עָרוּם arum
Hebrew word for “prudent” · Strong’s H6175 · used 11 times in 11 verses
Meaning
1) subtle, shrewd, crafty, sly, sensible; 1a) crafty; 1b) shrewd, sensible, prudent
How it is translated
Glosses given for arum in context, with how often each is used:
- sensible person 5
- crafty people 2
- sensible 2
- shrewd 1
- sensible people 1
Where it is used
Chapters where it is used most
Proverbs 14 (3), Proverbs 12 (2), Genesis 3 (1), Job 5 (1), Job 15 (1), Proverbs 13 (1), Proverbs 22 (1), Proverbs 27 (1)
Forms
- ערום 7
- ערומים 2
- וערום 1
- וערומים 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with arum more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- פֶּתִי peti “simple” 4
- אִוֶּלֶת ivvelet “folly” 4
- כְּסִיל kesil “fool” 3
- דַּעַת daat “knowledge” 3
- עָנַשׁ anash “to fine” 2
- סָתַר satar “to hide” 2
- כָּסָה kasah “to cover” 2
- בִּין bin “to understand” 2
- עָבַר avar “to pass” 2
- רַע ra “bad” 2
- רָאָה raah “to see” 2
Key verses
The verses using arum that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Genesis 3:1 — Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of…
- Job 5:12 — He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
- Job 15:5 — For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
- Proverbs 12:16 — A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
- Proverbs 12:23 — A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
- Proverbs 13:16 — Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
- Proverbs 14:8 — The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
- Proverbs 14:15 — The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.
- Proverbs 14:18 — The simple inherit folly: but the prudent are crowned with knowledge.
- Proverbs 22:3 — A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself: but the simple pass on, and are punished.
- Proverbs 27:12 — A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.
See all 11 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.