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It implies shrewdness, discernment, and keen insight. In a biblical context, astuteness is often associated with wisdom and prudence, qualities that are highly valued in Scripture.<br><br><b>Biblical Context:</b> <br>Astuteness, while not explicitly mentioned by the term itself in the Bible, is a quality that can be seen in various biblical figures who demonstrate wisdom and discernment. The Bible often highlights the importance of being wise and prudent, which aligns closely with the concept of being astute.<br><br><b>Old Testament Examples:</b> <br>1. <b>Joseph:</b> Joseph, the son of Jacob, is a prime example of astuteness. His ability to interpret Pharaoh's dreams and propose a plan to save Egypt from famine demonstrates his keen insight and practical wisdom (<a href="/genesis/41-33.htm">Genesis 41:33-40</a>). Joseph's astuteness not only saved Egypt but also elevated him to a position of great authority.<br><br>2. <b>Solomon:</b> King Solomon is renowned for his wisdom, which is a form of astuteness. When God offered him anything he desired, Solomon asked for wisdom to govern the people effectively (<a href="/1_kings/3-9.htm">1 Kings 3:9-12</a>). His astute judgment is famously illustrated in the case of the two women claiming to be the mother of a child (<a href="/1_kings/3-16.htm">1 Kings 3:16-28</a>).<br><br><b>New Testament Examples:</b> <br>1. <b>Jesus Christ:</b> Jesus often demonstrated astuteness in His interactions with the Pharisees and other religious leaders. His ability to perceive their intentions and respond with wisdom is evident in passages such as <a href="/matthew/22-15.htm">Matthew 22:15-22</a> , where He skillfully answers the question about paying taxes to Caesar.<br><br>2. <b>Paul the Apostle:</b> The Apostle Paul exhibited astuteness in his missionary journeys and writings. His ability to adapt his message to different audiences, as seen in <a href="/acts/17-22.htm">Acts 17:22-34</a> , where he addresses the Athenians at the Areopagus, shows his discernment and strategic thinking.<br><br><b>Proverbs and Wisdom Literature:</b> <br>The Book of Proverbs frequently extols the virtues of wisdom and understanding, which are closely related to astuteness. <a href="/proverbs/1-5.htm">Proverbs 1:5</a> states, "Let the wise listen and gain instruction, and the discerning acquire wise counsel." This highlights the importance of being astute in acquiring knowledge and making sound decisions.<br><br><b>Theological Implications:</b> <br>Astuteness, when aligned with godly wisdom, is a valuable trait for believers. It involves not only intellectual acumen but also moral and spiritual discernment. The Bible encourages believers to seek wisdom from God, who grants it generously (<a href="/james/1-5.htm">James 1:5</a>). Astuteness should be exercised with humility and integrity, reflecting the character of Christ.<br><br><b>Practical Application:</b> <br>In practical terms, being astute involves being observant, thoughtful, and strategic in decision-making. Believers are called to be "wise as serpents and innocent as doves" (<a href="/matthew/10-16.htm">Matthew 10:16</a>), balancing shrewdness with purity of heart. This balance enables Christians to navigate complex situations effectively while maintaining a Christ-like character.<a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>(<I>a.</I>) Critically discerning; shrewd; sagacious; subtle; crafty.<a name="heb" id="heb"></a><div class="vheading2">Strong's Hebrew</div><a href="/hebrew/6617.htm"><span class="l">6617. pathal -- to twist</span></a><br><b>...</b> 6616, 6617. pathal. 6618 . to twist. Transliteration: pathal Phonetic Spelling:<br> (paw-thal') Short Definition: <b>astute</b>. Word Origin a prim. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/hebrew/6617.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 6k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_men_are_assailed_by.htm"><span class="l">Whether Men are Assailed by the Demons?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Objection 2: Further, it is not a fair fight, for the weak to be set against<br> the strong, and the ignorant against the <b>astute</b>. But <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether men are assailed by.htm</font><p><a href="/library/various/creeds_of_christendom_with_a_history_and_critical_notes/_81_the_interpretation_of.htm"><span class="l">The Interpretation of the Articles.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Damnant et Samosatenos, veteres et neotericos, qui, cum tantum unam personam esse<br> contendant, de Verbo et de Spiritu Sancto <b>astute</b> et impie rhetoricantur, quod <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../ 81 the interpretation of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/kleiser/fifteen_thousand_useful_phrases/section_i_useful_phrases.htm"><span class="l">Useful Phrases</span></a> <br><b>...</b> assumed humiliation. assuredly enshrined. astonishing facility. astounding mistakes.<br> <b>astute</b> observer. athletic prowess. atmospheric vagueness. atoning sacrifice <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../kleiser/fifteen thousand useful phrases/section i useful phrases.htm</font><p><a href="/library/dods/the_expositors_bible_the_gospel_of_st_john_vol_i/xxiv_jesus_the_scapegoat.htm"><span class="l">Jesus the Scapegoat.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> peaceful periods. Caiaphas, <b>astute</b> and unscrupulous, takes a more practical<br> view of things, and laughs at their helplessness. "Why <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the expositors bible the gospel of st john vol i/xxiv jesus the scapegoat.htm</font><p><a href="/library/augustine/of_the_work_of_monks_/section_14_here_peradventure_some.htm"><span class="l">Here Peradventure Some Man May Say, "If it was Bodily Work that <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> For it is not either in one place or briefly said, that it should be possible for<br> any most <b>astute</b> arguer with all his tergiversation to traduce and pervert it <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../augustine/of the work of monks /section 14 here peradventure some.htm</font><p><a href="/library/bertrand/saint_augustin/iv_the_first_games.htm"><span class="l">The First Games</span></a> <br><b>...</b> By means of certain <b>astute</b> methods, an artful player can make the pea stick to his<br> fingers, or to the inside of the shell, and the opponent loses every time. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/bertrand/saint augustin/iv the first games.htm</font><p><a href="/library/corelli/the_master-christian/xxi_gherardi_sat_for_two.htm"><span class="l">Gherardi Sat for Two or Three Minutes in Absolute Silence. ...