Definition
passive participle of H6191; cunning (usually in a bad sense)
Traditional renderings: crafty, prudent, subtil.
Traditional renderings: crafty, prudent, subtil.
In the Greek Old Testament
How the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament renders עָרוּם:
- πανοῦργοςpanourgos“crafty”always
Usage patterns
Occurrences
11 total
- Genesis 3:1עָר֔וּם · more craftyNow 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 5:12עֲרוּמִ֑ים · of the craftyHe thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
- Job 15:5עֲרוּמִֽים׃ · of the craftyFor your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
- Proverbs 12:16עָרֽוּם׃ · but a prudent [man]A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
- Proverbs 12:23עָ֭רוּם · A shrewdA shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.
- Proverbs 13:16עָ֭רוּם · prudent [man]Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
- Proverbs 14:8עָ֭רוּם · of the prudentThe wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
- Proverbs 14:15וְ֝עָר֗וּם · but the prudent manThe simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.
- Proverbs 14:18וַֽ֝עֲרוּמִ֗ים · but the prudentThe simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
- Proverbs 22:3עָר֤וּם׀ · The prudentThe prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
- Proverbs 27:12עָר֤וּם · The prudentThe prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.