ʿāqaš עָקַשׁ ‘to twist’ (Hebrew)
Etymology?: a primitive root
ʿāqaš v
1) to be perverse, twist, pervert, make crooked, prove perverse, declare perverse
1a) (Niphal) to be crooked
1b) (Piel) to twist, distort, pervert, make crooked
1c) (Hiphil) to declare crooked
1d) (Qal) perverse