Strong's Concordance
Original word: עָקַשׁ
Transliteration: aqash
Definition (short): crooked
Definition (full): to knot, distort, to pervert
NAS Exhaustive Concordance
Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to twist
NASB Translation: crooked* (1), declare me guilty (1), made their crooked (1), perverts (1), twist (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
A primitive root; to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse) -- make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).
References
KJV:
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
NASB:
"Though I am righteous, my mouth will condemn me; Though I am guiltless, He will declare me guilty.
KJV:
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
NASB:
He who walks in integrity walks securely, But he who perverts his ways will be found out.
KJV:
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
NASB:
He who walks blamelessly will be delivered, But he who is crooked will fall all at once.
KJV:
The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whosoever goeth therein shall not know peace.
NASB:
They do not know the way of peace, And there is no justice in their tracks; They have made their paths crooked, Whoever treads on them does not know peace.