Strong's Lexicon

H6175

H6175 — עָרוּם

Hebrew / Aramaic entry for Bible study and original-language reference.

HebrewaruwmadjectiveOccurrences: 11TWOT: 1698c

Definition / Gloss

Strong's Number:H6175
Word:עָרוּם
Part of Speech:adjective
Etymology:passive participle of H6191
Language:Hebrew
Occurrences:11
Transliteration:aruwm
Phonetic Spelling/Pronunciation:`aruwm (aw-room') adj.
Meaning:1. cunning (usually in a bad sense)
KJV Renderings:crafty, prudent, subtil.

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Brown-Driver-Briggs Enhanced

BDB6398

עָרוּם adjective crafty, shrewd, sensible; —

1. crafty, ׳ ע as predicate, of serpent Gen 3:1 plural as substantive מַחְשְׁבוֺת עֲרוּמִים Job 5:12, ׳ לְשׁוֺן ע Job 15:5.
2. in Proverbs, in good sense (opposed to אֱוִיל, כְּסִיל, פֶּתִי); as attributive אָדָם עָרוּם Prov 12:23 a shrewd or sensible man; ׳ ע as substantive
= id., Prov 12:16; Prov 13:16, so ׳ חָכְמַת ע Prov 13:8 = prudent man Prov 14:15; Prov 22:3; Prov 27:12 plural עֲרוּמִים Prov 14:18.


עֵרָן, עֵרָנִי see below I. עור.


Other Resources

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament
R. Laird Harris, Gleason L. Archer, and Bruce K. Waltke

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