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> But his <b>astute</b> and crafty powers of reasoning taught him that it would be worse<br> than ridiculous to give way to anger in the presence of this cool, determined <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../corelli/the master-christian/xxi gherardi sat for two.htm</font><p><a href="/library/corelli/the_master-christian/xx_on_the_first_floor.htm"><span class="l">On the First Floor of an Ancient Mansion, in a Street which Slopes <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> The rooms in their entirety composed the business, or town dwelling of Monsignor<br> Gherardi, one of the cleverest, most <b>astute</b>, and most unscrupulous of men, to <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/corelli/the master-christian/xx on the first floor.htm</font><p><a href="/library/miller/the_yoke/chapter_xvi_tee_advice_of.htm"><span class="l">Tee Advice of Hotep</span></a> <br><b>...</b> hair. And having made her furtive examination, the <b>astute</b> old servant told<br> the great artist that the young master was not ill. If <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/miller/the yoke/chapter xvi tee advice of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/archelaus/the_acts_of_the_disputation_with_the_heresiarch_manes/54_but_after_these_events.htm"><span class="l">But after These Events they Returned to their Master...</span></a> <br><b>...</b> On receiving these copies, that <b>astute</b> personage set himself to seek out all the<br> statements in our books that seemed to favour his notion of a dualism; which <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../54 but after these events.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/a/astute.htm"><span class="l"><b>Astute</b> (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Astute</b> (2 Occurrences). 2 Samuel 22:27 With the pure you<br> will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/astute.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/shrewd.htm"><span class="l">Shrewd (14 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary 1. (a.) <b>Astute</b>; sharp; wily; cunning; as, a shrewd<br> politician. 2. (a.) Inclining to shrew; disposing to <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/shrewd.htm - 10k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/astyages.htm"><span class="l">Astyages</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/astyages.htm - 8k</font><p><a href="/topical/j/jehu.htm"><span class="l">Jehu (63 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Ahab, and 70 of Ahab's "son"-to be taken here in the large sense of male<br> descendants-resided in it (2 Kings 10:1, 6). Jehu here adopted a bold and <b>astute</b><b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/j/jehu.htm - 47k</font><p><a href="/topical/m/macedonia.htm"><span class="l">Macedonia (23 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> II, son of Amyntas II, in 359 BC, Macedonia came under the rule of a man powerful<br> alike in body and in mind, an able general and an <b>astute</b> diplomatist, one <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/m/macedonia.htm - 40k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/annas.htm"><span class="l">Annas (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> He belonged to the Sadducean aristocracy, and, like others of that class, he seems<br> to have been arrogant, <b>astute</b>, ambitious and enormously wealthy. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/annas.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/augustus.htm"><span class="l">Augustus (4 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> conducted practically without interference from Rome except, of course, as regarded<br> the exaction of the tribute; but on the death of that <b>astute</b> and capable <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/augustus.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/astronomy.htm"><span class="l">Astronomy</span></a><br><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/astronomy.htm - 40k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/fully-understand.html">Is it necessary to fully understand the Gospel to go to heaven? Is it enough to believe it, even if we do not fully understand it? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/church-constitution.html">What items should be included in a church constitution? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/tribe-of-Issachar.html">What can we learn from the tribe of Issachar? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/astute.htm">Astute: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="cnc" id="cnc"></a><div class="vheading2">Concordance</div><span class="encheading">Astute (2 Occurrences)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_samuel/22-27.htm">2 Samuel 22:27</a></span><br />With the pure you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd. <br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/psalms/18-26.htm">Psalms 18:26</a></span><br />With the pure, you will show yourself pure. With the crooked you will show yourself shrewd.<br /><span class="source">(See NAS)</span><a name="sub" id="sub"></a><div class="vheading2">Subtopics</div><p class="pspc"><a href="/topical/a/astute.htm">Astute</a></p><a name="rel" id="rel"></a><div class="vheading2">Related Terms</div><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/medes.htm">Medes (15 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/c/cyrus.htm">Cyrus (20 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/asunder.htm">Asunder (37 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/n/nebuchadrezzar.htm">Nebuchadrezzar (31 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/d/darius.htm">Darius (26 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/m/media.htm">Media (14 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/astute.htm">Astute (2 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/a/ahasbai.htm">Ahasbai (1 Occurrence)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/p/persians.htm">Persians (6 Occurrences)</a></p><p class="pspc2"><a href="/topical/n/nebuchadnezzar.htm">Nebuchadnezzar (90 Occurrences)</a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/topical/naves/a/astronomy--sidereal_phenomena.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Astronomy: Sidereal Phenomena"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Astronomy: Sidereal Phenomena" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/topical/a/astyages.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Astyages"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Astyages" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></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'; </script> <script id="b817b7107f1d4a7997da1b3c33457e03"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=cb0edd8b-b416-47eb-8c6d-3cc96561f7e8&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; </script><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-2'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-0' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-3'> </div><br /><br />  <div id='div-gpt-ad-1529103594582-1' style='max-width: 300px;'> </div><br /><br />  <div align="center" id='div-gpt-ad-1531425649696-0'> </div><br /><br /> <ins class="adsbygoogle" style="display:inline-block;width:200px;height:200px" data-ad-client="ca-pub-3753401421161123" data-ad-slot="3592799687"></ins> <script> (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); </script></div></td></tr></table></div></div></div> <br /><br /> <div align="center"> <div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>