Definition

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

Etymology

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

Word family

• לָוָה lâvâh
• לוּט lûwṭ
• לוּן lûwn

How the KJV renders it

• depart
• froward
• perverse(-ness)

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.