Strong’s
H5557Verb7 times in the Hebrew BibleWhere it occurs
Translated as
In the text
- Exodus 23:8וִיסַלֵּף
Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds those who see and twists the words of the righteous.
- Deuteronomy 16:19וִיסַלֵּף
Do not deny justice or show partiality. Do not accept a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and twists the words of the righteous.
- Job 12:19יְסַלֵּף
He leads priests away barefoot and overthrows the established.
- Proverbs 13:6תְּסַלֵּף
Righteousness guards the man of integrity, but wickedness undermines the sinner.
Brown-Driver-Briggs
סָלַף vb. twist, pervert, overturn
Pi.
1. pervert
2. subvert, turn upside down, ruin
Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.