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Friday, October 07, 2005

"Crafty" (Gen. 3:1)

Genesis 3: 1 "Now the serpent was more crafty than any of the wild animals the LORD God had made. ...."

Definition of the Hebrew word that was translated as "crafty":

`aruwm {aw-room'} - (1) crafty, Gen. 3:1 ; Job 5:12 ; 15:5 . (2) in a good sense, prudent, cautious, Prov. 12:16, 23 ;

Outline of biblical usage for this word:
1) subtle, shrewd, crafty, sly, sensible - a) crafty b) shrewd, sensible, prudent


(For more info on the word aruwm: http://www.blueletterbible.org/tmp_dir/words/6/1128704259-4641.html )


The root word for aruwm is: aram {aw-ram'}

Definition of aram (as summarized from http://www.blueletterbible.org/tmp_dir/words/6/1128704799-5935.html ):

(1) To make naked, ["To be naked"] to uncover, to be impudent, spiteful (manifesting one's malevolent mind). (2) to be crafty. (crafty, spiteful.) HIPHIL - (1) to make crafty, Ps. 83:4, "they make their counsel crafty," they take crafty counsels. (2) to act craftily, 1Sam. 23:22, and in a good sense, to act prudently, Prov. 15:5 ; 19:25.

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