סָלַף
sālap
twist
Strong's H5557VerbHebrewTWOT 1510

סָלַף (sālap) is a Hebrew verb meaning twist. It appears 7 times in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible (Strong's H5557).

Also rendered

Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1510)

Range of meaning (TWOT 1510)twist, pervert, overturn; subvert, turn upside down, ruin; wrench; overthrow
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's

סָלַף verb: twist, pervert, overturn

Strong's H5557 סָלַף: properly, to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvert
KJV:overthrow, pervert.

Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.

See it in Scripture

Exodus 23:8Deuteronomy 16:19Job 12:19

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