# עָוָה (avah)

Israeli respelling: a-vah. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H5753. 17 Old Testament occurrences.

to crook, literally or figuratively

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

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/avah-h5753

## Occurrences

- [1 Samuel 20:30](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-samuel/20/30) — Then Saul’s anger was kindled against Jonathan, and he said unto him, Thou son of the perverse rebellious woman, do not I know that thou ha…
- [2 Samuel 7:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/7/14) — I will be his father, and he shall be my son. If he commit iniquity, I will chasten him with the rod of men, and with the stripes of the ch…
- [2 Samuel 19:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/19/19) — And said unto the king, Let not my lord impute iniquity unto me, neither do thou remember that which thy servant did perversely the day tha…
- [2 Samuel 24:17](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/24/17) — And David spake unto the LORD when he saw the angel that smote the people, and said, Lo, I have sinned, and I have done wickedly: but these…
- [1 Kings 8:47](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/8/47) — Yet if they shall bethink themselves in the land whither they were carried captives, and repent, and make supplication unto thee in the lan…
- [2 Chronicles 6:37](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-chronicles/6/37) — Yet if they bethink themselves in the land whither they are carried captive, and turn and pray unto thee in the land of their captivity, sa…
- [Esther 1:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/esther/1/16) — And Memucan answered before the king and the princes, Vashti the queen hath not done wrong to the king only, but also to all the princes, a…
- [Job 33:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/33/27) — He looketh upon men, and if any say, I have sinned, and perverted that which was right, and it profited me not;
- [Psalms 38:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/38/6) — I am troubled; I am bowed down greatly; I go mourning all the day long.
- [Psalms 106:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/106/6) — We have sinned with our fathers, we have committed iniquity, we have done wickedly.
- [Proverbs 12:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/12/8) — A man shall be commended according to his wisdom: but he that is of a perverse heart shall be despised.
- [Isaiah 21:3](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/21/3) — Therefore are my loins filled with pain: pangs have taken hold upon me, as the pangs of a woman that travaileth: I was bowed down at the he…
- [Isaiah 24:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/isaiah/24/1) — Behold, the LORD maketh the earth empty, and maketh it waste, and turneth it upside down, and scattereth abroad the inhabitants thereof.
- [Jeremiah 3:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/3/21) — A voice was heard upon the high places, weeping and supplications of the children of Israel: for they have perverted their way, and they ha…
- [Jeremiah 9:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/jeremiah/9/5) — And they will deceive every one his neighbour, and will not speak the truth: they have taught their tongue to speak lies, and weary themsel…
- [Lamentations 3:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/lamentations/3/9) — He hath inclosed my ways with hewn stone, he hath made my paths crooked.
- [Daniel 9:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/9/5) — We have sinned, and have committed iniquity, and have done wickedly, and have rebelled, even by departing from thy precepts and from thy ju…