Numbers 22:32
And the angel of the LORD said unto him, Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? behold, I went out to withstand thee, because thy way is perverse before me:
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Perverse
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1 Timothy 6:5
Perverse disputings of men of corrupt minds, and destitute of the truth, supposing that gain is godliness: from such withdraw thyself.
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9 occurrences in 9 verses.
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עִקֵּשׁ
ʻiqqêsh · ik-kashe'
4 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
distorted; hence, false
Strong's KJV usage: crooked, froward, perverse.
Strong's first: Deuteronomy 32:5Strong's last: Proverbs 28:6
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diastréphō · dee-as-tref'-o
3 times translated as this KJV form7 total Strong's occurrences
to distort, i.e. (figuratively) misinterpret, or (morally) corrupt
Strong's KJV usage: :--perverse(-rt), turn away.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Matthew 17:17Strong's last: Philippians 2:15
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ʻâvâh · aw-vaw'
2 times translated as this KJV form17 total Strong's occurrences
to crook, literally or figuratively
Strong's KJV usage: do amiss, bow down, make crooked, commit iniquity, pervert, (do) perverse(-ly), trouble, × turn, do wickedly, do wrong.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: 1 Samuel 20:30Strong's last: Proverbs 12:8
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ʻâqash · aw-kash'
2 times translated as this KJV form5 total Strong's occurrences
to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse)
Strong's KJV usage: make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Job 9:20Strong's last: Proverbs 28:18
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hâphak · haw-fak'
1 times translated as this KJV form94 total Strong's occurrences
to turn about or over; by implication, to change, overturn, return, pervert
Strong's KJV usage: × become, change, come, be converted, give, make (a bed), overthrow (-turn), perverse, retire, tumble, turn (again, aside, back, to the contrary, every way).
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Proverbs 17:20Strong's last: Proverbs 17:20
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yâraṭ · yaw-rat'
1 times translated as this KJV form2 total Strong's occurrences
to precipitate or hurl (rush) headlong; (intransitively) to be rash
Strong's KJV usage: be perverse, turn over.
Other KJV renderings
Strong's first: Numbers 22:32Strong's last: Numbers 22:32
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lûwz · looz
1 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 14:2Strong's last: Proverbs 14:2
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lᵉzûwth · lez-ooth'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
perverseness
Strong's KJV usage: perverse.
Strong's first: Proverbs 4:24Strong's last: Proverbs 4:24
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ʻavʻeh · av-eh'
1 times translated as this KJV form1 total Strong's occurrences
perversity
Strong's KJV usage: × perverse.
Strong's first: Isaiah 19:14Strong's last: Isaiah 19:14
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H5753
Then Saul's anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou hast chosen the son of Jesse to thine own confusion, and unto the confusion of thy mother's nakedness?
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perverse
PERVERSE, adjective pervers'. [Latin perversus. See Pervert.]
1. Literally, turned aside; hence, distorted from the right.
2. Obstinate in the wrong; disposed to be contrary; stubborn; untractable.
To so perverse a sex all grace is vain.
3. Cross; petulant; peevish; disposed to cross and vex.
I'll frown and be perverse and say thee nay.
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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