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Lexicon :: Strong's H2450 - ḥāḵām

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חָכָם
Transliteration
ḥāḵām
Pronunciation
khaw-kawm'
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Part of Speech
adjective
Root Word (Etymology)
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TWOT Reference: 647b

Strong’s Definitions

חָכָם châkâm, khaw-kawm'; from H2449; wise, (i.e. intelligent, skillful or artful):—cunning (man), subtle, (un-), wise((hearted), man).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 137x

The KJV translates Strong's H2450 in the following manner: wise (109x), wise man (13x), cunning (6x), cunning men (4x), subtil (1x), unwise (2x), wiser (2x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 137x
The KJV translates Strong's H2450 in the following manner: wise (109x), wise man (13x), cunning (6x), cunning men (4x), subtil (1x), unwise (2x), wiser (2x).

  1. wise, wise (man)

    1. skilful (in technical work)

    2. wise (in administration)

    3. shrewd, crafty, cunning, wily, subtle

    4. learned, shrewd (class of men)

    5. prudent

    6. wise (ethically and religiously)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
חָכָם châkâm, khaw-kawm'; from H2449; wise, (i.e. intelligent, skillful or artful):—cunning (man), subtle, (un-), wise((hearted), man).
STRONGS H2450: Abbreviations
† חָכָם adjective wise, ח׳ Deuteronomy 4:6 + 67 times; construct חֲכַם Isaiah 3:3 + 9 times; plural חֲכָמִים Deuteronomy 1:13 + 39 times; construct חַכְמֵי Exodus 28:3 + 4 times; suffix חֲכָמֶיךָ Isaiah 19:12 etc. + 8 times; feminine חֲכָמָה 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 20:16; construct חַכְמַת Exodus 35:25; plural חֲכָמוֺת Jeremiah 9:16; construct חַכְמוֺת Judges 5:29; Proverbs 14:1(but read חָכְמוֺת De) —
1. skilful in technical work; artificers Isaiah 3:3; sailors Ezekiel 27:8, so (probably) Ezekiel 27:9; mourning women Jeremiah 9:16; artisans of tabernacle and temple and their furniture Exodus 28:3; Exodus 31:6; Exodus 35:10; Exodus 36:1, 2, 4, 8 (P), 1 Chronicles 22:15; 2 Chronicles 2:6; 2 Chronicles 2:12; 2 Chronicles 2:13 (twice in verse); women in spinning Exodus 35:25 (P); goldsmiths and other artisans Jeremiah 10:9; makers of idol-images Isaiah 40:20.
2. wise in the administration of affairs: Joseph in Egypt Genesis 41:33, 39 (E); heads of tribes Deuteronomy 1:13, 15; Judges 16:19; David 2 Samuel 14:20, of Solomon 1 Kings 2:9; 1 Kings 3:12; 1 Kings 5:21 2 Chronicles 2:11; the prince of Tyre, in satire Ezekiel 28:3; of kings in general Proverbs 20:26; class of political advisers of Judah Isaiah 29:14; Jeremiah 18:18, apparently also Isaiah 5:21; of Egypt Isaiah 19:11 (twice in verse); Isaiah 19:12, Edom Obadiah 8, the nations Jeremiah 10:7; so of God Isaiah 31:2.
3. shrewd, crafty, cunning: Jonadab 2 Samuel 13:3; the princesses Judges 5:29; אשׁה חכמה wise woman 2 Samuel 14:2; 2 Samuel 20:16; generally, Jeremiah 9:22; intelligent animals Proverbs 30:24; בערמם לכד ח׳ taking the cunning in their craft Job 5:13; חכם בעיני wise in one's own eyes Proverbs 3:7; Proverbs 26:5, 12, 16; Proverbs 28:11; חכמי לב wise of mind (in their own mind) Job 37:24.
