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Lexicon :: Strong's H2451 - ḥāḵmâ

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חָכְמָה
Transliteration
ḥāḵmâ
Pronunciation
khok-maw'
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Part of Speech
feminine noun
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 647a

Strong’s Definitions

חׇכְמָה chokmâh, khok-maw'; from H2449; wisdom (in a good sense):—skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.

KJV Translation Count — Total: 149x

The KJV translates Strong's H2451 in the following manner: wisdom (145x), wisely (2x), skilful man (1x), wits (1x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 149x
The KJV translates Strong's H2451 in the following manner: wisdom (145x), wisely (2x), skilful man (1x), wits (1x).

  1. wisdom

    1. skill (in war)

    2. wisdom (in administration)

    3. shrewdness, wisdom

    4. wisdom, prudence (in religious affairs)

    5. wisdom (ethical and religious)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חׇכְמָה chokmâh, khok-maw'; from H2449; wisdom (in a good sense):—skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit.
STRONGS H2451: Abbreviations
† חָכְמה noun feminine wisdom, ח׳ Exodus 28:3 106 times; construct חָכְמַת Exodus 35:35 + 15 times; suffix חָכְמָתִי Ecclesiastes 2:9, etc. + 25 times suffix; plural abstract emphatic חָכְמוֺת [H2454 Psalm 49:3; Proverbs 1:20; Proverbs 9:1; Proverbs 24:7]; חַכְמוֺת [H2454 Proverbs 14:1] (in correctly pointed as adjective construct feminine; read חָכְמוֺת De); —
1. skill in war Isaiah 10:13; in technical work Exodus 28:3; Exodus 31:3, 6; Exodus 35:26, 31, 35; Exodus 36:1, 2(P), compare 1 Kings 7:14; 1 Chronicles 28:21; of sailors Psalm 107:27.
2. wisdom, in administration Deuteronomy 34:9; Isaiah 29:14; Jeremiah 49:7 (twice in verse); 2 Samuel 14:20; of prince of Tyre Ezekiel 28:4, 5, 7, 12; 17; Solomon's wisdom included this with other forms of cleverness and shrewdness 1 Kings 2:6; 1 Kings 3:28; 1 Kings 5:9 [1 Kings 4:29]; 1 Kings 5:10 [1 Kings 4:30]; 1 Kings 5:14 [1 Kings 4:34] (twice in verse); 1 Kings 5:26 [1 Kings 5:12]; 1 Kings 10:4, 6, 7, 8, 23, 24 2 Chronicles 9:3; 9:5; 9:6; 9:7; 9:22; 9:23, 1 Kings 11:41; 2 Chronicles 1:10; 1:11; 1:12; the Messiah is to have רוּחַ חָכְמָה וּבִינָה Isaiah 11:2.
3. shrewdness, wisdom, 2 Samuel 20:22; 1 Kings 5:10 [1 Kings 4:30] (twice in verse); Jeremiah 9:22 [Jeremiah 9:23]; withheld by God from the ostrich Job 39:17; of magicians and prophets Isaiah 47:10; Daniel 1:4, 17, 20.
4. wisdom, prudence in religious affairs Deuteronomy 4:6; Psalm 37:30; Psalm 51:6; Psalm 90:12; Proverbs 10:31; Isaiah 33:6; Jeremiah 8:9
5. wisdom, ethical and religious:
a. of God, as a divine attribute or energy; his wisdom is in the skies Job 38:36; by it he numbers the clouds Job 38:37; founded the earth Proverbs 3:19; and made all things Jeremiah 10:12 = Jeremiah 51:15, Psalm 104:24; it is with him Job 12:13; not to be found by the most persevering human search Job 28:12, 20; he alone knows it [H3045 Job 28:23]; gives it Proverbs 2:6; and shows its secrets Job 11:6.
b. the divine wisdom is personified: she was begotten before all things to be the architect and counsellor of God in the creation (Proverbs 8:22-31); she builds a palace and spreads a feast for those who will receive her instruction [H2454 Proverbs 9:1] (compare Proverbs 9:2-5); she teaches in public [H2454 Proverbs 1:20]; Proverbs 8:1, [H2454 Proverbs 8:5], Proverbs 8:11, 12 (see context); gives her pupils the divine spirit Proverbs 1:23; by her discipline simple become wise, rulers rule wisely, and those seeking her are richly rewarded [H8454 Proverbs 8:14] (compare Proverbs 8:1-21).
c. of man: to get wisdom is principal thing Proverbs 4:7 (twice in verse); its fundamental principle is to fear God Psalm 111:10; Proverbs 15:33; Job 28:18 (|| סוּר מֵרַע בִּינָה); and know י׳, the All Holy Proverbs 9:10; Proverbs 30:3; it is of inestimable worth Job 28:18; Proverbs 8:11; Proverbs 16:16; Proverbs 17:16; Proverbs 23:23; [H2454 Proverbs 24:7]; beyond the reach of scorners Proverbs 14:6; God giveth it to the good Ecclesiastes 2:26; men are to incline the ear Proverbs 2:2; attend unto wisdom Proverbs 5:1; seek Ecclesiastes 7:25; know Proverbs 24:14; Ecclesiastes 1:17; Ecclesiastes 8:16; behold Ecclesiastes 2:12; Ecclesiastes 9:13; get her Proverbs 4:5, 7; treat her as sister Proverbs 7:4; happy the man who finds her Proverbs 3:13; he who has wisdom is אִישׁ תְּבוּנָה Proverbs 10:23; נָבוֺן Proverbs 10:13; Proverbs 14:33; מֵבִין Proverbs 17:24; compare also Psalm 49:4; Job 4:21; Job 12:2, 12; Job 13:5; Job 15:8; Job 26:3; Job 32:7, 13; Job 33:33; Proverbs 1:2, 7; Proverbs 2:10; Proverbs 4:11; Proverbs 11:2; Proverbs 13:10; [H2454 Proverbs 14:1], 8; Proverbs 18:4; Proverbs 21:30; Proverbs 24:3; Proverbs 28:26; Proverbs 29:3, 15; Proverbs 31:26; Ecclesiastes 1:13, 16 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 1:18; Ecclesiastes 2:3, 9, 13, 21; Ecclesiastes 7:10, 11, 12, 19, 23; Ecclesiastes 8:1; Ecclesiastes 9:10, 15, 16 (twice in verse); Ecclesiastes 9:18; Ecclesiastes 10:1, 10 — on solomon's wisdom see above
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Exodus

