Bible Encyclopedias
Frowardness

International Standard Bible Encyclopedia

frō´wẽrd -nes : The translation of תּהפכות , tahpukhōth the plural of tahpūkhāh , "perversity," "foolishness" (from hāphakh , "to turn about") in Proverbs 2:14 , "delight in the frowardness of the wicked," the American Standard Revised Version "the perverseness of evil," margin "the evil man" (compare Proverbs 2:12; some render "deceit"); Proverbs 6:14 the American Standard Revised Version, "perverseness"; Proverbs 10:32 , "the mouth of the wicked speaketh frowardness," the American Standard Revised Version "speaketh perverseness," margin "is.»