Prudent
עָרוּםStrong’s H6175arum (a-rum)
Appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Arum is the Hebrew word usually translated “sensible”, “crafty” and “shrewd”. It appears in 11 verses of the Old Testament.
“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 every tree of the garden?”
Meaning
- Subtle, shrewd, crafty, sly, sensiblecrafty · shrewd, sensible, prudent
How it's translated
- sensible 3
- a sensible 3
- crafty 2
- shrewd 1
- and a sensible 1
- and sensible 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 8
- Job 2
- Genesis 1
3 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Job 5:12He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.
- Job 15:5For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.
- Proverbs 12:16A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.
- Proverbs 12:23A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.
- Proverbs 13:16Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.
- Proverbs 14:8The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.
Hebrew dictionary
עָרוּם arum · prudent
1) subtle, shrewd, crafty, sly, sensible 1a) crafty 1b) shrewd, sensible, prudent
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “prudent” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
PRU'DENT, adjective
Cautious; circumspect; practically wise; careful of the consequences of enterprises, measures or actions; cautious not to act when the end is of doubtful utility, or probably impracticable.
- “The prudent man looketh well to his going” Proverbs 14:15“A prudent man foreseeth the evil and hideth himself” Proverbs 22:3
- Dictated or directed by prudence; as prudent behavior.
- Foreseeing by instinct; as the prudent crane.
- Frugal; economical; as a prudent woman; prudent expenditure of money.
All definitions
- Wise; intelligent.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Hebrew, not from any one translation.