עַוָּתָה
av.va.tah
- oppression
- subversion
STEPBible TBESH
Glosses: oppression
subversion, bending
BDB (Brown-Driver-Briggs)
Glosses: subversion
Root √עות: עָוַת vb be bent crooked Pi make crooked pervert = falsify scales;justice bend make crooked . Pu what is bent . Hithp and bend themselves .the strong men.
עַוָּתָה n.f subversion La 3:59 . i.e. deprivation of justice;—sf.