Hebrew verb · H6191
עָרַם
aramaw-ram'
be shrewd
6 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: ʻâram
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H6191is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 4 of 39Old Testament books
- 6spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H6191
properly, to be (or make) bare; but used only in the derivative sense (through the idea perhaps of smoothness) to be cunning (usually in a bad sense)
The King James renders it: [idiom] very, beware, take crafty (counsel), be prudent, deal subtilly.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
aram is rendered "be shrewd". It stands 6 times in the Hebrew text, across four books.
- Two of the uses stand in 1 Samuel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.1 Samuel 23:22Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.
- The Greek text spells it six different ways.
The first use
Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.
1 Samuel 23:22עָר֥וֹם
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- certainly to be crafty1
- he is crafty1
- he is prudent1
- he will become prudent1
- they make crafty1
- when are crafty they1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
| Word | Written | Meaning | Uses |
|---|---|---|---|
| עָרַךְ | arak | to arrange | Uses74 |
| עָרַב | arab | to pledge | Uses22 |
| עָרַץ | arats | to tremble | Uses15 |
| עָרַף | araph | to break the neck | Uses6 |
| עָרַר | arar | to strip | Uses4 |
| עָרַב | arab | to grow dark | Uses3 |
| עָרַג | arag | to long for | Uses3 |
| עָרַף | araph | to drop | Uses2 |
| עָרַק | araq | to gnaw | Uses2 |
| עָרַם | aram | to pile up | Uses1 |
Other numbers on this spelling
Strong gave these words the same spelling and different numbers, so the site counts and defines them apart.
All 6, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
6 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- בְּעָרְמָ֑ם1
- יַעֲרִ֣ימוּ1
- יַעְרִ֖ם1
- יַעְרִ֑ם1
- יַעְרִֽם׃1
- עָר֥וֹם1
The grammar of each form
- verb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singular3HVqi3ms
- preposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine plural1HR/Vqcc/Sp3mp
- verb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine plural1HVhi3mp
- verb · simple (qal), infinitive absolute1HVqaa
1 Samuel
two uses
Please go and prepare further. Investigate and watch carefully where he goes and who has seen him there, for I am told that he is extremely cunning.
- עָר֥וֹםaromverb · simple (qal), infinitive absolutetagged: certainly to be crafty
- יַעְרִ֖םya'rimverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is crafty
Job
one use
He catches the wise in their craftiness, and sweeps away the plans of the cunning.
- בְּעָרְמָ֑םbearemampreposition + verb · simple (qal), infinitive (“to…”) + pronoun suffix · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: when are crafty they
Psalms
one use
With cunning they scheme against Your people and conspire against those You cherish,
- יַעֲרִ֣ימוּyaarimuverb · causative (hiphil), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine pluraltagged: they make crafty
Proverbs
two uses
A fool rejects his father’s discipline, but whoever heeds correction is prudent.
- יַעְרִֽם׃ya'rimverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he is prudent
Strike a mocker, and the simple will beware; rebuke the discerning man, and he will gain knowledge.
- יַעְרִ֑םya'rimverb · simple (qal), yiqtol (imperfect) · 3rd person masculine singulartagged: he will become prudent
The letters
Gematria 310· 870 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The family is read from the lexicon by the stem the two words share, with the accents off, and a person or a place named on the stem is left out.