Lexical Definition

‎עָקַל‎ ʻâqal (aw-kal') to twist ^H:V
a primitive root

wrong.

• to wrest

1) to bend, twist
1a) (Pual) to be bent out of shape, be distorted, be crooked

See Greek: διαστρέφω

Brown-Driver-Briggs

[‎עָקַל‎] verb. bend, twist (Late Hebrew especially in derivatives; ᵑ7 in derivatives; Syriac twist, in derived species; Arabic bind camel's folded fore-shank and arm together); —

Pu`al be bent out of shape, crooked, Participle figurative ‎מִשְׁפּט מְעֻקָּל‎ Hab 1:4 crooked justice.

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