עָרוּם
a.rum
“prudent”
Definition
cunning (usually in a bad sense)
passive participle of H6191 (עָרַם);
- subtle, shrewd, crafty, sly, sensible 1a) crafty 1b) shrewd, sensible, prudent
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Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Occurrences
עָרוּם appears 11 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
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?’”
He thwarts the schemes of the crafty,so that their hands find no success.
A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself,but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.
The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way,but the folly of fools deceives them.
The simple inherit folly,but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
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