חָכַםchâkam

be wise

Pronunciation: khaw-kam' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2449

Meanings

Qal: be or become wise, act wisely (Proverbs 23:15; Zechariah 9:2; Proverbs 9:12)

Pi`el: make wise, teach wisdom (Psalms 105:22; Job 35:11; Psalms 119:98)

Pu`al: made wise (Psalms 58:6; Proverbs 30:24)

Hiph`il: making wise (Psalms 19:8)

Hithpa`el: let us deal wisely (shrewdly), make or shew thyself wise. (Exodus 1:10; Ecclesiastes 7:16)

Same root

Where it appears

Appears 27 times in the Bible.

  • Exodus 1:10 We must make a plan to keep them from growing even more. If we don’t, and if war breaks out, they will join our enemies and fight against us. Then they will escape from the country.”
  • Deuteronomy 32:29 Oh, that they were wise and could understand this! Oh, that they might know their fate!
  • 1 Kings 4:31 He was wiser than anyone else, including Ethan the Ezrahite and the sons of Mahol—Heman, Calcol, and Darda. His fame spread throughout all the surrounding nations.
  • Job 32:9 Sometimes the elders are not wise. Sometimes the aged do not understand justice.
  • Job 35:11 Where is the one who makes us smarter than the animals and wiser than the birds of the sky?’
  • Psalms 19:7 The instructions of the Lord are perfect, reviving the soul. The decrees of the Lord are trustworthy, making wise the simple.
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Source: Brown, Driver and Briggs, Hebrew and English Lexicon of the Old Testament (1906), public domain; markup by unfoldingWord, CC BY (github.com/unfoldingWord/Brown-Driver-Briggs-Enhanced).