עָוָה (ʿāwâ) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning bend. It appears
17 times
in 12 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H5753).
Also rendered
commit iniquity
to twist
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1577)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1577)bend, twist; be bent, bowed down; its surface will he distort; commit iniquity, do wrong; crook; do amiss, bow down, make crooked, pervert, perverse, perversely, trouble, do wickedly
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עָוָהverb: bend, twist
Niphalbe bent, bowed down, twisted
Pielits surface will he distort
עָוָהverb, denominative: commit iniquity, do wrong
Hiphilcommit iniquity
Strong's H5753עָוָה: to crook, literally or figuratively KJV:do amiss, bow down, make crooked, commit iniquity, pervert, (do) perverse(-ly), trouble, × turn, do wickedly, do wrong.
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.