עָוָה

Strong’s Definition

to crook, literally or figuratively

Etymology & Derivation

a primitive root;

KJV Usage

do amiss, bow down, make crooked, commit iniquity, pervert, (do) perverse(-ly), trouble, [idiom] turn, do wickedly, do wrong.

Detailed Definition

From the Brown–Driver–Briggs (BDB) Hebrew lexicon outline.

• 1.to bend, twist, distort
• 2.(niphal) to be bent, be bowed down, be twisted, be perverted
• 3.(qal) to do wrong, commit iniquity
• 4.(hiphil) to commit iniquity
• 5.(piel) to twist, distort
• 6.(hiphil) to do perversely
• 7.to commit iniquity, do wrong, pervert

Scholarly Notes

Transliteration: ʻâvâh; Pronunciation: aw-vaw'