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In a figurative sense, it is often used to describe the act of perverting justice or distorting truth. This word is typically employed in contexts where moral or ethical corruption is being addressed, highlighting the deviation from righteousness or integrity.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Israelite society, justice and righteousness were foundational to the community's covenant relationship with God. The legal system was designed to reflect God's character, emphasizing fairness and truth. The act of "avath," or perverting justice, was seen as a serious offense against both the community and God. Prophets and leaders frequently condemned such actions, calling the people back to a standard of divine justice.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to be bent or crooked<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>bent (1), cheat (1), crooked (1), defraud (1), pervert (3), stoop (1), subvert (1), thwarts (1), wronged (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">עָוַת</font>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>be bent, crooked</b></font> (Late Hebrew <em>id.</em>, Pi`el, Nithpa`el; Aramaic <font class="hebrew2">עַוֵּית</font> Pa`el; compare <img src="/bdbgif/bdb073605.gif">, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb073606.gif"> <em>deceive</em> PS<sup>3008</sup>); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Pi`el</b></font> <em>Perfect</em>3masculine singular suffix <font class="hebrew2">עִוְּתָ֑נִי</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/19-6.htm">Job 19:6</a>, <font class="hebrew2">עִוְּתוֺ</font> <a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/7-13.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:13</a>; 3plural suffix <font class="hebrew2">עִוְּתוּנִי</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/119-78.htm">Psalm 119:78</a>; <em>Imperfect</em>3masculine singular <font class="hebrew2">יְעַוֵּת</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/146-9.htm">Psalm 146:9</a>; <a href="/interlinear/job/8-3.htm">Job 8:3</a>, <font class="hebrew2">יְעַוֶּתֿ</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/8-3.htm">Job 8:3</a>; <em>Infinitive</em> <font class="hebrew2">לְעַוֵּת</font> <a href="/interlinear/amos/8-5.htm">Amos 8:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/lamentations/3-22.htm">Lamentations 3:22</a>; — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>1. a.</b></font> <em>make crooked</em> = falsify, scales <a href="/interlinear/amos/8-5.htm">Amos 8:5</a>; <em>pervert</em> justice (<font class="hebrew2">מִשְׁמָּט</font>, <font class="hebrew2">צֶדֶק</font>) <a href="/interlinear/job/8-3.htm">Job 8:3</a> (twice in verse); <a href="/interlinear/job/34-12.htm">Job 34:12</a> (all God subject); with accusative of person <em>subvert</em> (i.e. deprive of justice), <font class="hebrew2">אָדָם בְּרִיבוֺ</font> <font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">לְע</font> <a href="/interlinear/lamentations/3-36.htm">Lamentations 3:36</a>, compare <a href="/interlinear/psalms/119-78.htm">Psalm 119:78</a>; so <font class="hebrew2">עִוְּתָ֑נִי</font> <a href="/interlinear/job/19-6.htm">Job 19:6</a> (<font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">י</font> subject). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>2</b></font> <em>bend, make crooked</em>, <font class="hebrew2">דֶּרֶךְ רְשָׁעִים</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/146-9.htm">Psalm 146:9</a> (<font class="hebrew2">׳</font><font class="hebrew2">י</font> subject); in General <a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/7-13.htm">Ecclesiastes 7:13</a> (God subject; opposed to <font class="hebrew2">תִּקֵּן</font>). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Pu`al</b></font> <em>Participle</em> <font class="hebrew2">מְעֻוָּת</font> <a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/1-15.htm">Ecclesiastes 1:15</a> <em>what is bent</em> (opposed to <font class="hebrew2">תְּקֹן</font>). <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Hithpa`el</b></font> <em>Perfect</em>3plural consecutive <font class="hebrew2">וְהִתְעַוְּתוּ</font> <a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/12-3.htm">Ecclesiastes 12:3</a> <em>and</em> the strong men <em>bend themselves</em>. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>bow self, make crooked <p>A primitive root; to wrest -- bow self, (make) crooked., falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>וְהִֽתְעַוְּת֖וּ וּלְעַוֵּ֖ת והתעותו ולעות יְעַוֵּ֣ת יְעַוֵּ֥ת יְעַוֵּֽת־ יְעַוֵּֽת׃ יעות יעות־ יעות׃ לְעַוֵּ֤ת לעות מְעֻוָּ֖ת מעות עִוְּת֑וּנִי עִוְּתָ֑נִי עִוְּתֽוֹ׃ עותו׃ עותוני עותני ‘iw·wə·ṯā·nî ‘iw·wə·ṯōw ‘iw·wə·ṯū·nî ‘iwwəṯānî ‘iwwəṯōw ‘iwwəṯūnî ivveTani ivveTo ivveTuni lə‘awwêṯ lə·‘aw·wêṯ leavVet mə‘uwwāṯ mə·‘uw·wāṯ meuvVat ū·lə·‘aw·wêṯ ūlə‘awwêṯ uleavVet vehitavveTu wə·hiṯ·‘aw·wə·ṯū wəhiṯ‘awwəṯū yə‘awwêṯ yə‘awwêṯ- yə·‘aw·wêṯ yə·‘aw·wêṯ- yeavVet<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/job/8-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 8:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> הַ֭אֵל <b> יְעַוֵּ֣ת </b> מִשְׁפָּ֑ט וְאִם־</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> Does God <span class="itali">pervert</span> justice? Or<br><a href="/kjvs/job/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> Doth God <span class="itali">pervert</span> judgment?<br><a href="/interlinear/job/8-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> God <span class="itali">pervert</span> adversary does<p><b><a href="/text/job/8-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 8:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְאִם־ שַׁ֝דַּ֗י <b> יְעַוֵּֽת־ </b> צֶֽדֶק׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> does the Almighty <span class="itali">pervert</span> what is right?<br><a href="/kjvs/job/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> or doth the Almighty <span class="itali">pervert</span> justice?<br><a href="/interlinear/job/8-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> does the Almighty <span class="itali">pervert</span> what<p><b><a href="/text/job/19-6.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 19:6</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/19.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כִּי־ אֱל֣וֹהַּ <b> עִוְּתָ֑נִי </b> וּ֝מְצוּד֗וֹ עָלַ֥י</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> that God <span class="itali">has wronged</span> me And has closed<br><a href="/kjvs/job/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> that God <span class="itali">hath overthrown</span> me, and hath compassed<br><a href="/interlinear/job/19-6.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> that God <span class="itali">has wronged</span> his net and has<p><b><a href="/text/job/34-12.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Job 34:12</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/job/34.