Strong's Hebrew · H6175

עָרוּם

ʻârûwm · aw-room'

crafty, prudent, subtil.

Definition

cunning (usually in a bad sense)

Derivation

passive participle of H6191 (עָרַם);

Appears 11 times in Scripture

Proverbs 12:16

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

Proverbs 14:18

The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.

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 22:3

The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.

Proverbs 14:15

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

Proverbs 12:23

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

Job 15:5

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

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.

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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).

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