H6141 H6141
Crooked, perverse, twisted — morally deviant or deceitful in speech, conduct, or character
The adjective עִקֵּשׁ (iqqesh) describes moral crookedness, perversity, or twistedness — the opposite of the straight, upright path. Proverbs employs it most frequently, contrasting the 'crooked' person with the upright (יָשָׁר): 'the perverse in heart are an abomination to the LORD' (Prov 11:20), and 'better is a poor man who walks in integrity than one who is crooked in his ways' (Prov 19:1; 28:6). Deuteronomy 32:5 calls rebellious Israel a 'crooked and twisted generation.' In 2 Samuel 22:27 (= Ps 18:27), God matches the crooked with cunning — 'with the crooked you show yourself shrewd.' Proverbs 8:8 insists that wisdom's words contain nothing crooked. Spanish 'perverso/torcido' and English 'perverse/crooked' both capture the moral distortion.
Senses
1. crooked, perverse (adjective) — Morally twisted, perverse, or devious — describing persons whose hearts, speech, or conduct deviate from uprightness. Proverbs pairs it antithetically with תָּם and יָשָׁר (upright, blameless): the crooked-hearted are an abomination (Prov 11:20), and poverty with integrity surpasses wealth with crookedness (Prov 19:1; 28:6). Applied to Israel's rebellious generation in Moses' song (Deut 32:5), and to those whom God meets with shrewdness (2 Sam 22:27; Ps 18:27). Wisdom explicitly excludes anything crooked from her lips (Prov 8:8). Psalm 101:4 banishes the crooked heart from the royal court. Spanish 'perverso' and German 'verkehrt' both carry the sense of moral distortion from the straight path. 11×
AR["أَعوَج","الأَعْوَجِ","الْمُلْتَوِي","مُعْوَجٌّ","مُعْوَجَّةٌ","مُعْوَجُّ-","مُعْوَجّو-","مِن-مُعْوَجِّ","مِنْ-مُعْوَجِ","وَ-مُعْوَجٌ"]·ben["-বাঁকার-চেয়ে","এবং-বাঁকা","কুটিল","বক্র","বক্রের","বক্রের-চেয়ে","বাঁকা","বাঁকা-","বিকৃত"]·DE["[ועקש]","[מעקש]","[עקש]","[עקשי]","[עקשים]","crooked","der-crooked","krumm","perverse"]·EN["are-crooked","are-the-crooked-of","crooked","crooked-of","or-crooked","perverse","than-crooked-of","than-one-crooked-of","the-crooked"]·FR["crooked","de-pervers","et-pervers","pervers"]·heb["ו-עיקש","מ-עיקש","עיקש","עיקש־","עיקשי־","עקומים"]·HI["और-कुटिल","टेढ़ा","टेढ़ी","टेढ़े","टेढ़े-के","टेढ़े-से"]·ID["Yang-bengkok","atau-sesat","bengkok","daripada-yang-bengkok","daripada-yang-sesat","orang-orang-yang-bengkok-","yang-bengkok","yang-berliku"]·IT["crooked","crooked-di","da-than-crooked-di","da-than-one-crooked-di","e-o-crooked","il-crooked","perverso","sono-crooked","sono-il-crooked-di","storto"]·jav["bengkong","ingkang-bengkong","lan-mlèncèng","tinimbang-tiyang-bengkong","tiyang-bengkong","tiyang-ingkang-culika"]·KO["굴어지고","굼은-자-와","굽은","굽은-자-보다","그리고-비뜻어지는-것-이","보다-비뚤어진","비뚤어진-","비뚤어진-자-의","비뚱어진-자"]·PT["Perverso-de-","do-que-perverso-de","e-perverso","o-perverso","perversa","perverso","perversos-de","são-tortuosas"]·RU["и-извращённости.","извращённое","извращённые-","извращённый-","кривые,","лукавым","развращённого","развращённое","чем-извращённый","чем-развращённый"]·ES["Torcido-de","perversa","perverso","perversos-de","que-perverso-de","que-un-perverso","son-torcidos","y-perverso"]·SW["au-upotovu","kilichopotoka","kuliko-mpotovu","kuliko-mwenye-kupotoka","mpotovu","mpotovu-wa","wenye-upotovu-wa","ya-mpotovu","zimepotoka"]·TR["eğri","eğri-","eğriden-","eğrileri-","eğrinin","sapkın","sapık","ve-sapık","çarpık"]·urd["اور-کجرو","سے-ٹیڑھے-چلنے-والے","ٹیڑھا","ٹیڑھا-","ٹیڑھی","ٹیڑھے","ٹیڑھے-سے","ٹیڑھے-کے"]
Related Senses
H3808 1. simple negation (not) (4839×)G1722 1. locative: in, within (2442×)H1004b 1. house, dwelling, building (2015×)G3756 1. not (negation particle) (1635×)H4480a 1. source or separation (1198×)H5892b 1. city, town (1093×)G1519 1. direction: into, to, toward (1061×)H3427 1. Qal: to dwell, inhabit (937×)G1537 1. from, out of (source/origin) (886×)H8034 1. Name (designation / identifier) (856×)G3361 1. subjective negation (not) (834×)G1909 1. on, upon (spatial surface) (757×)H0369 1. existential negation: there is not (738×)H5869a 1. in the eyes/sight of (evaluative) (734×)H5650 1. Servant, attendant, subject (723×)H0408 1. prohibitive negation do-not (712×)G2443 1. so that, in order that (purpose/result) (665×)G0575 1. from (649×)G1223 1. through, by means of (582×)H3541 1. thus, so, in this manner (569×)
BDB / Lexicon Reference
† I. עִקֵּשׁ 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.