Strong's Hebrew · H6191
H6191 ʻâram
עָרַם
aw-ram'
be shrewd
ʻâram appears 6 times in Scripture, in 1 Samuel, Job, Psalms and Proverbs. In the Doxa app, open any verse that uses it, keep your notes on it, and ask Doxa Engage how it connects to what God has said to you.
Definition
properly, to be (or make) bare; but used only in the derivative sense (through the idea perhaps of smoothness) to be cunning (usually in a bad sense)
In the King James Version
× very, beware, take crafty (counsel), be prudent, deal subtilly.
Derivation
a primitive root;
Appears 6 times in Scripture
“Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.”
“He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.”
“With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,”
“Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.”
“A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.”
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Word study: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), with glosses and editions from STEP Bible (www.STEPBible.org); Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0); Strong's Greek Dictionary in XML by Ulrik Sandborg-Petersen (CC0). Sources and changes Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).
