Strong Hebrew #5557 - סָלַף salaph (to twist)
| Original Word: | סָלַף |
| Transliteration: | salaph |
| Definition: | to twist, pervert, overturn |
| Part of Speech: | Verb |
| Phonetic Spelling: | (saw-laf') |
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance
overthrow, pervert
A primitive root; properly, to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvert -- overthrow, pervert.
Englishman's Concordance
1) to twist, pervert, distort, overturn, ruin
1a) (Piel)
1a1) to pervert (of bribery)
1a2) to subvert, turn upside down, ruin
Part of Speech: verb
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: a primitive root
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1510
Brown-Driver-Briggs
סָלַףverbtwist, pervert, overturn (
ᵑ7סְלַףtwist (rare); Arabic
is
pass, pass away, come to naught Lane
1407f.); —
Pi`elImperfect3masculine singular יְסַלֵּףJob 12:19 2t., וַיְסַלֵּףProverbs 22:12; 3feminine singular תְּסַלֵּףProverbs 13:6; Proverbs 19:3; ParticipleמְסַלֵּףProverbs 21:12; —
1pervert, Exodus 23:8 (E) a bribe perverteth the case (cause, דִּבְרֵי) of righteous,=Deuteronomy 16:19.
2subvert, turn upside down, ruin (only Wisdom Literature): with accusative of person Job 12:19; Proverbs 13:6 (opposed to תִּצֹּר), Proverbs 21:12; ׳אִוֶּלֶת אָדָם תּדַּרְכּוֺProverbs 19:3a man's folly subverteth his way; וַיְסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי בֹגֵדProverbs 22:12and he (׳י) subverteth the affairs of a treacherous man.
Englishman's Concordance (References)
Strong's Hebrew: 5557. סָלַף (salaph) — 7 Occurrences
Exodus 23:8
HEB:יְעַוֵּ֣ר פִּקְחִ֔ים וִֽיסַלֵּ֖ף דִּבְרֵ֥י צַדִּיקִֽים׃
NAS: the clear-sighted and subverts the cause
KJV: the wise, and perverteth the words
INT: blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just
Deuteronomy 16:19
HEB:עֵינֵ֣י חֲכָמִ֔ים וִֽיסַלֵּ֖ף דִּבְרֵ֥י צַדִּיקִֽם׃
NAS: of the wise and perverts the words
KJV: of the wise, and pervert the words
INT: the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous
Job 12:19
HEB:שׁוֹלָ֑ל וְאֵֽתָנִ֣ים יְסַלֵּֽף׃
NAS: barefoot And overthrows the secure ones.
KJV: away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
INT: barefoot the secure and overthrows
Proverbs 13:6
HEB:דָּ֑רֶךְ וְ֝רִשְׁעָ֗ה תְּסַלֵּ֥ף חַטָּֽאת׃
NAS: But wickedness subverts the sinner.
KJV: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
INT: way wickedness subverts the sinner
Proverbs 19:3
HEB:אִוֶּ֣לֶת אָ֭דָם תְּסַלֵּ֣ף דַּרְכּ֑וֹ וְעַל־
NAS: of man ruins his way,
KJV: of man perverteth his way:
INT: the foolishness of man ruins his way against
Proverbs 21:12
HEB:לְבֵ֣ית רָשָׁ֑ע מְסַלֵּ֖ף רְשָׁעִ֣ים לָרָֽע׃
NAS: of the wicked, Turning the wicked
KJV: of the wicked: [but God] overthroweth the wicked
INT: the house of the wicked Turning the wicked to ruin
Proverbs 22:12
HEB:נָ֣צְרוּ דָ֑עַת וַ֝יְסַלֵּ֗ף דִּבְרֵ֥י בֹגֵֽד׃
NAS: knowledge, But He overthrows the words
KJV: knowledge, and he overthroweth the words
INT: preserve knowledge overthrows the words of the treacherous
is pass, pass away, come to naught Lane1407f.); —