Definition

perversity, i.e. (moral) evil

Etymology

or עָווֹן; (2 Kings 7:9; Psalm 51:5 (H7 (אֲבַד))), from H5753 (עָוָה);

Where the KJV renders it

• fault
• iniquity
• mischeif
• punishment (of iniquity)
• sin

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.

What the first audience heard

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