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.

SUBTIL; SUBTLE; SUBTLETY; SUBTILTY

sub'-til, sut'-'-l, sut'-'-l-ti (chakham, nakhal, mirmah; dolos): These words are used

(1) in a good sense: 2 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 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: Genesis 3:1, `arum, "crafty," "Now the serpent was more subtle than any beast of the field," the American Standard Revised Version "subtle."

Genesis 27:35, mirmah, "deceit," "fraud," "Thy brother came with subtlety," the Revised Version (British and American) "with guile"; Psalm 105:25, nakhal, "to deceive," the King James Version "deal subtlely," the American Standard Revised Version "subtly"; Proverbs 7:10, natsar, "to watch," "guard," "to be hidden or subtle of heart," the Revised Version (British and American) "wily," margin " `close,' Hebrew `guarded' "; 2 Kings 10:19, `oqebhah, "deceit" or "treachery" (here only); Judith 5:11, katasophizo, "to use subtlety"; Ecclesiasticus 19:25, panourgia, "cunning," "unscrupulousness," "There is an exquisite subtlety, and the same is unjust"; 2 Corinthians 11:3, "The serpent beguiled Eve through his subtlety," the Revised Version (British and American) "in his craftiness"; Matthew 26:4, dolos, "deceit," "that they might take Jesus by subtlety, and kill him"; Acts 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" (Proverbs 8:5, 12), margin and the American Standard Revised Version, "prudence"; for "with subtlety" (the English Revised Version Mark 14:1, the King James Version "by craft") the American Standard Revised Version has "with subtlety."

W. L. Walker

1388. dolos -- a bait, fig. craft, deceit
... Word Origin from the root del- Definition a bait, fig. craft, deceit NASB Word
Usage deceit (9), stealth (2). craft, deceit, guile, subtilty. ...
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3834. panourgia -- cleverness, craftiness
... cunning, craftiness, subtilty. From panougos; adroitness, ie (in a bad sense) trickery
or sophistry -- (cunning) craftiness, subtilty. see GREEK panougos. ...
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6122. oqbah -- insidiousness
... subtilty. Feminine of an unused form from aqab meaning a trick; trickery -- subtilty.
see HEBREW aqab. 6121b, 6122. oqbah. 6123 . Strong's Numbers.
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6195. ormah -- craftiness, prudence
... guile, prudence, subtilty, wilily, wisdom. Feminine of orem; trickery; or (in a
good sense) discretion -- guile, prudence, subtilty, wilily, wisdom. ...
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Wisdom and the Strange Woman
... Unto you, O men, I call; And my voice is to the sons of men. O ye simple, understand
subtilty; And ye fools, be ye of an understanding heart. ...
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What Manner of Man Ought not to Come to Rule.
... are some who, not liking to be thought dull, busy themselves often more than needs
in various investigations, and by reason of too great subtilty are deceived. ...
/.../leo/writings of leo the great/chapter xi what manner of.htm

John Chapter ii. 4-Jan
... you to one husband, to present you a chaste virgin to Christ." Why does he fear
lest the virginity of Christ's bride should be corrupted by the subtilty of the ...
/.../augustine/homilies on the gospel of john/tractate viii john chapter ii.htm

Prefatory Remarks on the Need of Exact Investigation of the Most ...
... If any one laughs when he sees our subtilty, to use the Psalmist's [711] words,
about syllables, let him know that he reaps laughter's fruitless fruit; and let ...
/.../basil/basil letters and select works/chapter i prefatory remarks on.htm

Sermon for Epiphany
... Now men receive this bitter myrrh in two ways; they try to meet it as with
their practical sense or with their intellectual subtilty. ...
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Though in Almost Every Age There have Indeed Been in the Heathen ...
... The doctrine of far the greatest part of the philosophers consisted plainly in nothing
but words, and subtilty, and strife, and empty contention; as did not at ...
/.../vi proposition vi though in.htm

Jeremy Taylor -- Christ's Advent to Judgment
... His "Ductor Dubitantium," dedicated to Charles II, is a work of subtilty and ingenuity;
his "Holy Living" and "Holy Dying" (1652), are unique monuments of ...
/.../various/the worlds great sermons vol 2/jeremy taylor christs advent.htm

Natural Law in the Spiritual World
... Its speculative subtilty is unequalled by its extensive range of scientific knowledge,
and all is permeated by the force and validity of the religious ...
/.../drummond/natural law in the spiritual world/natural law in the spiritual.htm

