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cunning

Meaning of “cunning”

Skilful, expert, knowledgeable, ingenious, or artfully made in a craft, work, music, hunting, or another practice; where joined to deceit, subtly artful.

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33 occurrences30 verses12 booksKJV PCE

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First occurrence: Genesis 25:27

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Isaiah 3:3
The captain of fifty, and the honourable man, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent orator.
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1611 witness · Isaiah 3:3 · retained source text

The captaine of fiftie, and the honourable man, and the counseller, and the cunning artificer, and the eloquent oratour.

1611 marginal noteHebr. A man eminent in countenance.

1611 marginal noteOr, skilfull of speech.

Isaiah 40:20
He that is so impoverished that he hath no oblation chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning workman to prepare a graven image, that shall not be moved.
1 word occurrence in this verse
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1611 witness · Isaiah 40:20 · retained source text

He that is so impouerished that he hath no oblation, chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh vnto him a cunning workeman, to prepare a grauen image that shall not be mooued.

1611 marginal noteHeb. Is poore of oblation.

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