Words the Bible translates as perverse
English uses one word here. The Bible uses 4 words, and they do not mean the same thing. Each is listed with what it actually means, most frequent first.
- diastrephōδιαστρέφωto twist something out of true: to bend a straight path, a message, or a person away from where it ought to run
- iqqeshעִקֵּשׁcrooked: bent away from what is straight and right, in a person's heart, conduct, or speech.
- tahpukhahתַּהְפֻּכָהtwistedness: words, plans, or people turned back to front, so that what ought to run straight comes out inverted
- patalפָּתַלto twist: to be wound out of straightness, whether two rivals locked together or a person, a word, or a response bent away from the straight
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