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Lexicon :: Strong's H6175 - ʿārûm

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עָרוּם
Transliteration
ʿārûm
Pronunciation
aw-room'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
Pass. part. of עָרַם (H6191)
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TWOT Reference: 1698c

Strong’s Definitions

עָרוּם ʻârûwm, aw-room'; passive participle of H6191; cunning (usually in a bad sense):—crafty, prudent, subtil.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x

The KJV translates Strong's H6175 in the following manner: prudent (8x), crafty (2x), subtil (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 11x
The KJV translates Strong's H6175 in the following manner: prudent (8x), crafty (2x), subtil (1x).

  1. subtle, shrewd, crafty, sly, sensible

    1. crafty

    2. shrewd, sensible, prudent

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
עָרוּם ʻârûwm, aw-room'; passive participle of H6191; cunning (usually in a bad sense):—crafty, prudent, subtil.
STRONGS H6175: Abbreviations
† עָרוּם adjective crafty, shrewd, sensible; —
1. crafty, ע׳ as predicate, of serpent Genesis 3:1; plural as substantive מַחְשְׁבוֺת עֲרוּמִים Job 5:12, לְשׁוֺן ע׳ Job 15:5.
2. in Proverbs, in good sense (opposed to אֱוִיל, כְּסִיל, פֶּתִי); as attributive אָדָם עָרוּם Proverbs 12:23 a shrewd or sensible man; ע׳ as substantive = id., Proverbs 12:16; Proverbs 13:16, so חָכְמַת ע׳ Proverbs 13:8; = prudent man Proverbs 14:15; Proverbs 22:3; Proverbs 27:12; plural עֲרוּמִים Proverbs 14:18.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:1

Job

5:12; 15:5

Proverbs

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

H6175

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H6175 matches the Hebrew עָרוּם (ʿārûm),
which occurs 11 times in 11 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy Box Gen 3:1

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:1 - Now the serpent was more cunning than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said to the woman, “Has God indeed said, ‘You shall not eat of every tree of the garden’?”

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 5:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:12 - He frustrates the devices of the crafty,
So that their hands cannot carry out their plans.

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Unchecked Copy Box Job 15:5

Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:5 - For your iniquity teaches your mouth,
And you choose the tongue of the crafty.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:16 - A fool’s wrath is known at once,
But a prudent man covers shame.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 12:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:23 - A prudent man conceals knowledge,
But the heart of fools proclaims foolishness.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 13:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:16 - Every prudent man acts with knowledge,
But a fool lays open his folly.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:8 - The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way,
But the folly of fools is deceit.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:15 - The simple believes every word,
But the prudent considers well his steps.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 14:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:18 - The simple inherit folly,
But the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 22:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:3 - A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself,
But the simple pass on and are punished.

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Unchecked Copy Box Pro 27:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 27:12 - A prudent man foresees evil and hides himself;
The simple pass on and are punished.
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