28:3; 28:3; 31:3; 31:6; 35:26; 35:31; 35:35; 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; 4:30; 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; 28:18; 28:20; 32:7; 32:13; 33:33; 38:36; 38:37; 39:17

Psalms

37:30; 49:4; 51:6; 90:12; 104:24; 107:27; 111:10

Proverbs

1:2; 1:7; 1:23; 2:2; 2:6; 2:10; 3:13; 3:19; 4:5; 4:7; 4:7; 4:11; 5:1; 7:4; 8:1; 8:1; 8:2; 8:3; 8:4; 8:5; 8:6; 8:7; 8:8; 8:9; 8:10; 8:11; 8:11; 8:11; 8:12; 8:12; 8:13; 8:14; 8:15; 8:16; 8:17; 8:18; 8:19; 8:20; 8:21; 8:22; 8:23; 8:24; 8:25; 8:26; 8:27; 8:28; 8:29; 8:30; 8:31; 9:2; 9:3; 9:4; 9:5; 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; 24:14; 28:26; 29:3; 29:15; 30:3; 31:26

Ecclesiastes

1:13; 1:16; 1:17; 1:18; 2:3; 2:9; 2:9; 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

H2451

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2451 matches the Hebrew חָכְמָה (ḥāḵmâ),
which occurs 149 times in 141 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 3 / 3 (Ecc 1:17–Dan 1:20)

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:17 - And I set H5414 my [fn]mind H3820 to know H3045 wisdom H2451 and to know H3045 madness H1947 and folly; H5531 I realized H3045 that this H2088 also H1571 is striving H7475 after wind. H7307

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 1:18 - Because H3588 in much H7230 wisdom H2451 there is much H7230 grief, H3708 and increasing H3254 knowledge H1847 results in increasing H3254 pain. H4341

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:3 - I explored H8446 with my [fn]mind H3820 how to stimulate H4900 my body H1320 with wine H3196 while my [fn]mind H3820 was guiding H5090 me wisely, H2451 and how to take H270 hold H270 of folly, H5531 until H5704 H834 I could see H7200 what H335 H2088 good H2896 there is for the sons H1121 of men H120 [fn]to do H6213 under H8478 heaven H8064 the few H4557 [fn]years H3117 of their lives. H2416

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:9

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:9 - Then I became H1431 great H1431 and increased H3254 more H4480 than H4480 all H3605 who H7945 preceded H6440 me in Jerusalem. H3389 My wisdom H2451 also H637 stood H5975 by me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:12 - So I turned H6437 to consider H7200 wisdom, H2451 madness H1947 and folly; H5531 for what H4100 will the man H120 do who H7945 will come H935 after H310 the king H4428 except what H834 has already H3528 been done? H6213

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:13 - And I saw H7200 that wisdom H2451 excels H3504 folly H5531 as light H216 excels H3504 darkness. H2822

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:21 - When H3588 there H3426 is a man H120 who H7945 has labored H5998 with wisdom, H2451 knowledge H1847 and skill, H3788 then he gives H5414 his [fn]legacy H2506 to one H120 who H7945 has not labored H5998 with them. This H2088 too H1571 is vanity H1892 and a great H7227 evil. H7451

