Aqash means “make crooked” — full meaning, definition, and every linked Bible usage across the indexed canon.
Strong's H6140 עָקַשׁ (`aqash) is a Hebrew Strong's word-study entry. `aqash (aw-kash') v. 1. to knot or distort 2. (figuratively) to pervert (act or declare perverse) It has 5 linked Bible usages across 4 books. Visible English usage signals include perverse, perverteth, crooked, and pervert. Indexed coverage on this page includes Old Testament.
`aqash (aw-kash') v. 1. to knot or distort 2. (figuratively) to pervert (act or declare perverse) [a primitive root] KJV: make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).
How independent scholarly lexicons define Strong's H6140. Each definition is shown with its source so you can compare and cite the original reference works.
to twist
Usage: 1) to be perverse, twist, pervert, make crooked, prove perverse, declare perverse 1a) (Niphal) to be crooked 1b) (Piel) to twist, distort, pervert, make crooked 1c) (Hiphil) to declare crooked 1d) (Qal) perverse
The English word each shown verse actually uses to render `aqash, taken from the interlinear word alignment (the same word underlined in the excerpts below). Where a rendering is used more than once, the count is shown.
Indexed coverage includes Old Testament. Each section below keeps corpus counts and sample passages visible so readers can compare the word across contexts instead of reading one flat concordance list.
Indexed usage grouped by testament and extended corpus so readers can compare this word across the Bible, Septuagint, deuterocanonical books, and 1 Enoch where present.
5 indexed usages in Old Testament.
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
First 5 linked usage excerpts for Strong's H6140.
If I justify myself, mine own mouth shall condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, it shall also prove me perverse.
He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.
Whoso walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.
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.
Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.
Every indexed verse link for Strong's H6140, grouped by book.
Aqash (Strong's H6140) is a Hebrew word most simply glossed "make crooked". `aqash (aw-kash') v. 1. to knot or distort 2. (figuratively) to pervert (act or declare perverse)
This page currently indexes 5 linked usages for Strong's H6140 across 4 books.
Use the linked verse references on this page to study Strong's H6140 in context. The indexed coverage includes Old Testament.
The visible usage excerpts most often surface English words such as perverse, perverteth, crooked, and pervert. These are scanning signals from the displayed verses, not replacements for the original-language definition.