Wrong The perversion or distortion of nature which is caused by evil-doing is represented by the word avah (עוה), to be bent or crooked. The original meaning of the word is found in Isaiah 21:3, 'I was bowed down at the hearing of it;' Lamentations 3:9, 'He hath made my ways crooked;' and perhaps Psalms 38:6, where we read in the A. V., 'I am troubled, I am bowed down greatly.' The English word wrong, i.e. that which is wrung out of course, gives the same idea of evil, and is taken as a translation of avah in Esther 1:16 . We also find the analogous word perverseness as a rendering in 1 Samuel 20:30, 2 Samuel 19:19, 1 Kings 8:47, Job 33:27, Proverbs 12:8, Isaiah 19:14, and Jeremiah 3:21 . Amiss is found in 2 Chronicles 6:37, and iniquity in 2 Samuel 7:14, Psalms 65:3, Psalms 106:6, Jeremiah 9:5, Ezekiel 28:18, Daniel 4:2, Daniel 9:5, and Malachi 2:6 .
The chief renderings for avah in the LXX are ἁμαρτία, ἀνομία and ἀδικία, none of which quite coincide with the original in their primary meaning.