H6140–עָקַשׁ–a.qash

If I justify myself, my own mouth will condemn me: if I say, I am perfect, that also will prove me perverse.

וַֽיַּעְקְשֵֽׁנִי׃ (יַּעְקְשֵֽׁ) i.ya'.ke.She. “it declared guilty”

He that walketh uprightly walketh surely: but he that perverteth his ways shall be known.

וּמְעַקֵּ֥שׁ (מְעַקֵּ֥שׁ) me.'a.Kesh “[one who] perverts”

He who walketh uprightly shall be saved: but he that is perverse in his ways shall fall at once.

וְנֶעְקַ֥שׁ (נֶעְקַ֥שׁ) ne'.Kash “[one who] is crooked of”

The way of peace they know not; and there is no judgment in their goings: they have made them crooked paths: whoever goeth therein shall not know peace.

עִקְּשׁ֣וּ 'i.ke.Shu “they have made crooked”

Hear this, I pray you, ye heads of the house of Jacob, and princes of the house of Israel, that abhor judgment, and pervert all equity.

יְעַקֵּֽשׁוּ׃ ye.'a.Ke.shu “they make crooked”