Definition

to turn aside , i.e. (literally) to depart, (figuratively) be perverse

Etymology

a primitive root; (compare H3867 (לָוָה), H3874 (לוּט) and H3885 (לוּן))

Where the KJV renders it

• depart
• froward
• perverse(-ness)

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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