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Proverbs 27:12
“A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.” (KJV)
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Lexical meaning
עָרוּםʻârûwm · aw-room'
H6175 · Hebrew
H6175 · Hebrew
- Definition
- cunning (usually in a bad sense)
- Derivation
- passive participle of H6191 (עָרַם);
- KJV renderings
- crafty, prudent, subtil.
- Grammar
- עָר֤וּם — adjective, masculine, singular, absolute
- Usage
- Occurs 11 times in the Hebrew Bible.Genesis 3:1Job 5:12Job 15:5Proverbs 12:16Proverbs 12:23
Theological interpretation (AI)
The card on the left shows lexical data from published sources. Interpretation is separate: ask the Companion to explain how traditions read עָרוּם here.
Hebrew text: Westminster Leningrad Codex (public domain). Morphology & lemmas: Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible, CC BY 4.0 (hb.openscriptures.org). Lexicon: Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1894, public domain; JSON edition © Open Scriptures, CC BY-SA). Verse numbers follow the Hebrew text, which occasionally differs from English Bibles.