- Original: לוּז - Transliteration: Luwz - Phonetic: looz - Definition: 1. to depart, turn aside a. (Qal) to depart b. (Niphal) 1. to go wrong, go crooked 2. devious, perverse (participle) c. (Hiphil) 1. to be lost from view 2. to become devious - Origin: a primitive root - TWOT entry: 1090 - Part(s) of speech: Verb - Strong's: A primitive root; to turn aside (compare H3867 H3874 and H3885 ) that is (literally) to depart (figuratively) be perverse: - depart froward perverse (-ness). Total KJV Occurrences: 6 • depart, 2 Proverbs 3:21; Proverbs 4:21 • froward, 2 Proverbs 2:15; Proverbs 3:32 • perverse, 1 Proverbs 14:2 • perverseness, 1 Isaiah 30:12