ψυχῆς ἀγῶνα τὸν προκείμενον πέρι δώσων → to stand the appointed trial for his life, to stand the appointed struggle for life and death
from עָקַשׁ; distorted; hence, false: crooked, froward, perverse.the same as עִקֵּשׁ; perverse; Ikkesh, an Israelite: Ikkesh.