סָלַף
salaf · pervert
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H5557 · appears 7 times in the Bible
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salaf (סָלַף) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “pervert”.
Twist, pervert, overturn.
How to say it
sa·laf
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- To bend what is straight; bring down.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- he overturns ×2
- perverts ×2
- subverts ×2
- twists ×1
Related words
Words that come from it
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 23:8
You shall not take a bribe, for the bribe blinds those who see and subverts the words of the righteous.
- Deuteronomy 16:19
You shall not pervert justice; you shall not show partiality, and you shall not take a bribe, for the bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
- Job 12:19
He makes priests walk barefoot, and the firm he subverts.
- Proverbs 13:6
Righteousness guards the one blameless in his way, but wickedness perverts the sinner.
- Proverbs 19:3
The folly of a man perverts his way, and against YHWH his heart rages.
- Proverbs 21:12
The righteous considers the house of the wicked; he overturns the wicked to ruin.
- Proverbs 22:12
The eyes of YHWH watch over knowledge, but he overturns the words of the treacherous.