עָרוּם ʻârûwm

Meaning

cunning (usually in a bad sense)

In the King James Version: crafty, prudent, subtil.

Derivation: passive participle of H6191 (עָרַם);

Where it is used

• Genesis 3:1 Now 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 5:12 He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
• Job 15:5 For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.
• Proverbs 12:16 A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
• Proverbs 12:23 A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.
• Proverbs 13:16 Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
• Proverbs 14:8 The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
• Proverbs 14:15 The simple man believes every word, but the prudent man watches his steps.
• Proverbs 14:18 The simple inherit folly, but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
• Proverbs 22:3 The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
• Proverbs 27:12 The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.