Deuteronomy 32:20
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 faith.
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Froward
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1 Peter 2:18
Servants, be subject to your masters with all fear; not only to the good and gentle, but also to the froward.
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14 occurrences in 14 verses.
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עִקֵּשׁ
ʻiqqêsh · ik-kashe'
6 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
distorted; hence, false
Strong's KJV usage: crooked, froward, perverse.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 22:27Strong's last: Proverbs 22:5
Open full H6141 profile →תַּהְפֻּכָה
tahpukâh · tah-poo-kaw'
4 times translated as this KJV form10 total Strong's occurrences
a perversity or fraud
Strong's KJV usage: (very) froward(-ness, thing), perverse thing.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 32:20Strong's last: Proverbs 16:28
Open full H8419 profile →פָּתַל
pâthal · paw-thal'
3 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
to twine, i.e. (literally) to struggle or (figuratively) be (morally) tortuous
Strong's KJV usage: (shew self) froward, shew self unsavoury, wrestle.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 5:13Strong's last: Proverbs 8:8
Open full H6617 profile →לוּז
lûwz · looz
2 times translated as this KJV form6 total Strong's occurrences
to turn aside , i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverse
Strong's KJV usage: depart, froward, perverse(-ness).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 2:15Strong's last: Proverbs 3:32
Open full H3868 profile →עִקְּשׁוּת
ʻiqqᵉshûwth · ik-kesh-ooth'
2 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
perversity
Strong's KJV usage: × froward.
Strong's first: Proverbs 4:24Strong's last: Proverbs 6:12
Open full H6143 profile →σκολιός
skoliós · skol-ee-os'
1 times translated as this KJV form4 total Strong's occurrences
warped, i.e. winding; figuratively, perverse
Strong's KJV usage: :--crooked, froward, untoward.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Peter 2:18Strong's last: 1 Peter 2:18
Open full G4646 profile →הֲפַכְפַּךְ
hăphakpak · haf-ak-pak'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
very perverse
Strong's KJV usage: froward.
Strong's first: Proverbs 21:8Strong's last: Proverbs 21:8
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To deliver thee from the way of the evil man, from the man that speaketh froward things;
H3868
Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
H3868
For the froward is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
H6143
Put away from thee a froward mouth, and perverse lips put far from thee.
H6143
A naughty person, a wicked man, walketh with a froward mouth.
H6617
All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
H8419
The fear of the LORD is to hate evil: pride, and arrogancy, and the evil way, and the froward mouth, do I hate.
H8419
The mouth of the just bringeth forth wisdom: but the froward tongue shall be cut out.
H6141
They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
H8419
A froward man soweth strife: and a whisperer separateth chief friends.
no direct Strong's tag
He shutteth his eyes to devise froward things: moving his lips he bringeth evil to pass.
H6141
He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
H2019
The way of man is froward and strange: but as for the pure, his work is right.
H6141
Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
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froward
FRO'WARD, adjective [Latin versus:turned or looking from.]
Perverse, that is, turning from, with aversion or reluctance; not willing to yield or comply with what is required; unyielding; ungovernable; refractory; disobedient; peevish; as a froward child.
They are a very froward generation, children in whom is no faith. Deuteronomy 32:20.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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