sub’-til, sut’-’-l, sut’-’-l-ti (chakham, nakhal, mirmah; dolos): These words are used<br /><br />

(1) in a good sense: <bibleref ref="2Sam.13.3">2Sa 13:3</bibleref>, chakham, "wise," "Jonadab was a very subtle (the American Standard <span class="auto-link">[[Revised Version]]</span> "subtle") man" (discreet); <bibleref ref="Prov.1.4">Pr 1:4</bibleref>, `ormah, "prudence," "to give subtlety to the simple," the American Standard Revised Version and the English Revised Version margin "prudence"; <span class="auto-link">[[The Wisdom of Solomon]]</span> 7:22, leptos, "thin," said of the spirit in Wisdom (very fine or refined); 8:8, strophe, "winding," "subtilties of speeches"; Ecclesiasticus 39:2, "subtil parables," the Revised Version (British and American) "the subtleties of parables";

(2) in a bad sense: <bibleref ref="Gen.3.1">Ge 3:1</bibleref>, `arum, "crafty," "Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field," the American Standard Revised Version "subtle."

<bibleref ref="Gen.27.35">Ge 27:35</bibleref>, mirmah, "deceit," "fraud," "Thy brother came with subtlety," the Revised Version (British and American) "with guile"; <bibleref ref="Ps.105.25">Ps 105:25</bibleref>, nakhal, "to deceive," the <span class="auto-link">[[King James Version]]</span> "deal subtlely," the American Standard Revised Version "subtly"; <bibleref ref="Prov.7.10">Pr 7:10</bibleref>, natsar, "to watch," "guard," "to be hidden or subtle of heart," the Revised Version (British and American) "wily," margin " `close,’ Hebrew `guarded’"; <bibleref ref="2Kgs.10.19">2Ki 10:19</bibleref>, `oqebhah, "deceit" or "treachery" (here only); Judith 5:11, katasophizo, "to use subtlety"; Ecclesiasticus 19:25, panourgia, "cunning," "unscrupulousness," "There is an exquisite subtlety, and the same is unjust"; <bibleref ref="2Cor.11.3">2Co 11:3</bibleref>, "The serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety," the Revised Version (British and American) "in his craftiness"; <bibleref ref="Matt.26.4">Mt 26:4</bibleref>, dolos, "deceit," "that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him"; <bibleref ref="Acts.13.10">Ac 13:10</bibleref>, "O full of all subtlety and all mischief," the Revised Version (British and American) "all guile and all villany."

English Revised Version has "subtilty" for "wisdom" (<bibleref ref="Prov.8.5">Pr 8:5</bibleref>,<bibleref ref="Prov.8.12">12</bibleref>), margin and the American Standard Revised Version, "prudence"; for "with subtlety" (the English Revised Version <bibleref ref="Mark.14.1">Mr 14:1</bibleref>, the King James Version "by craft") the American Standard Revised Version has "with subtlety."

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