עָוָה avah

Hebrew word for “to pervert” · Strong’s H5753 · used 17 times in 17 verses

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Meaning

1) to commit iniquity, do wrong, pervert; 1a) (Qal) to do wrong, commit iniquity; 1b) (Hiphil) to commit iniquity

Senses in the lexicon

• to pervert (10)
• to twist (7)

How it is translated

Glosses given for avah in context, with how often each is used:

• have done wrong 4
• have perverted 2
• perverse woman 1
• when does wrong he 1
• did perversely 1
• did wrong 1
• iniquire 1
• have committed iniquity 1
• bent down 1
• person perverted 1
• bent over 1
• will twist 1

Where it is used

Chapters where it is used most

1 Samuel 20 (1), 2 Samuel 7 (1), 2 Samuel 19 (1), 2 Samuel 24 (1), 1 Kings 8 (1), 2 Chronicles 6 (1), Esther 1 (1), Job 33 (1), Psalms 38 (1), Psalms 106 (1)

Forms

• העוה 2
• העויתי 2
• העוינו 2
• נעויתי 2
• נעות 1
• בהעותו 1
• והעוינו 1
• עותה 1
• ועוינו 1
• ונעוה 1

Words used with it

Words that share verses with avah more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• חָטָא chata “to sin” 6
• רָשַׁע rasah “be wicked” 4
• נִי ni “me” 4
• שָׁבָה shavah “to take captive” 2
• חָנַן chanan “be gracious” 2
• לֵב lev “heart” 3
• אָב av “father” 3
• אֱנוֹשׁ enosh “human” 2
• דֶּרֶךְ derekh “way” 2
• שָׁם sham “there” 2
• הִנֵּה hinneh “behold” 2
• שׁוּב shuv “to return” 2

Key verses

The verses using avah that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• 1 Samuel 20:30 — 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…
• 2 Samuel 7:14 — I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the children of men:
• 2 Samuel 19:19 — And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day that my lord the king…
• 2 Samuel 24:17 — And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these sheep, what have…
• 1 Kings 8:47 — Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the land of them that…
• Job 33:27 — He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
• Psalms 106:6 — We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
• Isaiah 21:3 — Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the hearing of it; I was…
• Isaiah 24:1 — Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
• Jeremiah 3:21 — A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they have forgotten the…
• Jeremiah 9:5 — And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themselves to commit…
• Daniel 9:5 — We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy judgments:

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Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.