H6175
עָרוּם
prudent
1) subtle, shrewd, crafty, sly, sensible 1a) crafty 1b) shrewd, sensible, prudent
Full Brown-Driver-Briggs lexicon entry
עָרוּם adjective crafty, shrewd, sensible; —
1. crafty, ׳ע as predicate, of serpent Gen 3:1 plural as substantive מַחְשְׁבוֺת עֲרוּמִים Job 5:12, ׳לְשׁוֺן ע Job 15:5.
2. in Proverbs, in good sense (opposed to אֱוִיל, כְּסִיל, פֶּתִי); as attributive אָדָם עָרוּם Prov 12:23 a shrewd or sensible man; ׳ע as substantive = id., vProv 12:16; Prov 13:16, so ׳חָכְמַת ע vProv 13:8 = prudent man Prov 14:15; Prov 22:3; Prov 27:12 plural עֲרוּמִים Prov 14:18.
עֵרָן, עֵרָנִי see below I. עור.
8 occurrences
Genesis (1), Job (1), Proverbs (6)