חָכָם chakham

Hebrew word for “wise” · Strong’s H2450 · used 138 times in 134 verses

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Meaning

1) wise, wise (man); 1a) skilful (in technical work);

How it is translated

Glosses given for chakham in context, with how often each is used:

• wise 46
• wise people 33
• wise person 22
• skillful 6
• wise men 5
• skillful people 5
• person skillful 3
• wise women 2
• ¿ a wise person 2
• people wise 2
• people skillful 1
• shrewd 1

Where it is used

Also in 6 more books.

Chapters where it is used most

Proverbs 15 (5), Exodus 36 (4), 2 Chronicles 2 (4), Proverbs 14 (4), Ecclesiastes 7 (4), Ecclesiastes 9 (4), Genesis 41 (3), Proverbs 10 (3), Proverbs 13 (3), Proverbs 16 (3)

Forms

• חכם 57
• חכמים 32
• לחכם 8
• החכם 6
• וחכם 5
• לחכמים 4
• חכמי 4
• חכמיך 3
• חכמיה 2
• החכמים 2

Words used with it

Words that share verses with chakham more often than their overall frequency would suggest:

• כְּסִיל kesil “fool” 22
• בִּין bin “to understand” 20
• יָדַע yada “to know” 25
• לֵב lev “heart” 21
• אֱוִיל evil “fool(ish)” 9
• חׇכְמָה chokhmah “wisdom” 12
• דַּעַת daat “knowledge” 10
• דָּבָר davar “word” 15
• שָׁמַע shama “to hear” 13
• שָׂפָה saphah “lips” 7
• חָכַם chakham “be wise” 5
• עַיִן ayin “eye” 10

Key verses

The verses using chakham that are most connected by cross-references (King James Version):

• Genesis 41:8 — And it came to pass in the morning that his spirit was troubled; and he sent and called for all the magicians of Egypt, and all the wise men thereof: and…
• Deuteronomy 16:19 — Thou shalt not wrest judgment; thou shalt not respect persons, neither take a gift: for a gift doth blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the…
• Deuteronomy 32:6 — Do ye thus requite the LORD, O foolish people and unwise? is not he thy father that hath bought thee? hath he not made thee, and established thee?
• Job 9:4 — He is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who hath hardened himself against him, and hath prospered?
• Proverbs 13:20 — He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed.
• Ecclesiastes 9:11 — I returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of…
• Isaiah 19:11 — Surely the princes of Zoan are fools, the counsel of the wise counsellors of Pharaoh is become brutish: how say ye unto Pharaoh, I am the son of the wise, the…
• Isaiah 44:25 — That frustrateth the tokens of the liars, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;
• Jeremiah 4:22 — For my people is foolish, they have not known me; they are sottish children, and they have none understanding: they are wise to do evil, but to do good they…
• Jeremiah 9:23 — Thus saith the LORD, Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches:
• Jeremiah 18:18 — Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from…
• Hosea 14:9 — Who is wise, and he shall understand these things? prudent, and he shall know them? for the ways of the LORD are right, and the just shall walk in them: but…

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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.