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<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-transitional.dtd"><html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><head><meta http-equiv="Content-Type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /><meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width; initial-scale=1"/><title>Strong's Hebrew: 6191. עָרֹם (arom) -- Naked, cunning, crafty</title></title><link rel="canonical" href="http://biblehub.com/hebrew/6191.htm" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/strongsnew2.css" type="text/css" media="Screen" /><link rel="stylesheet" href="/print.css" type="text/css" media="Print" /><script type="application/javascript" src="https://scripts.webcontentassessor.com/scripts/8a2459b64f9cac8122fc7f2eac4409c8555fac9383016db59c4c26e3d5b8b157"></script><script src='https://qd.admetricspro.com/js/biblehub/biblehub-layout-loader-revcatch.js'></script><script id='HyDgbd_1s' src='https://prebidads.revcatch.com/ads.js' type='text/javascript' async></script><script>(function(w,d,b,s,i){var cts=d.createElement(s);cts.async=true;cts.id='catchscript'; cts.dataset.appid=i;cts.src='https://app.protectsubrev.com/catch_rp.js?cb='+Math.random(); document.head.appendChild(cts); }) (window,document,'head','script','rc-anksrH');</script></head><body><div id="fx"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx2"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="30" scrolling="no" src="/interlinear/vmenus/1_samuel/23-22.htm" align="left" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div><div id="blnk"></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable"><tr><td><div id="fx5"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" id="fx6"><tr><td><iframe width="100%" height="245" scrolling="no" src="//biblehu.com/bmstrongs/hebrew/6191.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" class="maintable3"><tr><td><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center" id="announce"><tr><td><div id="l1"><div id="breadcrumbs"><a href="/">Bible</a> > <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's</a> > <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Hebrew</a> > 6191</div><div id="anc"><iframe src="/anc.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></div><div id="anc2"><table width="100%" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><iframe src="/anc2.htm" width="100%" height="27" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe></td></tr></table></div></div></td></tr></table><div id="movebox2"><table border="0" align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0"><tr><td><div id="topheading"><a href="../hebrew/6190.htm" title="6190">◄</a> 6191. arom <a href="../hebrew/6192.htm" title="6192">►</a></div></td></tr></table></div><div align="center" class="maintable2"><table border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" align="center"><tr><td><div id="leftbox"><div class="padleft"><div class="vheading">Strong's Lexicon</div><div align="left"><span class="toptitle2">arom: Naked, cunning, crafty</span></div><p><span class="tophdg">Original Word: </span><span class="hebrew">עָרַם</span><br><span class="tophdg">Part of Speech: </span>Verb<br><span class="tophdg">Transliteration: </span>`aram<br><span class="tophdg">Pronunciation: </span>ah-rome<br><span class="tophdg">Phonetic Spelling: </span>(aw-ram')<br><span class="tophdg">Definition: </span>Naked, cunning, crafty<br><span class="tophdg">Meaning: </span>to be, bare, to be cunning<p><span class="tophdg">Word Origin: </span>Derived from the root עָרַם (aram), which means "to be shrewd" or "to be crafty."<p><span class="tophdg">Corresponding Greek / Hebrew Entries: </span> - <b>G1131 (gymnos):</b> Often used in the New Testament to denote physical nakedness or metaphorical exposure.<p> - <b>G3835 (panourgos):</b> Meaning crafty or shrewd, similar to the negative connotation of "arom."<p><span class="tophdg">Usage: </span>The Hebrew word "arom" primarily denotes the state of being "naked" or "bare." It is used in the Hebrew Bible to describe both physical nakedness and metaphorical nakedness, such as vulnerability or exposure. Additionally, it can imply a sense of craftiness or shrewdness, often in a negative context, as seen in the description of the serpent in Genesis.<p><span class="tophdg">Cultural and Historical Background: </span>In ancient Hebrew culture, nakedness was often associated with shame and vulnerability. Clothing was a symbol of dignity and social status, and to be without it was to be exposed and defenseless. The dual meaning of "arom" as both "naked" and "crafty" reflects the nuanced understanding of human nature in the Hebrew Bible, where physical states often parallel moral or spiritual conditions.<div class="vheading2">NAS Exhaustive Concordance</div><span class="hdg">Word Origin</span><br>a prim. root<br><span class="hdg">Definition</span><br>to be shrewd or crafty<br><span class="hdg">NASB Translation</span><br>become shrewd (1), make shrewd (1), sensible (1), very cunning (1).<p><div align="center"><span class="smalltext"><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/nasec.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe></span></div><div class="vheading2">Brown-Driver-Briggs</div> [<font class="hebrew2">עָרֹם</font> Lag<sup>BN 31</sup>] <font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>verb</b></font> <font size="+1"><b>be shrewd, crafty</b></font> (Late Hebrew <em>id.</em>, Hiph`il; Arabic <img src="/bdbgif/bdb079101.gif">, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb079102.gif">, <img src="/bdbgif/bdb079103.gif"> <em>be ill-natured, cross</em>; <font class="hebrew2">ᵑ7</font> adjective <font class="hebrew2">עָרִים</font> <em>shrewd</em>, Syriac <img src="/bdbgif/bdb079104.gif"> <em>id.