עׇרְמָה
rma · cunning; prudence
Hebrew word · Strong’s number H6195 · appears 5 times in the Bible
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rma (עׇרְמָה) is a Hebrew word of the Bible that means “cunning; prudence”.
Cunning. In a bad sense, planned deceit, treachery; in a good sense, prudence.
How to say it
rma
Approximate pronunciation. Vowels sound as in Spanish (a as in father, e as in bed, i as in machine, o as in note, u as in rule); the syllable in bold is stressed. The voice is your device's.
Its senses in the Bible
- Knowing how to look out for oneself, wise caution.
- A trick planned beforehand to deceive another.
From Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906)
How it is translated
The words this translation uses for it, most frequent first.
- shrewdness ×3
- cunning ×1
- treachery ×1
Related words
Comes from
Words of the same family, by Strong’s numbering.
Where it appears
- Exodus 21:14
But if a man acts presumptuously against his neighbor to kill him by treachery, you shall take him from my altar to die.
- Joshua 9:4
and they too acted with cunning: they went and posed as envoys, and took worn-out sacks for their donkeys, and wineskins worn-out, torn, and mended,
- Proverbs 1:4
to give to the simple shrewdness, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
- Proverbs 8:5
Understand, simple ones, shrewdness; and, senseless ones, understand with your heart.
- Proverbs 8:12
I, wisdom, dwell with shrewdness, and the knowledge of discretion I find.