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== King James Dictionary <ref name="term_59232" /> ==
 
<p> [[Cunning]] a. G. See Can. </p> 1. [[Knowing]] skillful experienced well-instructed. It is applied to all kinds of knowledge, but generally and appropriately, to the skill and dexterity of artificers, or the knowledge acquired by experience. <p> [[Esau]] was a cunning hunter. &nbsp;Genesis 23 . </p> <p> I will take away the cunning artificer. &nbsp;Isaiah 3 . </p> <p> A cunning workman. &nbsp;Exodus 38 . </p> 2. [[Wrought]] with skill curious ingenious. <p> With cherubs of cunning work shalt thou make them. &nbsp;Exodus 26 . </p> <p> The foregoing senses occur frequently in our version of the scriptures, but are nearly or quite obsolete. </p> 3. Artful shrewd sly crafty astute designing as a cunning fellow. <p> They are resolved to be cunning let others run the hazard of being sincere. </p> <p> In this sense, the purpose or final end of the person may not be illaudalbe but cunning implies the use of artifice to accomplish the purpose, rather than open, candid, or direct means. Hence, </p> 4. [[Deceitful]] trickish employing stratagems for a bad purpose. 5. Assumed with subtilty artful. <p> [[Accounting]] his integrity to be but a cunning face of falsehood. </p> <p> CUNNING, n. </p> 1. [[Knowledge]] art skill dexterity. <p> Let my right hand forget her cunning. &nbsp;Psalms 137 . </p> 2. Art artifice artfulness craft shrewdness the faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose. Hence in a bad sense, deceitfulness or deceit fraudulent skill or dexterity. <p> [[Discourage]] cunning in a child cunning is the ape of wisdom. </p>
Cunning <ref name="term_2804" />
       
== Webster's Dictionary <ref name="term_106779" /> ==
<p> '''(1):''' (a.) Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy. </p> <p> '''(2):''' (a.) Crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful. </p> <p> '''(3):''' (a.) Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity. </p> <p> '''(4):''' (a.) The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft. </p> <p> '''(5):''' (a.) Knowing; skillful; dexterous. </p> <p> '''(6):''' (a.) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work. </p>
       
== Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible <ref name="term_50484" /> ==
<p> <strong> CUNNING </strong> . As a subst. ‘cunning’ in AV [Note: Authorized Version.] means either <em> skill </em> or <em> knowledge </em> ; as an adj. either <em> skilful </em> or <em> wise </em> (we cannot say <em> knowing </em> , for that adj. has also degenerated). It is the pres. participle of the Anglo-Sax. verb <em> cunnan </em> , which meant both ‘to know’ and ‘to be able.’ In the [[Preface]] to the Wyclifite version of 1388 we read of ‘the [[Holy]] Spyrit, author of all wisdom and cunnynge and truth.’ </p>
       
== Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words <ref name="term_77060" /> ==
Craftiness.
       
