Arum עָרוּם

Arum (Hebrew עָרוּם, Strong's H6175) is a Hebrew adjective meaning “prudent”. It occurs 11 times in 11 verses of the Old Testament.

Definition

From the STEPBible Brief Lexicon of Hebrew (based on the abridged Brown-Driver-Briggs), STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.

Translated as

Verses

Every verse with Arum, with the English words that translate it highlighted (KJV or BSB; other translations show the KJV here).

Genesis

• 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 every tree of the garden?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

• Job 5:12
  He disappointeth the devices of the crafty, so that their hands cannot perform their enterprise.He thwarts the schemes of the crafty, so that their hands find no success.
• Job 15:5
  For thy mouth uttereth thine iniquity, and thou choosest the tongue of the crafty.For your iniquity instructs your mouth, and you choose the language of the crafty.

Proverbs

• Proverbs 12:16
  A fool’s wrath is presently known: but a prudent man covereth shame.A fool’s anger is known at once, but a prudent man overlooks an insult.
• Proverbs 12:23
  A prudent man concealeth knowledge: but the heart of fools proclaimeth foolishness.A shrewd man keeps his knowledge to himself, but a foolish heart proclaims its folly.
• Proverbs 13:16
  Every prudent man dealeth with knowledge: but a fool layeth open his folly.Every prudent man acts with knowledge, but a fool displays his folly.
• Proverbs 14:8
  The wisdom of the prudent is to understand his way: but the folly of fools is deceit.The wisdom of the prudent is to discern his way, but the folly of fools deceives them.
• Proverbs 14:15
  The simple believeth every word: but the prudent man looketh well to his going.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.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.The prudent see danger and take cover, but the simple keep going and suffer the consequences.
• Proverbs 27:12
  A prudent man foreseeth the evil, and hideth himself; but the simple pass on, and are punished.The prudent see danger and take cover; but the simple keep going and pay the penalty.

Notes

1. Definition and verse list from STEPBible's tagged Hebrew Old Testament (TAHOT) and Greek New Testament (TAGNT) and Brief Lexicons, STEPBible.org, CC BY 4.0.
2. English renderings from the public-domain KJV with Strong's numbers (eBible.org) and the Berean Standard Bible interlinear (public domain).