Strong's Hebrew Concordance

H6195: עׇרְמָה

ʻormâh · pronounced or-maw' · “craftiness”

Definition

trickery; or (in a good sense) discretion

KJV translates it as: guile, prudence, subtilty, wilily, wisdom.

Word origin: feminine of H6193 (עֹרֶם);

Extended definition

shrewdness, craftiness, prudence

Brief lexicon based on BDB via STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0).

How H6195 is translated

  • prudence ×3
  • cunning ×2

Bible verses with H6195 (ʻormâh)

ʻormâh appears in 5 verses.

  • Exodus 21:14

    But if a man come presumptuously upon his neighbour, to slay him with guile; thou shalt take him from mine altar, that he may die.

  • Joshua 9:4

    They did work wilily, and went and made as if they had been ambassadors, and took old sacks upon their asses, and wine bottles, old, and rent, and bound up;

  • Proverbs 1:4

    To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.

  • Proverbs 8:5

    O ye simple, understand wisdom: and, ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart.

  • Proverbs 8:12

    I wisdom dwell with prudence, and find out knowledge of witty inventions.