Genesis 3:1
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
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Subtil
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Proverbs 7:10
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
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חָכָם
châkâm · khaw-kawm'
1 times translated as this KJV form137 total Strong's occurrences
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
Strong's KJV usage: cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).
Strong's first: 2 Samuel 13:3Strong's last: 2 Samuel 13:3
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nâtsar · naw-tsar'
1 times translated as this KJV form62 total Strong's occurrences
to guard, in a good sense (to protect, maintain, obey, etc.) or a bad one (to conceal, etc.)
Strong's KJV usage: besieged, hidden thing, keep(-er, -ing), monument, observe, preserve(-r), subtil, watcher(-man).
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Strong's first: Proverbs 7:10Strong's last: Proverbs 7:10
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ʻârûwm · aw-room'
1 times translated as this KJV form11 total Strong's occurrences
cunning (usually in a bad sense)
Strong's KJV usage: crafty, prudent, subtil.
Strong's first: Genesis 3:1Strong's last: Genesis 3:1
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H6175
Now the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the LORD God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
H2450
But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David's brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
H5341
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
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subtil
SUB'TIL, adjective [Latin subtilis. This word is often written subtle, but less properly.]
1. Thin; not dense or gross; as subtil air; subtil vapor; a subtil medium.
2. Nice; fine; delicate.
I do distinguish plain
Each subtil line of her immortal face.
3. Acute; piercing; as subtil pain.
4. Sly; artful; cunning; crafty; insinuating; as a subtil person; a subtil adversary.
5. Planned by art; deceitful; as a subtil scheme.
6. Deceitful; treacherous.
7. Refined; fine; acute; as a subtil argument.
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). A conservative base-form lookup may be used when the exact inflected KJV form is not a Webster headword.
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