradition: An old word used when God calls Israel a "froward generation" that has no faithfulness.

### examples

- And He said: 'I will hide My face from them, I will see what their end shall be; for they are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faithfulness. (Torah DEU.32.20, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/froward/#x1)
- A froward man soweth strife; and a whisperer separateth familiar friends. (Writings PRO.16.28, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/froward/#x2)
- Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee. (Writings PRO.4.24, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/froward/#x3)
- To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things; (Writings PRO.2.12, JPS 1917) [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/froward/#x4)

### note

A record of the Judaism dictionary, written from the corpus.

### In the corpora

- [To deliver thee from the way of evil, from the men that speak froward things;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.45/)
- [Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.114/)
- [A base person, a man of iniquity, is he that walketh with a froward mouth;](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.153/)
- [The mouth of the righteous buddeth with wisdom; but the froward tongue shall be cut off.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.289/)
- [A froward man soweth strife; and a whisperer separateth familiar friends.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/jps/PRO.471/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «froward» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/judaism/F/froward/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.