Subtil, Subtle, Subtlety, Subtilty
Subtil, Subtle, Subtlety, Subtilty
subtil, sut’l, sut’l-ti (, hakham, , nakhal, , mirmah; , dolos): These words are used (1) in a good sense: 2Sa 13:3, hakham, wise, Jonadab was a very subtle (the American Standard Revised Version subtle) man (discreet); Pro 1:4, ormah, 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, 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: Gen 3:1, arum, crafty, Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field, the American Standard Revised Version subtle.
Gen 27:35, mirmah, deceit, fraud, Thy brother came with subtlety, the Revised Version (British and American) with guile; Psa 105:25, nakhal, to deceive, the King James Version deal subtlely, the American Standard Revised Version subtly; Pro 7:10, nacar, to watch, guard, to be hidden or subtle of heart, the Revised Version (British and American) wily, margin ‘close,’ Hebrew ‘guarded’; 2Ki 10:19, okebhah, deceit or treachery (here only); Judith 5:11, katasophzo, to use subtlety; Ecclesiasticus 19:25, panourga, cunning, unscrupulousness, There is an exquisite subtlety, and the same is unjust; 2Co 11:3, The serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety, the Revised Version (British and American) in his craftiness; Mat 26:4, dolos, deceit, that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him; Act 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 (Pro 8:5, Pro 8:12), margin and the American Standard Revised Version, prudence; for with subtlety (the English Revised Version Mar 14:1, the King James Version by craft) the American Standard Revised Version has with subtlety.