Lexicon salaph: to twist, pervert, overturn Original Word: סָלַףPart of Speech: Verb Transliteration: salaph Phonetic Spelling: (saw-laf') Short Definition: overthrows NAS Exhaustive Concordance Word Origina prim. root Definitionto twist, pervert, overturn NASB Translationoverthrows (2), perverts (1), ruins (1), subverts (2), turning (1).
Brown-Driver-Briggs סָלַף verb twist, pervert, overturn ( ᵑ7 סְלַף twist (rare); Arabic  is pass, pass away, come to naught Lane 1407f.); — Pi`el Imperfect3masculine singular יְסַלֵּף Job 12:19 2t., וַיְסַלֵּף Proverbs 22:12; 3feminine singular תְּסַלֵּף Proverbs 13:6; Proverbs 19:3; Participle מְסַלֵּף Proverbs 21:12; — 1 pervert, Exodus 23:8 (E) a bribe perverteth the case (cause, דִּבְרֵי) of righteous, = Deuteronomy 16:19. 2 subvert, turn upside down, ruin (only Wisdom Literature): with accusative of person Job 12:19; Proverbs 13:6 (opposed to תִּצֹּר), Proverbs 21:12; ׳אִוֶּלֶת אָדָם תּ דַּרְכּוֺ Proverbs 19:3 a man's folly subverteth his way; וַיְסַלֵּף דִּבְרֵי בֹגֵד Proverbs 22:12 and he (׳י) subverteth the affairs of a treacherous man.
Strong's overthrow, pervert A primitive root; properly, to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvert -- overthrow, pervert. |
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