Hebrew Word Study · Strong’s H6175
עָרוּם
a.rum · “prudent”
Used 11 times across 3 books
Definition
1) subtle, shrewd, crafty, sly, sensible
1a) crafty
1b) shrewd, sensible, prudent
1a) crafty
1b) shrewd, sensible, prudent
Where it appears
Genesis1
Job2
Proverbs8
In the text
Genesis 3:1Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?Job 5:12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.Job 15:5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.Proverbs 12:16A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.Proverbs 12:23A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.Proverbs 13:16Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.Proverbs 14:15The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.Proverbs 14:18The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.Proverbs 22:3A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
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