H6175 - עָרוּם (ʻârûwm)

H6175 עָרוּם (ʻârûwm) aw-room'

Hebrew

Adjective (Hebrew)

Quick Definition

prudent

Strong's Definition

cunning (usually in a bad sense)

Derivation: passive participle of H6191 (עָרַם);

KJV Usage: crafty, prudent, subtil.

TWOT Reference: 1698c

Outline of Biblical Usage

1) subtle, shrewd, crafty, sly, sensible

1a) crafty

1b) shrewd, sensible, prudent

Septuagint (LXX) Greek Equivalents

This Hebrew word is translated by the following Greek words in the Septuagint:

G3835 G4908 G5429

STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon

1) subtle, shrewd, crafty, sly, sensible 1a) crafty 1b) shrewd, sensible, prudent

Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon

עָרוּם ‛ârûm BDB Definition: 1) subtle, shrewd, crafty, sly, sensible 1a) crafty 1b) shrewd, sensible, prudent Part of Speech: adjective A Related Word by BDB/Strongs Number: passive participle of H6191 Same Word by TWOT Number: 1698c Total KJV Occurrences: 11

Bible Occurrences (11)

3:1

5:12 15:5

12:16 12:23 13:16 14:8 14:15 14:18 22:3 27:12

Genesis 3:1

Now the serpent was more crafty than any beast of the field that the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, Did God really... say, You must not eat from any tree in the garden?

Job 5:12

He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.

Job 15:5

For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

Proverbs 12:16

A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent [man] overlooks an insult.

Proverbs 12:23

A shrewd man keeps his knowledge {to himself}, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.

Proverbs 13:16

Every prudent [man] acts with knowledge, but a fool displays [his] folly.

Proverbs 14:8

The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.

Proverbs 14:15

The simple [man] believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.