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Proverbs 12:8

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Masoretic Text 1524

H6310 according לפי

H7922 to his wisdom שׂכלו

H1984 commended יהלל

H376 A man אישׁ

H5753 but he that is of a perverse ונעוה

H3820 heart לב

H1961 shall be יהיה

H937 despised לבוז׃

King James Bible (Oxford 1769)

H376 man

shall

H1961 be

H1984 commended

H6310 according

his

H7922 wisdom

but

that

H5753 perverse

H3820 heart

shall

H1961 be

H937 despised

Hebrew-English Dictionary

Strongs: H5753

Hebrew: עָוָה

Transliteration: ʻâvâh

Pronunciation: aw-vaw'

Part of Speech: Verb

Bible Usage: do {amiss} bow {down} make {crooked} commit {iniquity} {pervert} (do) perverse ({-ly}) {trouble} X-(idiom) {turn} do {wickedly} do wrong.

Definition:

to {crook} literally or figuratively

1. to bend, twist, distort

a. (Niphal) to be bent, be bowed down, be twisted, be perverted

b. (Piel) to twist, distort

c. (Hiphil) to do perversely

2. to commit iniquity, do wrong, pervert

a. (Qal) to do wrong, commit iniquity

b. (Hiphil) to commit iniquity

The Brown-Driver-Briggs
Hebrew-English Lexicon (BDB) 1906