Quick Definition
craftiness
Strong's Definition
a stratagem
Derivation: from H6191 (עָרַם);
KJV Usage: craftiness.
TWOT Reference: 1698a
Outline of Biblical Usage
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
עֹ֫רֶם (o.rem) — craftiness. subtlety, shrewdness, craftiness
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · עֲרֵמָה
Shape | verb nif | ≈ נצב · קפא
to be heaped up, to be piled up = to take on the shape of a heap or pile
verb · עָרוּם · עָרְמָה
Wise | verb qal
to be, become astute, to be, become clever, to be, become crafty, to be, become cunning, prudence = state in which someone is be able to manipulate difficult circumstances in such a way that the outcome is favorable to the planner; ≈ sometimes used in a positive sense, but also used in a negative sense
Wise | verb hif | ≈ יעץ
Collocation: ערם סֹוד
to devise a cunning plan = to devise a plan with the quality mentioned under [a]
1 1SA 23:22 · PRO 15:5 · PRO 19:25 These forms are described by Gesenius-Kautzsch-Cowley, |iGesenius' Hebrew Grammar|i*, as i-imperfects rather than hiphils (63n).
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
[עֹ֫רֶם] n.[m.] craftiness;—sf. Jb 5:13 ref