== International Standard Bible Encyclopedia <ref name="term_2804" /> ==
<p> ''''' kun´ing ''''' ( חכם , <i> ''''' ḥākhām ''''' </i> , חשׁב , <i> ''''' ḥāshabh ''''' </i> ): In Bible-English "cunning" means always "wise" or "skilful"; the word does not occur in the bad sense, and it is found in the Old [[Testament]] only. The chief [[Hebrew]] words are <i> ''''' ḥākhām ''''' </i> , "wise," "skilful" (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 2:7 the King James Version "a man cunning to work in gold"; &nbsp; 2 Chronicles 2:13; &nbsp;Isaiah 3:3 the King James Version, etc.); <i> ''''' ḥāshabh ''''' </i> , "to think," "devise," "desire" (&nbsp;Exodus 26:1 , &nbsp;Exodus 26:31; &nbsp;Exodus 28:6 , &nbsp;Exodus 28:15 the King James Version, etc.). We have also <i> ''''' da‛ath ''''' </i> , "knowledge" (&nbsp;1 Kings 7:14 the King James Version); <i> ''''' bı̄n ''''' </i> , "to be intelligent" (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 25:7 the King James Version); <i> ''''' maḥǎsbebheth ''''' </i> , "thought," "device," "design" (&nbsp;Exodus 31:4; &nbsp;Exodus 35:33 , &nbsp;Exodus 35:15 the King James Version); <i> ''''' 'āmān ''''' </i> , "artificer" (&nbsp;Song of [[Solomon]] 7:1 the King James Version); <i> ''''' yādha‛ ''''' </i> , "to know," once translated "cunning" (&nbsp;Daniel 1:4 the King James Version). </p> <p> For cunning the American Standard Revised Version gives "skilful" (&nbsp;Exodus 31:4 , etc.; &nbsp;Isaiah 3:3 "expert"); for "cunning work" the work of the "skilful workman" (&nbsp; Exodus 26:1 , &nbsp;Exodus 26:31 , etc., the English Revised Version "cunning workman"); for "curious," "skilfully woven," the English Revised Version "cunningly woven" (&nbsp;Exodus 28:8 , etc.). </p>
<p> ''''' kun´ing ''''' ( חכם , <i> ''''' ḥākhām ''''' </i> , חשׁב , <i> ''''' ḥāshabh ''''' </i> ): In Bible-English "cunning" means always "wise" or "skilful"; the word does not occur in the bad sense, and it is found in the Old [[Testament]] only. The chief [[Hebrew]] words are <i> ''''' ḥākhām ''''' </i> , "wise," "skilful" (&nbsp;2 Chronicles 2:7 the King James Version "a man cunning to work in gold"; &nbsp; 2 Chronicles 2:13; &nbsp;Isaiah 3:3 the King James Version, etc.); <i> ''''' ḥāshabh ''''' </i> , "to think," "devise," "desire" (&nbsp;Exodus 26:1 , &nbsp;Exodus 26:31; &nbsp;Exodus 28:6 , &nbsp;Exodus 28:15 the King James Version, etc.). We have also <i> ''''' da‛ath ''''' </i> , "knowledge" (&nbsp;1 Kings 7:14 the King James Version); <i> ''''' bı̄n ''''' </i> , "to be intelligent" (&nbsp;1 Chronicles 25:7 the King James Version); <i> ''''' maḥǎsbebheth ''''' </i> , "thought," "device," "design" (&nbsp;Exodus 31:4; &nbsp;Exodus 35:33 , &nbsp;Exodus 35:15 the King James Version); <i> ''''' 'āmān ''''' </i> , "artificer" (&nbsp;Song of [[Solomon]] 7:1 the King James Version); <i> ''''' yādha‛ ''''' </i> , "to know," once translated "cunning" (&nbsp;Daniel 1:4 the King James Version). </p> <p> For cunning the American Standard Revised Version gives "skilful" (&nbsp;Exodus 31:4 , etc.; &nbsp;Isaiah 3:3 "expert"); for "cunning work" the work of the "skilful workman" (&nbsp; Exodus 26:1 , &nbsp;Exodus 26:31 , etc., the English Revised Version "cunning workman"); for "curious," "skilfully woven," the English Revised Version "cunningly woven" (&nbsp;Exodus 28:8 , etc.). </p>
       
 
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== References ==
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<ref name="term_59232"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/king-james-dictionary/cunning Cunning from King James Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_106779"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/webster-s-dictionary/cunning Cunning from Webster's Dictionary]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_50484"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/hastings-dictionary-of-the-bible/cunning Cunning from Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_77060"> [https://bibleportal.com/dictionary/vine-s-expository-dictionary-of-nt-words/cunning Cunning from Vine's Expository Dictionary of NT Words]</ref>
       
<ref name="term_2804"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/cunning Cunning from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_2804"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/cunning Cunning from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
       
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Revision as of 13:37, 16 October 2021

Cunning [1]

kun´ing ( חכם , ḥākhām , חשׁב , ḥāshabh ): In Bible-English "cunning" means always "wise" or "skilful"; the word does not occur in the bad sense, and it is found in the Old Testament only. The chief Hebrew words are ḥākhām , "wise," "skilful" ( 2 Chronicles 2:7 the King James Version "a man cunning to work in gold";   2 Chronicles 2:13;  Isaiah 3:3 the King James Version, etc.); ḥāshabh , "to think," "devise," "desire" ( Exodus 26:1 ,  Exodus 26:31;  Exodus 28:6 ,  Exodus 28:15 the King James Version, etc.). We have also da‛ath , "knowledge" ( 1 Kings 7:14 the King James Version); bı̄n , "to be intelligent" ( 1 Chronicles 25:7 the King James Version); maḥǎsbebheth , "thought," "device," "design" ( Exodus 31:4;  Exodus 35:33 ,  Exodus 35:15 the King James Version); 'āmān , "artificer" ( Song of Solomon 7:1 the King James Version); yādha‛ , "to know," once translated "cunning" ( Daniel 1:4 the King James Version).

For cunning the American Standard Revised Version gives "skilful" ( Exodus 31:4 , etc.;  Isaiah 3:3 "expert"); for "cunning work" the work of the "skilful workman" (  Exodus 26:1 ,  Exodus 26:31 , etc., the English Revised Version "cunning workman"); for "curious," "skilfully woven," the English Revised Version "cunningly woven" ( Exodus 28:8 , etc.).

References

  1. ↑ Cunning from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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