Definition

cunning (usually in a bad sense)

Etymology

passive participle of H6191 (עָרַם);

Word family

• עָרַם ʻâram

How the KJV renders it

• crafty
• prudent
• subtil

Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.