4. plural class of learned and shrewd men, including astrologers, magicians and the like, of Egypt Genesis 41:8 (E), Exodus 7:11 (P; compare Isaiah 19:11 (twice in verse); Isaiah 19:12); Babylon Isaiah 44:25; Jeremiah 50:35; Jeremiah 51:57; Persia Esther 1:13; Esther 6:13.
5. prudent, towards king Proverbs 16:14; in controversies Proverbs 11:29; Proverbs 29:8, 9, 11; religious affairs Hosea 13:13; Hosea 14:10; Jeremiah 4:22; Jeremiah 8:8, 9; Deuteronomy 4:6; Deuteronomy 32:6; Psalm 107:43; אישׁ ח׳ Jeremiah 9:11.
6. wise, ethically and religiously,. in Wisdom Literature:
a. as adjective, חֲכַם לֵב wise of mind Proverbs 10:8; Proverbs 16:21; לֵב חָכָם Ecclesiastes 8:5; of the son Proverbs 10:1 = Proverbs 15:20; Proverbs 13:1; Proverbs 23:24; Ecclesiastes 2:19; ילד ח׳ Ecclesiastes 4:13 wise boy; גבר ח׳ Job 34:34 wise man; מוכיח ח׳ wise reprover Proverbs 25:12.
b. = substantive:
(1) as a wise learner in school of wisdom, he fears God and departs from evil Proverbs 14:16; is silent Proverbs 17:28; hearkens to counsel Proverbs 12:15; hears and increases in learning Proverbs 1:5; his ear seeketh knowledge Proverbs 18:15; he receives it Proverbs 21:11; and stores it up Proverbs 10:14; his ears hearken to the reproof which giveth life Proverbs 15:31; and he becomes wiser through it Proverbs 9:8, 9.
(2) as a wise teacher, a sage, he does not answer with windy knowledge Job 15:2; he tells the experience of the past Job 15:48; has knowledge Job 34:2; teaches it Ecclesiastes 12:9; disperses it Proverbs 15:7; his tongue is health Proverbs 12:18; it utters knowledge aright Proverbs 15:2; his mind instructs his mouth and adds learning to his lips Proverbs 16:23; his words are gracious Ecclesiastes 10:12; it is good to hear his rebuke Ecclesiastes 7:5; his instruction is a fountain of life Proverbs 13:14; one walking with him becomes wiser Proverbs 13:20. The חכמים recall the Greek σόφοι, having their schools, pupils (בֵן), discipline (מוּסָר), principles and collections of wisdom, דברי חכמים Proverbs 1:6; Proverbs 22:17 (compare Proverbs 24:23), Ecclesiastes 9:17; Ecclesiastes 12:11; God himself is חכם לבב Job 9:4.
(3) the wise are prosperous: true, in sceptical view of Ecclesiastes, they have no advantage over the fool Ecclesiastes 6:8; but die as the fool Ecclesiastes 2:16 (twice in verse); Psalm 49:11; they will not be able to find the works of God Ecclesiastes 8:17; like others are in the hands of God Ecclesiastes 9:1; they do not secure bread Ecclesiastes 9:11; but elsewhere reverse is true: precious treasure is in his dwelling Proverbs 21:20; his lips preserve him Proverbs 14:3; they inherit glory Proverbs 3:35; wealth is their crown Proverbs 14:24; the wise man is strong Proverbs 24:5; Ecclesiastes 7:19; his eyes are in his head Ecclesiastes 2:14; his mind is at his right hand Ecclesiastes 10:2; he interprets things Ecclesiastes 8:1
(4) the wise man is a blessing to others: he wins men Proverbs 11:30; scales the city of the mighty Proverbs 21:22; though poor he delivers the city Ecclesiastes 9:15; is a reproof to scorners Proverbs 15:12; his mind is in the house of mourning Ecclesiastes 7:4; injustice makes him foolish Ecclesiastes 7:7; Job finds no wise men among his cruel friends Job 17:10.

