skolios describes what is not straight, whether a path made straight or people and a generation portrayed unfavorably.

The predominant use portrays people or a generation in an unfavorable, non-straight condition; a separate use describes paths that are to become straight.

1. Unfavorable character or condition · dominant

   In Acts 2:40 and Philippians 2:15, the genitive singular feminine form occurs in clauses where the APB renders a generation as “crooked”; Philippians 2:15 places that generation alongside “perverse.” In 1 Peter 2:18, the dative plural masculine form occurs in the contrast between masters who are “good and gentle” and those the APB calls “crooked.”

   Acts 2:40Philippians 2:151 Peter 2:18
2. Paths needing to be made straight · rare

   In Luke 3:5, the nominative plural neuter form occurs in a sequence about valleys, mountains, and ways; the APB renders the clause “the crooked shall become straight.”

   Luke 3:5

In the Anselm Project Bible: The APB uses “crooked” in each supplied verse, including the contrast with “straight” in Luke 3:5. This repeated wording confirms the verse-level presentation rather than fixing a separate English equivalent in every clause.