KJV dictionary & concordance
Clever, crafty, artful, cunning, or skilled in concealing design and using indirect means, especially to deceive or beguile.
Definition sources
First occurrence: Genesis 3:1
Complete exact-word concordance
NOW the serpent was more subtil than any beast of the field which the Lord God had made. And he said unto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of every tree of the garden?
¶ Now the serpent was more subtill then any beast of the field, which the LORD God had made, and he said vnto the woman, Yea, hath God said, Ye shall not eat of euery tree of the garden?
1611 marginal noteHeb. Yea, because, &c.
But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah David’s brother: and Jonadab was a very subtil man.
But Amnon had a friend, whose name was Ionadab, the sonne of Shimeah, Dauids brother: and Ionadab was a very subtill man.
And, behold, there met him a woman with the attire of an harlot, and subtil of heart.
And behold, there met him a woman, with the attire of an harlot, and subtill of heart.
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Historical English dictionary sources
Sly; artful; cunning; crafty; insinuating.