See related Aramaic BDB entry H2445.
Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew and English Lexicon, Unabridged, Electronic Database.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

41:8; 41:33; 41:39

Exodus

7:11; 28:3; 28:3; 31:6; 35:10; 35:25; 35:25; 36:1; 36:2; 36:4; 36:8

Deuteronomy

1:13; 1:13; 1:15; 4:6; 4:6; 32:6

Judges

5:29; 5:29; 16:19

2 Samuel

13:3; 14:2; 14:2; 14:20; 20:16; 20:16

1 Kings

3:12

1 Chronicles

22:15

2 Chronicles

2:6; 2:11; 2:12; 2:13

Esther

1:13; 6:13

Job

5:13; 9:4; 15:2; 17:10; 34:2; 34:34; 37:24

Psalms

49:11; 107:43

Proverbs

1:5; 1:6; 3:7; 3:35; 9:8; 9:9; 10:1; 10:8; 10:14; 11:29; 11:30; 12:15; 12:18; 13:1; 13:14; 13:20; 14:1; 14:3; 14:16; 14:24; 15:2; 15:7; 15:12; 15:20; 15:31; 16:14; 16:21; 16:23; 17:28; 18:15; 20:26; 21:11; 21:20; 21:22; 22:17; 23:24; 24:5; 24:23; 25:12; 26:5; 26:12; 26:16; 28:11; 29:8; 29:9; 29:11; 30:24

Ecclesiastes

2:14; 2:16; 2:19; 4:13; 6:8; 7:4; 7:5; 7:7; 7:19; 8:1; 8:5; 8:17; 9:1; 9:11; 9:15; 9:17; 10:2; 10:12; 12:9; 12:11

Song of Songs

1

Isaiah

3:3; 3:3; 5:21; 19:11; 19:11; 19:12; 19:12; 19:12; 29:14; 31:2; 40:20; 44:25

Jeremiah

4:22; 8:8; 8:9; 9:11; 9:16; 9:16; 9:22; 10:7; 10:9; 18:18; 50:35; 51:57

Ezekiel

27:8; 27:9; 28:3

Hosea

13:13

Obadiah

1:8

H2450

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Strong's Number H2450 matches the Hebrew חָכָם (ḥāḵām),
which occurs 137 times in 133 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 3 (Gen 41:8–Pro 10:8)

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:33 - nunc ergo provideat rex virum sapientem et industrium et praeficiat eum terrae Aegypti

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Unchecked Copy BoxGen 41:39 - dixit ergo ad Ioseph quia ostendit Deus tibi omnia quae locutus es numquid sapientiorem et similem tui invenire potero

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 7:11 - vocavit autem Pharao sapientes et maleficos et fecerunt etiam ipsi per incantationes aegyptias et arcana quaedam similiter

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 28:3 - et loqueris cunctis sapientibus corde quos replevi spiritu prudentiae ut faciant vestes Aaron in quibus sanctificatus ministret mihi

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 31:6 - dedique ei socium Hooliab filium Achisamech de tribu Dan et in corde omnis eruditi posui sapientiam ut faciant cuncta quae praecepi tibi

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:10 - lapides onychinos et gemmas ad ornatum superumeralis et rationalis

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 35:25 - argenti et aeris metalla obtulerunt Domino lignaque setthim in varios usus

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:1 - fecit ergo Beselehel et Hooliab et omnis vir sapiens quibus dedit Dominus sapientiam et intellectum ut scirent fabre operari quae in usus sanctuarii necessaria sunt et quae praecepit Dominus

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:2 - cumque vocasset eos Moses et omnem eruditum virum cui dederat Deus sapientiam et qui sponte sua obtulerant se ad faciendum opus

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:4 - unde artifices venire conpulsi

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Unchecked Copy BoxExo 36:8 - feceruntque omnes corde sapientes ad explendum opus tabernaculi cortinas decem de bysso retorta et hyacintho et purpura coccoque bis tincto opere vario et arte polymita

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:13 - date e vobis viros sapientes et gnaros et quorum conversatio sit probata in tribubus vestris ut ponam eos vobis principes

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 1:15 - tulique de tribubus vestris viros sapientes et nobiles et constitui eos principes tribunos et centuriones et quinquagenarios ac decanos qui docerent vos singula

