From aqash; distorted; hence, false -- crooked, froward, perverse.
see HEBREW aqash
H6141. iqqesh
I. עִקֵּשׁ adjective twisted, perverted; — absolute ע ׳דּוֺר וּפְתַלְתֹּל Deuteronomy 32:5 a Generation twisted and crooked, ע ׳לֵבָב Psalm 101:4; as masculine noun (of one devious in life) the perverted 2 Samuel 22:27 = Psalm 18:27; Proverbs 22:5, of things 8:8; construct ׳ע דְּרָכַיִם 28:6, ׳ע שְׂפָתָיו 19:1, עִקֶּשׁלֵֿב 17:20; plural עִקְּשִׁים אָרְחֹתֵיהֶם 2:15 whose ways are twisted; construct עִקְּשֵׁילֵֿב 11:20.