עָרוּם (ʿārûm) is
a Hebrew adjective
meaning crafty. It appears
11 times
in 3 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H6175).
Also rendered
prudent
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 1698c)
Range of meaning (TWOT 1698c)crafty, shrewd, sensible; cunning; prudent, subtil
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's
עָרוּםadjective: crafty, shrewd, sensible
Strong's H6175עָרוּם: cunning (usually in a bad sense) KJV:crafty, prudent, subtil.
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 1698: עָרֹםʿārōm — be shrewd, crafty; be, become shrewd; make, bare, be cunning; beware, take crafty, be prudent, deal subtilly