Biblical Hebrew

hebrew #5558 - סֶלֶף seleph (crookedness)

Original Word:	סֶלֶף
Transliteration:	seleph
Definition:	crookedness, crooked dealing
Part of Speech:	Noun Masculine
Phonetic Spelling:	(seh'-lef)
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

perverseness

From calaph; distortion, i.e. (figuratively) viciousness -- perverseness.

see HEBREW calaph

Englishman's Concordance

1) crookedness, perverseness, crooked dealing
Part of Speech: noun masculine
A Related Word by BDB/Strong’s Number: from H5557
Same Word by TWOT Number: 1510a

Brown-Driver-Briggs

סֶ֫לֶףnoun masculine^{Proverbs 11:3} Qr crookedness, crooked dealing: — ׳ס absolute Proverbs 15:4 (of tongue); construct בֹּגְדִים׳סProverbs 11:3.

Englishman's Concordance (References)

Strong's Hebrew: 5558. סֶ֫לֶף (seleph) — 2 Occurrences

Proverbs 11:3
HEB:יְשָׁרִ֣ים תַּנְחֵ֑ם וְסֶ֖לֶף בּוֹגְדִ֣ים [וְשַׁדָּם
NAS: will guide them, But the crookedness of the treacherous
KJV: shall guide them: but the perverseness of transgressors
INT: of the upright will guide the crookedness of the treacherous dead

Proverbs 15:4
HEB:עֵ֣ץ חַיִּ֑ים וְסֶ֥לֶף בָּ֝֗הּ שֶׁ֣בֶר
NAS: of life, But perversion in it crushes
KJV: of life: but perverseness therein [is] a breach
INT: tree of life perversion crushes the spirit

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