חָכָם
cha.kham
“wise”
Definition
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
from H2449 (חָכַם);
- wise, wise (man) 1a) skilful (in technical work) 1b) wise (in administration) 1c) shrewd, crafty, cunning, wily, subtle 1d) learned, shrewd (class of men) 1e) prudent 1f) wise (ethically and religiously)
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Grammar & Morphology
Adjective
H:A
Hebrew Adjective
Occurrences
חָכָם appears 124 times in the Old Testament.
Distribution by Book
Key Passages
You also have many workers: stonecutters, masons, carpenters, and men skilled in every kind of work—
Wisdom makes the wise manstronger than ten rulers in a city.
Then Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Since God has made all this known to you, there is no one as discerning and wise as you.
Therefore, men fear Him,for He is not partial to the wise in heart.”
He who listens to life-giving reproofwill dwell among the wise.
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