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְ֝שַׁדַּ֗י לֹֽא־ <b> יְעַוֵּ֥ת </b> מִשְׁפָּֽט׃ </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/job/34.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> And the Almighty <span class="itali">will not pervert</span> justice.<br><a href="/kjvs/job/34.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> neither will the Almighty <span class="itali">pervert</span> judgment.<br><a href="/interlinear/job/34-12.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> and the Almighty will not <span class="itali">pervert</span> justice<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/119-78.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 119:78</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/119.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">כִּי־ שֶׁ֣קֶר <b> עִוְּת֑וּנִי </b> אֲ֝נִ֗י אָשִׂ֥יחַ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/119.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> be ashamed, <span class="itali">for they subvert</span> me with a lie;<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/119.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> be ashamed; <span class="itali">for they dealt perversely</span> with me without a cause:<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/119-78.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> with A lie <span class="itali">subvert</span> I shall meditate<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/146-9.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 146:9</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/146.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְדֶ֖רֶךְ רְשָׁעִ֣ים <b> יְעַוֵּֽת׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/146.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and the widow, <span class="itali">But He thwarts</span> the way<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/146.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> of the wicked <span class="itali">he turneth upside down.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/146-9.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the way of the wicked <span class="itali">thwarts</span><p><b><a href="/text/ecclesiastes/1-15.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ecclesiastes 1:15</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/1.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> מְעֻוָּ֖ת </b> לֹא־ יוּכַ֣ל</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ecclesiastes/1.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">What is crooked</span> cannot be straightened<br><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/1.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">[That which is] crooked</span> cannot<br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/1-15.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">is crooked</span> not cannot<p><b><a href="/text/ecclesiastes/7-13.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ecclesiastes 7:13</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/7.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אֵ֖ת אֲשֶׁ֥ר <b> עִוְּתֽוֹ׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ecclesiastes/7.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> to straighten what <span class="itali">He has bent?</span><br><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/7.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> make [that] straight, <span class="itali">which he hath made crooked?</span><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/7-13.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> to straighten what <span class="itali">crooked</span><p><b><a href="/text/ecclesiastes/12-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Ecclesiastes 12:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/12.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">שֹׁמְרֵ֣י הַבַּ֔יִת <b> וְהִֽתְעַוְּת֖וּ </b> אַנְשֵׁ֣י הֶחָ֑יִל</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/ecclesiastes/12.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> men <span class="itali">stoop,</span> the grinding<br><a href="/kjvs/ecclesiastes/12.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> men <span class="itali">shall bow</span> themselves, and the grinders<br><a href="/interlinear/ecclesiastes/12-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> the watchmen of the house <span class="itali">stoop</span> men and mighty<p><b><a href="/text/lamentations/3-36.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Lamentations 3:36</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/lamentations/3.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3"> <b> לְעַוֵּ֤ת </b> אָדָם֙ בְּרִיב֔וֹ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/lamentations/3.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">To defraud</span> a man in his lawsuit--<br><a href="/kjvs/lamentations/3.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">To subvert</span> a man in his cause,<br><a href="/interlinear/lamentations/3-36.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> <span class="itali">to defraud</span> A man his lawsuit<p><b><a href="/text/amos/8-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Amos 8:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/amos/8.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וּלְהַגְדִּ֣יל שֶׁ֔קֶל <b> וּלְעַוֵּ֖ת </b> מֹאזְנֵ֥י מִרְמָֽה׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/amos/8.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> bigger, <span class="itali">And to cheat</span> with dishonest<br><a href="/kjvs/amos/8.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> great, <span class="itali">and falsifying</span> the balances<br><a href="/interlinear/amos/8-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> bigger and the shekel <span class="itali">cheat</span> scales dishonest<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5791.htm">11 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5791.htm">Strong's Hebrew 5791<br>11 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/ivvetani_5791.htm">‘iw·wə·ṯā·nî — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/ivveto_5791.htm">‘iw·wə·ṯōw — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/ivvetuni_5791.htm">‘iw·wə·ṯū·nî — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/leavvet_5791.htm">lə·‘aw·wêṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/meuvvat_5791.htm">mə·‘uw·wāṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/uleavvet_5791.htm">ū·lə·‘aw·wêṯ — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/vehitavvetu_5791.htm">wə·hiṯ·‘aw·wə·ṯū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yeavvet_5791.htm">yə·‘aw·wêṯ — 4 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> 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