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 16:19 - nec in alteram partem declinent non accipies personam nec munera quia munera excaecant oculos sapientium et mutant verba iustorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:6 - haecine reddis Domino popule stulte et insipiens numquid non ipse est pater tuus qui possedit et fecit et creavit te

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Unchecked Copy BoxJdg 5:29 - una sapientior ceteris uxoribus eius haec socrui verba respondit

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 13:3 - erat autem Amnonis amicus nomine Ionadab filius Semaa fratris David vir prudens valde

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 14:2 - misit Thecuam et tulit inde mulierem sapientem dixitque ad eam lugere te simula et induere veste lugubri et ne unguaris oleo ut sis quasi mulier plurimo iam tempore lugens mortuum

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Unchecked Copy Box2Sa 20:16 - et exclamavit mulier sapiens de civitate audite audite dicite Ioab adpropinqua huc et loquar tecum

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Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 22:15 - habes quoque plurimos artifices latomos et cementarios artificesque lignorum et omnium artium ad faciendum opus prudentissimos

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:7 - mitte igitur mihi virum eruditum qui noverit operari in auro et argento aere ferro purpura coccino et hyacintho et qui sciat scalpere celata cum his artificibus quos mecum habeo in Iudaea et in Hierusalem quos praeparavit David pater meus

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:12 - et addidit dicens benedictus Dominus Deus Israhel qui fecit caelum et terram qui dedit David regi filium sapientem et eruditum et sensatum atque prudentem ut aedificaret domum Domino et palatium sibi

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:13 - misi ergo tibi virum prudentem et scientissimum Hiram patrem meum

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Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 2:14 - filium mulieris de filiabus Dan cuius pater Tyrius fuit qui noverit operari in auro et argento et aere et ferro et marmore et lignis in purpura quoque et hyacintho et bysso et coccino et qui sciat celare omnem scalpturam et adinvenire prudenter quodcumque in opere necessarium est cum artificibus tuis et cum artificibus domini mei David patris tui

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 1:13 - interrogavit sapientes qui ex more regio semper ei aderant et illorum faciebat cuncta consilio scientium leges ac iura maiorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 6:13 - narravitque Zares uxori suae et amicis omnia quae evenissent sibi cui responderunt sapientes quos habebat in consilio et uxor eius si de semine Iudaeorum est Mardocheus ante quem cadere coepisti non poteris ei resistere sed cades in conspectu eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 5:13 - qui adprehendit sapientes in astutia eorum et consilium pravorum dissipat

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 9:4 - sapiens corde est et fortis robore quis restitit ei et pacem habuit

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:2 - numquid sapiens respondebit quasi in ventum loquens et implebit ardore stomachum suum

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 15:18 - sapientes confitentur et non abscondunt patres suos

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 17:10 - igitur vos omnes convertimini et venite et non inveniam in vobis ullum sapientem

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:2 - audite sapientes verba mea et eruditi auscultate me

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:34 - viri intellegentes loquantur mihi et vir sapiens audiat me

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Unchecked Copy BoxJob 37:24 - ideo timebunt eum viri et non audebunt contemplari omnes qui sibi videntur esse sapientes

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 49:10 - [Vulgate 48:11] et non videbit interitum cum viderit sapientes morientes simul insipiens et indoctus peribunt et derelinquent alienis divitias suas

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Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 107:43 - [Vulgate 106:43] quis sapiens et custodiet haec et intellegent misericordias Domini

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:5 - audiens sapiens sapientior erit et intellegens gubernacula possidebit

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:6 - animadvertet parabolam et interpretationem verba sapientium et enigmata eorum

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:7 - ne sis sapiens apud temet ipsum time Dominum et recede a malo

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:35 - gloriam sapientes possidebunt stultorum exaltatio ignominia

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:8 - noli arguere derisorem ne oderit te argue sapientem et diliget te

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:9 - da sapienti et addetur ei sapientia doce iustum et festinabit accipere

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:1 - parabolae Salomonis filius sapiens laetificat patrem filius vero stultus maestitia est matris suae

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:8 - sapiens corde praecepta suscipiet stultus caeditur labiis

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