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sub´til , sut ´' 50 , sut ´' 50 - ti ( חכם , ḥākhām , נכל , nākhal , מרמה , mirmāh ; δόλος , dólos ): These words are used (1) in a good sense: 2 Samuel 13:3 , ḥākhām , "wise," "Jonadab was a very subtle (the American Standard Revised Version "subtle") man" (discreet); Proverbs 1:4 , ‛ormāh , "prudence," "to give subtlety to the simple," the American Standard Revised Version and the English Revised Version margin "prudence"; The Wisdom of Solomon 7:22, leptṓs , "thin," said of the spirit in Wisdom (very fine or refined); 8:8, strophḗ , "winding," "subtilties of speeches"; Ecclesiasticus 39:2, "subtil parables," the Revised Version (British and American) "the subtleties of parables"; (2) in a bad sense: Genesis 3:1 , ‛ārūm , "crafty," "Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field," the American Standard Revised Version "subtle."

Genesis 27:35 , mirmāh , "deceit," "fraud," "Thy brother came with subtlety," the Revised Version (British and American) "with guile"; Psalm 105:25 , nākhal , "to deceive," the King James Version "deal subtlely," the American Standard Revised Version "subtly"; Proverbs 7:10 , nācar , "to watch," "guard," "to be hidden or subtle of heart," the Revised Version (British and American) "wily," margin " 'close,' Hebrew 'guarded'"; 2 Kings 10:19 , ‛oḳebhāh , "deceit" or "treachery" (here only); Judith 5:11, katasophı́zō , "to use subtlety"; Ecclesiasticus 19:25, panourgı́a , "cunning," "unscrupulousness," "There is an exquisite subtlety, and the same is unjust"; 2 Corinthians 11:3 , "The serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety," the Revised Version (British and American) "in his craftiness"; Matthew 26:4 , dolos , "deceit," "that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him"; Acts 13:10 , "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" (Proverbs 8:5 , Proverbs 8:12 ), margin and the American Standard Revised Version, "prudence"; for "with subtlety" (the English Revised Version Mark 14:1 , the King James Version "by craft") the American Standard Revised Version has "with subtlety."