Lexical Definition

‎עָוָה‎ ʻâvâh (aw-vaw') to twist ^H:V
a primitive root

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

• to crook, literally or figuratively

1) to bend, twist, distort
1a) (Niphal) to be bent, be bowed down, be twisted, be perverted
1b) (Piel) to twist, distort
1c) (Hiphil) to do perversely
2) to commit iniquity, do wrong, pervert
2a) (Qal) to do wrong, commit iniquity
2b) (Hiphil) to commit iniquity

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Brown-Driver-Briggs

Aramaic form: עִוְיָא
I. [‎עָוָה‎] verb bend, twist (so Arabic ); —

Niph`al Perfect 1 singular ‎נַעֲוֵיתִי‎ Isa 21:3; Ps 38:7* Participle construct ‎נַעֲוֵה‎ Prov 12:8 feminine construct ‎נַעֲוַת‎ 1Sam 20:30 (but read ‎נַעֲרַת‎ ᵐ5 We Dr SS Bu HPS); — be bent, bowed down, twisted, || ‎שׁחה‎ Ps 38:7* || ‎נבהל‎ Isa 21:3 ‎נַעֲוֵה לֵב‎ Prov 12:8 one perverted of mind. Pi`el Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎עִוָּה‎, subject ‎׳‎‎י‎: — Lam 3:9 my paths hath he twisted; ‎׳‎‎וְע‎ Isa 24:1 its surface will he distort (|| ‎בּוֺקֵק הָאָרֶץ‎). Hiph`il Perfect 1 singular ‎יָשָׁר הֶעֱוֵיתִי‎ Job 33:27 the right have I perverted (|| ‎חָטָא‎); so 3 plural ‎הֶעֱווּ אֶתדַּֿרְכָּם‎ Jer 3:21.

[‎עָוָה‎] verb denominative (Gerber⁹⁰) commit iniquity, do wrong (Aramaic ‎עוי‎ commit sin, ‎עֲוָיָא‎ sin, compare Levy^{NHWB iii. 626}); —

Qal (late) Perfect 3 feminine singular ‎עָֽוְתָה‎ Esth 1:16 she hath done wrong (with ‎עַל‎); 1 plural ‎עָוִינוּ‎ Dan 9:5 we have committed iniquity (|| ‎חָטָא‎). Hiph`il commit inquity; — Perfect 3 masculine singular ‎הֶעֱוָה‎ 2Sam 19:20*, 1 singular ‎הֶעֱוֵיתִי‎ 2Sam 24:17 (|| ‎חָטָא‎); 1 plural ‎הֶעֱוִינוּ‎ 1Kgs 8:47 = 2Chr 6:37; Ps 106:6 (all || ‎חָטָא‎); Infinitive absolute ‎הַעֲוֵה‎ Jer 9:4* construct suffix ‎הַעֲוֺתוֺ‎ 2Sam 7:14. — Job 33:27 see ‎עָוָה‎.

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