H6175: עָרוּם
ʻârûwm · pronounced aw-room' · “prudent”
Definition
cunning (usually in a bad sense)
KJV translates it as: crafty, prudent, subtil.
Word origin: passive participle of H6191 (עָרַם);
Extended definition
1a) crafty
1b) shrewd, sensible, prudent
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6175 is translated
- a sensible person ×4
- crafty people ×2
- shrewd ×1
- is sensible ×1
- sensible ×1
- sensible person ×1
- sensible people ×1
Bible verses with H6175 (ʻârûwm)
ʻârûwm appears in 11 verses.
- Genesis 3:1
Now 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 5:12
He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
- Job 15:5
For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
- Proverbs 12:16
A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
- Proverbs 12:23
A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
- Proverbs 13:16
Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
- Proverbs 14:8
The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
- Proverbs 14:15
The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
- Proverbs 14:18
The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
- Proverbs 22:3
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
- Proverbs 27:12
A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.