Spidsfindig; snedig; spidsfindighed; snedighed

sub'-til, sut'-'-l, sut'-'-l-ti (chakham, nakhal, mirmah; dolos): Disse ord bruges

(1) i god betydning: 2 Sam 13,3, chakham, "vis," "Jonadab var en meget snedig (American Standard Revised Version: 'subtle') mand" (diskret); Ordsp 1,4, `ormah, "klogskab," "for at give de enfoldige snedighed," American Standard Revised Version og English Revised Version randnote: "klogskab"; Salomos Visdom 7,22, leptos, "tynd," sagt om ånden i Visdommen (meget fin eller forfinet); 8,8, strophe, "slyngning," "talers spidsfindigheder"; Siraks Bog 39,2, "spidsfindige lignelser," Revised Version (British and American): "lignelsers spidsfindigheder";

(2) i dårlig betydning: 1 Mos 3,1, `arum, "listig," "Men slangen var mere snedig end noget dyr på marken," American Standard Revised Version: "subtle."

1 Mos 27,35, mirmah, "bedrag," "svig," "Din bror kom med snedighed," Revised Version (British and American): "med list"; Sl 105,25, nakhal, "at bedrage," King James Version: "handle snedigt," American Standard Revised Version: "snedigt"; Ordsp 7,10, natsar, "at våge," "vogte," "at være skjult eller snedig af hjerte," Revised Version (British and American): "listig," randnote: "`lukket,' hebraisk `bevogtet'"; 2 Kong 10,19, `oqebhah, "bedrag" eller "forræderi" (kun her); Judith 5,11, katasophizo, "at bruge snedighed"; Siraks Bog 19,25, panourgia, "list," "skrupelløshed," "Der findes en udsøgt spidsfindighed, og den samme er uretfærdig"; 2 Kor 11,3, "Slangen forførte Eva ved sin snedighed," Revised Version (British and American): "i sin listighed"; Matt 26,4, dolos, "bedrag," "for at de kunne gribe Jesus med list og dræbe ham"; ApG 13,10, "O du, som er fuld af al snedighed og al ondskab," Revised Version (British and American): "al list og al skurkagtighed."

English Revised Version har "subtilty" for "visdom" (Ordsp 8,5; Ordsp 8,12), randnote og American Standard Revised Version: "klogskab"; for "with subtlety" (English Revised Version Mark 14,1, King James Version: "ved list") har American Standard Revised Version "with subtlety."

W. L. Walker