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 2:26 - For to a person H120 who H7945 is good H2896 in His sight H6440 He has given H5414 wisdom H2451 and knowledge H1847 and joy, H8057 while to the sinner H2398 He has given H5414 the task H6045 of gathering H622 and collecting H3664 so that he may give H5414 to one H2896 who H2896 is good H2896 in God’s H430 sight. H6440 This H2088 too H1571 is vanity H1892 and striving H7469 after wind. H7307

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:10 - Do not say, H559 “Why H4100 is it that the former H7223 days H3117 were better H2896 than H4480 these?” H428
For it is not from wisdom H2451 that you ask H7592 about H5921 this. H2088

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:11

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:11 - Wisdom H2451 along H5973 with an inheritance H5159 is good H2896
And an advantage H3148 to those who see H7200 the sun. H8121

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:12 - For wisdom H2451 is [fn]protection H6738 just as money H3701 is [fn]protection, H6738
But the advantage H3504 of knowledge H1847 is that wisdom H2451 preserves H2421 the lives H2421 of its possessors. H1167

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:19

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:19 - Wisdom H2451 strengthens H5810 a wise H2450 man H2450 more H4480 than H4480 ten H6235 rulers H7989 who H834 are in a city. H5892

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:23

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:23 - I tested H5254 all H3605 this H2090 with wisdom, H2451 and I said, H559 “I will be wise,” H2449 but it was far H7350 from me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 7:25 - I [fn]directed H5437 my [fn]mind H3820 to know, H3045 to investigate H8446 and to seek H1245 wisdom H2451 and an explanation, H2808 and to know H3045 the evil H7562 of folly H3689 and the foolishness H3689 of madness. H1947

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:1 - Who H4310 is like the wise H2450 man H2450 and who H4310 knows H3045 the interpretation H6592 of a matter? H1697 A man’s H120 wisdom H2451 illumines H215 [fn]him and causes his stern H5797 face H6440 to [fn]beam. H8132

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 8:16 - When H834 I gave H5414 my heart H3820 to know H3045 wisdom H2451 and to see H7200 the task H6045 which H834 has been done H6213 on the earth H776 (even H1571 though H3588 one H369 should [fn]never H369 sleep H7200 H8142 H5869 day H3117 or night), H3915

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:10 - Whatever H3605 H834 your hand H3027 finds H4672 to do, H6213 do H6213 it with all your might; H3581 for there H369 is no H369 activity H4639 or planning H2803 or knowledge H1847 or wisdom H2451 in Sheol H7585 where H834 H8033 you are going. H1980

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:13

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:13 - Also H1571 this H2090 I came to see H7200 as wisdom H2451 under H8478 the sun, H8121 and [fn]it impressed H1419 me.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:15

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:15 - But there was found H4672 in it a poor H4542 wise H2450 man H376 and he [fn]delivered H4422 the city H5892 by his wisdom. H2451 Yet no H3808 one H120 remembered H2142 that poor H4542 man. H376

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:16

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:16 - So I said, H559 “Wisdom H2451 is better H2896 than H4480 strength.” H1369 But the wisdom H2451 of the poor H4542 man H4542 is despised H959 and his words H1697 are not heeded. H8085

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:18

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 9:18 - Wisdom H2451 is better H2896 than H4480 weapons H3627 of war, H7128 but one H259 sinner H2398 destroys H6 much H7235 good. H2896

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:1 - Dead H4194 flies H2070 make a perfumer’s H7543 oil H8081 stink, H887 so a little H4592 foolishness H5531 is weightier H3368 than H4480 wisdom H2451 and honor. H3519

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Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:10

Unchecked Copy BoxEcc 10:10 - If H518 the [fn]axe H1270 is dull H6949 and he does not sharpen H7043 its edge, H6440 then he must [fn]exert H1396 more strength. H2428 Wisdom H2451 has the advantage H3504 of giving H3787 success. H3787

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:13

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 10:13 - For he has said, H559
“By the power H3581 of my hand H3027 and by my wisdom H2451 I did H6213 this,
For I have H995 understanding; H995
And I removed H5493 the boundaries H1367 of the peoples H5971
And plundered H8154 their treasures, H6264
And like a mighty H3524 man H47 I brought H3381 down H3381 [fn]their inhabitants, H3427

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:2

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 11:2 - The Spirit H7307 of the LORD H3068 will rest H5117 on Him,
The spirit H7307 of wisdom H2451 and understanding, H998
The spirit H7307 of counsel H6098 and strength, H1369
The spirit H7307 of knowledge H1847 and the fear H3374 of the LORD. H3068

