עָקַשׁ (ʿāqaš) is
a Hebrew verb
meaning twist. It appears
5 times
in 4 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6140).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1684)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1684)twist; one crooked in ways; knot, distort, pervert; make crooked, perverse
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עָקַשׁverb: twist
Niphalone crooked in ways
Hiphildevious (in life)
Strong's H6140עָקַשׁ: to knot or distort; figuratively, to pervert (act or declare perverse) KJV:make crooked, (prove, that is) perverse(-rt).
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.