</em>, and verb in derived species (Pe`al in Lexicons)); — <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> <em>Infinitive absolute</em> in <font class="hebrew2">עָרֹם יַעְרִם</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/23-22.htm">1 Samuel 23:22</a> <em>he is exceedingly crafty</em>. <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Hiph`il</b></font> <em>Imperfect be crafty</em>, 3 masculine singular <font class="hebrew2">יַעְרִם</font> <a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/23-22.htm">1 Samuel 23:22</a>; <em>be</em> or <em>become shrewd</em> <font class="hebrew2">יַעְרִם</font> <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/15-5.htm">Proverbs 15:5</a>; <a href="/interlinear/proverbs/19-25.htm">Proverbs 19:25</a>; all these <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font> Imperfect in <font class="hebrew2">ִ֯</font> according to Ba<sup>ZMG xliii (1889), 180</sup> so Ges<sup>§ 63n</sup> Buhl<sup>Lex</sup>, but perhaps read <font class="hebrew2">יֶעְרַם</font> as <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Qal</b></font>; <font size="+1"><b>True.</b></font> <p><font size="+1" color="#552200"><b>Hiph`il</b></font> in 3 masculine plural <font class="hebrew2">יַעֲרִימוּ סוֺד</font> <a href="/interlinear/psalms/83-4.htm">Psalm 83:4</a> <em>they make crafty</em> (their) <em>counsel</em> against thy people. <br><br><iframe width="100%" height="85" scrolling=no src="/bsoft2.htm" frameborder=0 cellpadding=0></iframe><div class="vheading2">Strong's Exhaustive Concordance</div>very, beware, take crafty counsel, be prudent, deal subtilly <p>A primitive root; 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) -- X very, beware, take crafty (counsel), be prudent, deal subtilly. <div class="vheading2">Forms and Transliterations</div>יַעְרִ֑ם יַעְרִֽם׃ יַעֲרִ֣ימוּ יערימו יערם יערם׃ עָר֥וֹם ערום ‘ā·rō·wm ‘ārōwm aRom ya‘·rim ya‘ărîmū ya‘rim ya·‘ă·rî·mū yaaRimu yaRim<div class="vheading2">Links</div><a href="/interlinear/matthew/1-1.htm">Interlinear Greek</a> • <a href="/interlinear/genesis/1-1.htm">Interlinear Hebrew</a> • <a href="/strongs.htm">Strong's Numbers</a> • <a href="/englishmans_greek.htm">Englishman's Greek Concordance</a> • <a href="/englishmans_hebrew.htm">Englishman's Hebrew Concordance</a> • <a href="/texts/matthew/1-1.htm">Parallel Texts</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><div class="vheading">Englishman's Concordance</div><b><a href="/text/1_samuel/23-22.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">1 Samuel 23:22</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/23.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">אָמַ֣ר אֵלַ֔י <b> עָר֥וֹם </b> יַעְרִ֖ם הֽוּא׃</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/1_samuel/23.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> for I am told <span class="itali">that he is very cunning.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/1_samuel/23.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> him there: for it is told <span class="itali">me [that] he dealeth very</span> subtilly.<br><a href="/interlinear/1_samuel/23-22.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> I am told about <span class="itali">is very</span> chestnut tree he<p><b><a href="/text/psalms/83-3.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Psalm 83:3</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/83.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">עַֽל־ עַ֭מְּךָ <b> יַעֲרִ֣ימוּ </b> ס֑וֹד וְ֝יִתְיָעֲצ֗וּ</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/psalms/83.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> <span class="itali">They make shrewd</span> plans against<br><a href="/kjvs/psalms/83.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> <span class="itali">They have taken crafty</span> counsel<br><a href="/interlinear/psalms/83-3.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> against your people <span class="itali">make</span> plans and conspire<p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/15-5.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 15:5</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/15.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">וְשֹׁמֵ֖ר תּוֹכַ֣חַת <b> יַעְרִֽם׃ </b> </span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/15.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> reproof <span class="itali">is sensible.</span><br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/15.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> reproof <span class="itali">is prudent.</span><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/15-5.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> regards reproof <span class="itali">is sensible</span><p><b><a href="/text/proverbs/19-25.htm" title="Biblos Lexicon">Proverbs 19:25</a> </b><br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/19.htm" title="Hebrew">HEB:</a> <span class="hebrew3">תַּ֭כֶּה וּפֶ֣תִי <b> יַעְרִ֑ם </b> וְהוֹכִ֥יחַ לְ֝נָב֗וֹן</span><br><a href="http://biblehub.com/nas/proverbs/19.htm" title="New American Standard Bible">NAS:</a> and the naive <span class="itali">may become shrewd,</span> But reprove<br><a href="/kjvs/proverbs/19.htm" title="King James Bible with Strong's">KJV:</a> and the simple <span class="itali">will beware:</span> and reprove<br><a href="/interlinear/proverbs/19-25.htm" title="Biblos Interlinear Bible">INT:</a> Strike and the naive <span class="itali">may become</span> reprove has<p><i><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6191.htm">4 Occurrences</a></i><br /><br /><b><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6191.htm">Strong's Hebrew 6191<br>4 Occurrences</a></b><br><br><a href="/hebrew/arom_6191.htm">‘ā·rō·wm — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yaarimu_6191.htm">ya·‘ă·rî·mū — 1 Occ.</a><br><a href="/hebrew/yarim_6191.htm">ya‘·rim — 2 Occ.</a><br></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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