Hebrew Study
Strong’s Concordance H5791
A readable Hebrew dictionary entry from Strong’s Concordance. Definitions help with word study; the meaning in a verse still depends on context.
Word study
- Source
- Strong’s Concordance
- Transliteration
- `avath
- Pronunciation
- aw-vath'
- Occurrences
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- Strong’s number
- H5791
- Brief meaning
- To wrest
- Source renderings
- bow self, (make) crooked., falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down
- Root word
- a primitive root
- Full definition from the source
- To wrest. Root word: a primitive root.
Source info
Source and edition
James Strong, Strong's Hebrew Bible Dictionary (1890); Bible Foundation text source; Michael Grier's 1996 ASCII e-text; CrossWire module 1.2.
View the 1890 print witnessView preserved source wording
05791\ 5791 `avath aw-vath' a primitive root; to wrest:--bow self, (make) crooked., falsifying, overthrow, deal perversely, pervert, subvert, turn upside down.