Be shrewd
עָרֹםStrong’s H6191aram (a-ram)
Appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Aram is the Hebrew word usually translated “certainly”, “is crafty” and “when are crafty they”. It appears in 5 verses of the Old Testament.
“Go, I pray you, prepare yet, and know and see his place where his haunt is, and who hath seen him there: for it is told me that he dealeth very subtilly.”
Meaning
- To be subtle, be shrewd, be crafty, beware, take crafty counsel, be prudent(Qal) to be crafty, be subtle · (Hiphil) to be crafty, be or become shrewd
How it's translated
- certainly 1
- he is crafty 1
- when are crafty they 1
- they make crafty 1
- he is prudent 1
- he will become prudent 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Proverbs 2
- 1 Samuel 1
- Job 1
- Psalms 1
4 books in all.
Related words
Explore in Scripture
- Job 5:13He taketh the wise in their own craftiness: and the counsel of the froward is carried headlong.
- Psalms 83:3They have taken crafty counsel against thy people, and consulted against thy hidden ones.
- Proverbs 15:5A fool despiseth his father’s instruction: but he that regardeth reproof is prudent.
- Proverbs 19:25Smite a scorner, and the simple will beware: and reprove one that hath understanding, and he will understand knowledge.
Hebrew dictionary
עָרֹם aram · be shrewd
1) to be subtle, be shrewd, be crafty, beware, take crafty counsel, be prudent 1a) (Qal) to be crafty, be subtle 1b) (Hiphil) to be crafty, be or become shrewd
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “certainly” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
CERTAINLY, adverb
- Without doubt or question; in truth and fact.“CERTAINLY this was a righteous man” Luke 23:47
- Without failure.“He said, I will certainly return to thee” Genesis 18:10
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.