עָרַםʻâram
be shrewd, crafty
Pronunciation: aw-ram' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H6191
Meanings
Qal: he is exceedingly crafty (1 Samuel 23:22)
Hiph`il: be crafty, be or become shrewd, make crafty (1 Samuel 23:22; Proverbs 15:5; Proverbs 19:25)
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 6 times in the Bible.
- 1 Samuel 23:22 Go and check again to be sure of where he is staying and who has seen him there, for I know that he is very crafty.
- Job 5:13 He traps the wise in their own cleverness so their cunning schemes are thwarted.
- Psalms 83:3 They devise crafty schemes against your people; they conspire against your precious ones.
- Proverbs 15:5 Only a fool despises a parent’s discipline; whoever learns from correction is wise.
- Proverbs 19:25 If you punish a mocker, the simpleminded will learn a lesson; if you correct the wise, they will be all the wiser.
Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).