Lûwz — H3868

Definition

verb

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

1. to depart, turn aside
1. (Qal) to depart
2. (Niphal)
1. to go wrong, go crooked
2. devious, perverse (participle)
3. (Hiphil)
1. to be lost from view
2. to become devious

Usually translated as

depart, froward, perverse, perverseness

Origin

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

• Lâvâh (H3867)
• Lûwṭ (H3874)
• Lûwn (H3885)

Occurrences

Lûwz occurs 6 times in the King James.

Distribution of the word across the Bible: Proverbs (5), Isaiah (1)

• Proverbs 2:15 — Whose ways are crooked, and they froward (וּ֝נְלוֹזִ֗ים) in their paths:
• Proverbs 3:21 — My son, let not them depart (יָלֻ֣זוּ) from thine eyes: keep sound wisdom and discretion:
• Proverbs 3:32 — For the froward (נָל֑וֹז) is abomination to the LORD: but his secret is with the righteous.
• Proverbs 4:21 — Let them not depart (יַלִּ֥יזוּ) from thine eyes; keep them in the midst of thine heart.
• Proverbs 14:2 — He that walketh in his uprightness feareth the LORD: but he that is perverse (וּנְל֖וֹז) in his ways despiseth him.
• Isaiah 30:12 — Wherefore thus saith the Holy One of Israel, Because ye despise this word, and trust in oppression and perverseness (וְנָל֔וֹז), and stay thereon: