5557 - salaph

Strong's Concordance

Original word: סָלַף
Transliteration: salaph
Definition (short): overthrows
Definition (full): to twist, pervert, overturn

NAS Exhaustive Concordance

Word Origin: a prim. root
Definition: to twist, pervert, overturn
NASB Translation: overthrows (2), perverts (1), ruins (1), subverts (2), turning (1).
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Strong's Exhaustive Concordance

A primitive root; properly, to wrench, i.e. (figuratively) to subvert -- overthrow, pervert.
KJV: And thou shalt take no gift: for the gift blindeth the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.
NASB: "You shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the clear-sighted and subverts the cause of the just.
KJV: Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.
NASB: "You shall not distort justice; you shall not be partial, and you shall not take a bribe, for a bribe blinds the eyes of the wise and perverts the words of the righteous.
KJV: He leadeth princes away spoiled, and overthroweth the mighty.
NASB: "He makes priests walk barefoot And overthrows the secure ones.
KJV: Righteousness keepeth him that is upright in the way: but wickedness overthroweth the sinner.
NASB: Righteousness guards the one whose way is blameless, But wickedness subverts the sinner.
KJV: The foolishness of man perverteth his way: and his heart fretteth against the LORD.
NASB: The foolishness of man ruins his way, And his heart rages against the LORD.