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Study the definition of Subtil; Subtle; Subtlety; Subtilty with multiple Bible Dictionaries and Encyclopedias and find scripture references in the Old and New Testaments.
Characterized by refinement and niceness in drawing distinctions; nicely discriminating; -- said of persons; as, a subtle logician; refined; tenuous; sinuous; insinuating; hence, penetrative or pervasive; -- said of the mind; its faculties, or its operations; as, a subtle intellect; a subtle imagination; a subtle process of thought; also, diffic...
1. (n.) The quality or state of being subtle; thinness; fineness; as, the subtlety of air or light. 2. (n.) Refinement; extreme acuteness; subtlety. 3. (n.) Cunning; skill; craft. 4. (n.) Slyness in design; artifice; guile; a cunning design or artifice; a trick; subtlety.
Something that is sly, crafty, or delusive. (2) in a bad sense: Genesis 3:1, `arum, "crafty," "Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field," the American Standard Revised Version "subtle."
(1) in a good sense: 2Sa 13:3, chakham, "wise," "Jonadab was a very subtle (the American Standard Revised Version "subtle") man" (discreet); Pr 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 ...
3 sie 2023 · In the New Testament, it translates three Greek words as subtil: - Katasophizomai – circumvent or deal craftily with. - Dolos – decoy, craft, or subtility. - Panourgia – adroitness or cunning. Some words are clearly negative and refer to trickery and deceit. Others are harder to pinpoint unless you look at it the context.
sub'-til, sut'-'-l, sut'-'-l-ti (chakham, nakhal, mirmah; dolos): These words are used (1) in a good sense: II Samuel 13:3, chakham, "wise," "Jonadab was a very subtle (the American Standard Revised Version "subtle") man" (discreet); Proverbs 1:4, 'ormah, "prudence," "to give subtlety to the simple," the American Standard Revised Version and ...
