H6191: עָרַם
ʻâram · pronounced aw-ram' · “be shrewd”
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)
KJV translates it as: [idiom] very, beware, take crafty (counsel), be prudent, deal subtilly.
Word origin: a primitive root;
Extended definition
1a) (Qal) to be crafty, be subtle
1b) (Hiphil) to be crafty, be or become shrewd
Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).
How H6191 is translated
- certainly to be crafty ×1
- he is crafty ×1
- they ×1
- they make crafty ×1
- he is prudent ×1
- he will become prudent ×1
Bible verses with H6191 (ʻâram)
ʻâram appears in 5 verses.
- 1 Samuel 23:22
Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.
- Job 5:13
He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
- Psalms 83:3
They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
- Proverbs 15:5
A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
- Proverbs 19:25
Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.