# עִקֵּשׁ (iqesh)

Israeli respelling: i-qesh. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H6141. 11 Old Testament occurrences.

distorted; hence, false

King James renderings: crooked, froward, perverse.

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

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/iqesh-h6141

## Occurrences

- [Deuteronomy 32:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/32/5) — They have corrupted themselves, their spot is not the spot of his children: they are a perverse and crooked generation.
- [2 Samuel 22:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/2-samuel/22/27) — With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself unsavoury.
- [Psalms 18:26](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/18/26) — With the pure thou wilt shew thyself pure; and with the froward thou wilt shew thyself froward.
- [Psalms 101:4](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/101/4) — A froward heart shall depart from me: I will not know a wicked person.
- [Proverbs 2:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/2/15) — Whose ways are crooked, and they froward in their paths:
- [Proverbs 8:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/8/8) — All the words of my mouth are in righteousness; there is nothing froward or perverse in them.
- [Proverbs 11:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/11/20) — They that are of a froward heart are abomination to the LORD: but such as are upright in their way are his delight.
- [Proverbs 17:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/17/20) — He that hath a froward heart findeth no good: and he that hath a perverse tongue falleth into mischief.
- [Proverbs 19:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/19/1) — Better is the poor that walketh in his integrity, than he that is perverse in his lips, and is a fool.
- [Proverbs 22:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/22/5) — Thorns and snares are in the way of the froward: he that doth keep his soul shall be far from them.
- [Proverbs 28:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/28/6) — Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich.