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חַכִּים chakkim
Hebrew word for “wise” · Strong’s H2445 · used 14 times in 13 verses
Meaning
wise man, wise
How it is translated
Glosses given for chakkim in context, with how often each is used:
- wise men 12
- wise men the 2
Where it is used
| Book | Uses | Per 1,000 words | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Daniel | 14 | 2.4 |
Chapters where it is used most
Daniel 2 (8), Daniel 5 (3), Daniel 4 (2)
Forms
- חכימי 6
- לחכימי 4
- וחכימיא 1
- לחכימין 1
- חכימין 1
- חכימיא 1
Words used with it
Words that share verses with chakkim more often than their overall frequency would suggest:
- בָּבֶל bavel “Babylon” 7
- מֶלֶךְ melekh “king” 9
- פְּשַׁר peshar “interpretation” 6
- דִּי di “that” 8
- עֲלַל alal “to come” 5
- דָּנִיֵּאל daniyyel “Daniel” 6
- דְּנָה denah “this” 6
- כֹּל kol “all” 6
- קֳדָם qodam “before” 5
- יְדַע yeda “to know” 5
- חֲוָה chavah “to show” 4
- לָא la “not” 5
Key verses
The verses using chakkim that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):
- Daniel 2:12 — For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
- Daniel 2:13 — And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
- Daniel 2:14 — Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylon:
- Daniel 2:18 — That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of the wise men of…
- Daniel 2:21 — And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know…
- Daniel 2:27 — Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the magicians, the…
- Daniel 2:48 — Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of the governors over…
- Daniel 4:6 — Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the dream.
- Daniel 4:18 — This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of my kingdom are not…
- Daniel 5:7 — The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babylon, Whosoever shall…
- Daniel 5:8 — Then came in all the king’s wise but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
- Daniel 5:15 — And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the interpretation thereof:…
See all 13 verses in the Word Atlas
Hebrew and Greek text, tagging, glosses and lexicon definitions: STEPBible.org, Tyndale House Cambridge (TAHOT, TAGNT, TBESH, TBESG; CC BY 4.0), adapted. Counts follow King James verse numbering; a word counts each time it is written.