חׇכְמָהchokmâh
wisdom
Pronunciation: khok-maw' · Hebrew/Aramaic (Old Testament) · H2451
Meanings
1. skill (Isaiah 10:13; Exodus 28:3; Exodus 31:3)
2. wisdom (Deuteronomy 34:9; Isaiah 29:14; Jeremiah 49:7)
3. shrewdness, wisdom (2 Samuel 20:22; 1 Kings 5:10; Jeremiah 9:22)
4. wisdom, prudence (Deuteronomy 4:6; Psalms 37:30; Psalms 51:8)
5. wisdom, ethical and religious
Same root
Where it appears
Appears 153 times in the Bible.
- Exodus 28:3 Instruct all the skilled craftsmen whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom. Have them make garments for Aaron that will distinguish him as a priest set apart for my service.
- Exodus 31:3 I have filled him with the Spirit of God, giving him great wisdom, ability, and expertise in all kinds of crafts.
- Exodus 31:6 “And I have personally appointed Oholiab son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, to be his assistant. Moreover, I have given special skill to all the gifted craftsmen so they can make all the things I have commanded you to make:
- Exodus 35:26 All the women who were willing used their skills to spin the goat hair into yarn.
- Exodus 35:31 The Lord has filled Bezalel with the Spirit of God, giving him great wisdom, ability, and expertise in all kinds of crafts.
- Exodus 35:35 The Lord has given them special skills as engravers, designers, embroiderers in blue, purple, and scarlet thread on fine linen cloth, and weavers. They excel as craftsmen and as designers.
See every passage
- Exodus 28:3, 31:3, 31:6, 35:26, 35:31, 35:35, 36:1, 36:2
- Deuteronomy 4:6, 34:9
- 2 Samuel 14:20, 20:22
- 1 Kings 2:6, 3:28, 4:29, 4:30, 4:34, 5:12, 7:14, 10:4, 10:6, 10:7, 10:8, 10:23, 10:24, 11:41
- 1 Chronicles 28:21
- 2 Chronicles 1:10, 1:11, 1:12, 9:3, 9:5, 9:6, 9:7, 9:22, 9:23
- Job 4:21, 11:6, 12:2, 12:12, 12:13, 13:5, 15:8, 26:3, 28:12, 28:18, 28:20, 28:28, 32:7, 32:13, 33:33, 38:36, 38:37, 39:17
- Psalms 37:30, 49:3, 51:6, 90:12, 104:24, 107:27, 111:10
- Proverbs 1:2, 1:7, 1:20, 2:2, 2:6, 2:10, 3:13, 3:19, 4:5, 4:7, 4:11, 5:1, 7:4, 8:1, 8:11, 8:12, 9:1, 9:10, 10:13, 10:23, 10:31, 11:2, 13:10, 14:6, 14:8, 14:33, 15:33, 16:16, 17:16, 17:24, 18:4, 21:30, 23:23, 24:3, 24:7, 24:14, 28:26, 29:3, 29:15, 30:3, 31:26
- Ecclesiastes 1:13, 1:16, 1:17, 1:18, 2:3, 2:9, 2:12, 2:13, 2:21, 2:26, 7:10, 7:11, 7:12, 7:19, 7:23, 7:25, 8:1, 8:16, 9:10, 9:13, 9:15, 9:16, 9:18, 10:1, 10:10
- Isaiah 10:13, 11:2, 29:14, 33:6, 47:10
- Jeremiah 8:9, 9:23, 10:12, 49:7, 51:15
- Ezekiel 28:4, 28:5, 28:7, 28:12, 28:17
- Daniel 1:4, 1:17, 1:20
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).