Saurin -- Paul Before Felix and Drusilla
... He has been compared with Bossuet, tho he never attained the graceful style and
subtilty which characterize the "Eagle of Meaux." The story is told of the ...
/.../kleiser/the worlds great sermons volume 3/saurin paul before felix.htm

The Introduction, and Exhortation to Demetrianus.
... He employs all these things which are able to entice as snares, and with such subtilty
that they escape the notice of the eyes of the mind, so that they cannot ...
/.../on the workmanship of god/chap i the introduction and exhortation.htm

Subtilty (9 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. SUBTIL; SUBTLE; SUBTLETY; SUBTILTY. sub ...
Multi-Version Concordance Subtilty (9 Occurrences). Matthew ...
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Subtle (5 Occurrences)
... apprehension; elusive. 4. (superl.) Smooth and deceptive. Int. Standard Bible
Encyclopedia. SUBTIL; SUBTLE; SUBTLETY; SUBTILTY. sub'-til ...
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Subtil (3 Occurrences)
... Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia SUBTIL; SUBTLE; SUBTLETY; SUBTILTY.
sub'-til, sut'-'-l, sut'-'-l-ti (chakham, nakhal, mirmah; dolos ...
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Subtlety (3 Occurrences)
... discrimination. 3. (n.) Something that is sly, crafty, or delusive. Int. Standard
Bible Encyclopedia. SUBTIL; SUBTLE; SUBTLETY; SUBTILTY. sub ...
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Guile (21 Occurrences)
... "Guile" does not appear in Apocrypha; dolos is frequently rendered "deceit." The
Revised Version (British and American) has "guile" for "subtilty" (Genesis 27 ...
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Worshipers (12 Occurrences)
... shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might
destroy the worshipers of Baal. (WBS NAS RSV). 2 Kings 10 ...
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Wrestling (8 Occurrences)
... with him; (YLT). Job 5:13 Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the
counsel of wrestling ones was hastened, (YLT). Ezekiel 9:9 ...
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Feign (11 Occurrences)
... Joshua 9:4 and they work, even they, with subtilty, and go, and feign to be ambassadors,
and take old sacks for their asses, and wine-bottles, old, and rent ...
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Mischief (64 Occurrences)
... Acts 13:10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the
devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the ...
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Presume (10 Occurrences)
... Exodus 21:14 And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with
subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die. (YLT). ...
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Subtilty (9 Occurrences)

Matthew 26:4 And consulted that they might take Jesus by subtilty, and kill him.
(KJV WBS)

Acts 13:10 And said, O full of all subtilty and all mischief, thou child of the devil, thou enemy of all righteousness, wilt thou not cease to pervert the right ways of the Lord?
(KJV WBS)

2 Corinthians 11:3 But I fear, lest by any means, as the serpent beguiled Eve through his subtilty, so your minds should be corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ.
(KJV WBS YLT)

Genesis 27:35 And he said, Thy brother came with subtilty, and hath taken away thy blessing.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Exodus 21:14 And when a man doth presume against his neighbour to slay him with subtilty, from Mine altar thou dost take him to die.
(YLT)

Joshua 9:4 and they work, even they, with subtilty, and go, and feign to be ambassadors, and take old sacks for their asses, and wine-bottles, old, and rent, and bound up,
(YLT)

2 Kings 10:19 Now therefore call unto me all the prophets of Baal, all his servants, and all his priests; let none be wanting: for I have a great sacrifice to do to Baal; whosoever shall be wanting, he shall not live. But Jehu did it in subtilty, to the intent that he might destroy the worshippers of Baal.
(KJV DBY WBS YLT)

Job 5:13 Capturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,
(YLT)

Proverbs 1:4 To give subtilty to the simple, to the young man knowledge and discretion.
(KJV WBS)

Subtilty

Subtle (5 Occurrences)

Subtil (3 Occurrences)

Subtlety (3 Occurrences)

Guile (21 Occurrences)

Worshipers (12 Occurrences)

Wrestling (8 Occurrences)

Feign (11 Occurrences)

Mischief (64 Occurrences)

Presume (10 Occurrences)

Beguile (10 Occurrences)

Beguiled (10 Occurrences)

Consulted (33 Occurrences)

Capturing (3 Occurrences)

Captures (5 Occurrences)

Serpent's (7 Occurrences)

Subtilly (3 Occurrences)

Wanting (27 Occurrences)

Intent (37 Occurrences)

Lacking (53 Occurrences)

Wilt (324 Occurrences)

Lest (282 Occurrences)

Taketh (398 Occurrences)

Led (260 Occurrences)

Hastened (48 Occurrences)

Child (355 Occurrences)

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