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:14

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 29:14 - Therefore H3651 behold, H2009 I will once again H3254 deal H6381 marvelously H6381 with this H2088 people, H5971 wondrously H6381 marvelous; H6381
And the wisdom H2451 of their wise H2450 men H2450 will perish, H6
And the discernment H998 of their discerning H995 men will be concealed.” H5641

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:6

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 33:6 - And He will be the [fn]stability H530 of your times, H6256
A wealth H2633 of salvation, H3444 wisdom H2451 and knowledge; H1847
The fear H3374 of the LORD H3068 is his treasure. H214

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Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:10

Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 47:10 - “You felt H982 secure H982 in your wickedness H7451 and said, H559
‘No H369 one H369 sees H7200 me,’
Your wisdom H2451 and your knowledge, H1847 [fn]they have deluded H7725 you;
For you have said H559 in your heart, H3820
‘I am, and there H657 is no H657 one H657 besides H5750 me.’

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:9

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 8:9 - “The wise H2450 men H2450 are put H954 to shame, H954
They are dismayed H2865 and caught; H3920
Behold, H2009 they have rejected H3988 the word H1697 of the LORD, H3068
And what H4100 kind of wisdom H2451 do they have?

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:23

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:23 - Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD, H3068 “Let not a wise H2450 man H2450 boast H1984 of his wisdom, H2451 and let not the mighty H1368 man H1368 boast H1984 of his might, H1369 let not a rich H6223 man H6223 boast H1984 of his riches; H6239

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:12

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:12 - It is He who made H6213 the earth H776 by His power, H3581
Who established H3559 the world H8398 by His wisdom; H2451
And by His understanding H8394 He has stretched H5186 out the heavens. H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:7

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 49:7 - Concerning Edom. H123
Thus H3541 says H559 the LORD H3068 of hosts, H6635
“Is there H369 no H369 longer H5750 any H5750 wisdom H2451 in Teman? H8487
Has good counsel H6098 been H6 lost H6 to the prudent? H995
Has their wisdom H2451 decayed? H5628

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Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:15

Unchecked Copy BoxJer 51:15 - It is He who made H6213 the earth H776 by His power, H3581
Who established H3559 the world H8398 by His wisdom, H2451
And by His understanding H8394 He stretched H5186 out the heavens. H8064

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:4

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:4 - “By your wisdom H2451 and understanding H8394
You have acquired H6213 riches H2428 for yourself
And have acquired H6213 gold H2091 and silver H3701 for your treasuries. H214

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:5

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:5 - “By your great H7230 wisdom, H2451 by your trade H7404
You have increased H7235 your riches H2428
And your heart H3824 is lifted H1361 up because of your riches H2428—

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:7

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:7 - Therefore, H3651 behold, H2009 I will bring H935 strangers H2114 upon you,
The most H6184 ruthless H6184 of the nations. H1471
And they will draw H7324 their swords H2719
Against H5921 the beauty H3308 of your wisdom H2451
And defile H2490 your splendor. H3314

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:12

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:12 - “Son H1121 of man, H120 take H5375 up a lamentation H7015 over H5921 the king H4428 of Tyre H6865 and say H559 to him, ‘Thus H3541 says H559 the Lord H136 GOD, H3068
“You [fn]had the seal H2856 of perfection, H8508
Full H4392 of wisdom H2451 and perfect H3632 in beauty. H3308

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Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:17

Unchecked Copy BoxEze 28:17 - “Your heart H3820 was lifted H1361 up because of your beauty; H3308
You corrupted H7843 your wisdom H2451 by reason H5921 of your splendor. H3314
I cast H7993 you to the ground; H776
I put H5414 you before H6440 kings, H4428
That they may see H7200 you.

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:4 - youths H3206 in whom H834 was no H369 H3605 defect, H3971 who were good-looking, H2896 H4758 showing H7919 intelligence H7919 in every H3605 branch of wisdom, H2451 endowed H3045 with understanding H995 and discerning H995 knowledge, H4093 and who H834 had ability H3581 for [fn]serving H5975 in the king’s H4428 [fn]court; H1964 and he ordered him to teach H3925 them the [fn]literature H5612 and language H3956 of the Chaldeans. H3778

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:17

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:17 - As for these H428 four H702 youths, H3206 God H430 gave H5414 them knowledge H4093 and intelligence H7919 in every H3605 branch of [fn]literature H5612 and wisdom; H2451 Daniel H1840 even understood H995 all H3605 kinds of visions H2377 and dreams. H2472

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Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:20

Unchecked Copy BoxDan 1:20 - As for every H3605 matter H1697 of wisdom H2451 [fn]and understanding H998 about which H834 the king H4428 consulted H1245 them, he found H4672 them ten H6235 times H3027 better H5921 than H5921 all H3605 the [fn]magicians H2748 and conjurers H825 who H834 were in all H3605 his realm. H4438

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