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title: עִקֵּשׁ — twisted · The Tanakh dictionary
description: עִקֵּשׁ (6141), a word of Biblical Hebrew, used 11 times: twisted. BDB 1906: adj. twisted, perverted. With 2 verses in Hebrew, word for word and JPS 1917.
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# עִקֵּשׁ

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«עִקֵּשׁ» in the Tanakh dictionary: **twisted** — how often it is used, MACULA's glosses, its meanings in the printed dictionaries and why they were chosen, and 2 verses in layers.

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**Used:** 11 times · **Key:** 6141 · **BDB:** עִקֵּשׁ

### Glosses

a.perverse.\[person\] (2); perverse (2); \[a.person\].perverse (1)

### Meaning (OSHB)

twisted [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6141/#m1)

### Meaning (BDB 1906)

adj. twisted, perverted [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6141/#m2)

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**The whole BDB entry:** adj. twisted, perverted;—abs. דּוֹד ע׳ וּפְתַלְתֹּל Dt 32:5 a generation twisted and crooked, לֵבָב ע׳ ψ 101:4; as n.m. (of one devious in life) the perverted 2 S 22:27 = ψ 18:27, Pr 22:5, of things 8:8; cstr. ע׳ דְּרָכַיִם 28:6, ע׳ שְׂפָתָיו 19:1, עִקֶּשׁ־לֵב 17:20; pl. אָרְחֹתֵיהֶם עִקְּשִׁים 2:15 whose ways are twisted; cstr. עִקְּשֵׁי־לֵב 11:20.

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Why these entries: BDB: headword, part of speech agrees, 11 of its verses cited, 1 words shared with the glosses, lists its Strong's number (3 candidates); OSHB: headword, part of speech agrees, 1 words shared with the BDB entry, 1 with the glosses (3 candidates)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every English meaning of «עִקֵּשׁ» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/tanakh/1506/6141/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.

### In the verses

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[2 Samuel 22:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/neviim/2SA.22.27/)

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עִם־נָבָ֖ר תִּתָּבָ֑ר וְעִם־עִקֵּ֖שׁ תִּתַּפָּֽל׃

*Word for word:* with \[one.who\].purifies.himself you.show.yourself.pure and with a.perverse.\[person\] you.show.yourself.twisted

*JPS 1917:* With the pure Thou dost show myself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.

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[Psalms 18:27](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/ketuvim/PSA.18.27/)

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עִם־נָבָ֥ר תִּתְבָּרָ֑ר וְעִם־עִ֝קֵּ֗שׁ תִּתְפַּתָּֽל׃

*Word for word:* with \[one.who\].purifies.himself you.show.yourself.pure and with a.perverse.\[person\] you.show.yourself.tortuous

*JPS 1917:* With the pure Thou dost show Thyself pure; and with the crooked Thou dost show Thyself subtle.

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