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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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Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H2450 matches the Hebrew חָכָם (ḥāḵām),
which occurs 46 times in 46 verses in 'Pro' in the WLC Hebrew.

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:5

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:6

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 3:7

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 9:8

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

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

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

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

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:14 - sapientes abscondunt scientiam os autem stulti confusioni proximum est

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:29

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:29 - qui conturbat domum suam possidebit ventos et qui stultus est serviet sapienti

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:30

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 11:30 - fructus iusti lignum vitae et qui suscipit animas sapiens est

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:15 - via stulti recta in oculis eius qui autem sapiens est audit consilia

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:18

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 12:18 - est qui promittit et quasi gladio pungitur conscientiae lingua autem sapientium sanitas est

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:1

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:1 - filius sapiens doctrina patris qui autem inlusor est non audit cum arguitur

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:14 - lex sapientis fons vitae ut declinet a ruina mortis

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 13:20 - qui cum sapientibus graditur sapiens erit amicus stultorum efficietur similis

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:3

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:3 - in ore stulti virga superbiae labia sapientium custodiunt eos

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:16 - sapiens timet et declinat malum stultus transilit et confidit

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:24 - corona sapientium divitiae eorum fatuitas stultorum inprudentia

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:2

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:2 - lingua sapientium ornat scientiam os fatuorum ebullit stultitiam

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:7

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:7 - labia sapientium disseminabunt scientiam cor stultorum dissimile erit

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:12 - non amat pestilens eum qui se corripit nec ad sapientes graditur

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:20 - filius sapiens laetificat patrem et stultus homo despicit matrem suam

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:31

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:31 - auris quae audit increpationes vitae in medio sapientium commorabitur

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:14

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:14 - indignatio regis nuntii mortis et vir sapiens placabit eam

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:21

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:21 - qui sapiens corde est appellabitur prudens et qui dulcis eloquio maiora percipiet

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:23 - cor sapientis erudiet os eius et labiis illius addet gratiam

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:28

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:28 - stultus quoque si tacuerit sapiens putabitur et si conpresserit labia sua intellegens

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:15

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 18:15 - cor prudens possidebit scientiam et auris sapientium quaerit doctrinam

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:26

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 20:26 - dissipat impios rex sapiens et curvat super eos fornicem

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:11 - multato pestilente sapientior erit parvulus et si sectetur sapientem sumet scientiam

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:20 - thesaurus desiderabilis et oleum in habitaculo iusti et inprudens homo dissipabit illud

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:22

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:22 - civitatem fortium ascendit sapiens et destruxit robur fiduciae eius

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:17

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 22:17 - inclina aurem tuam et audi verba sapientium adpone autem cor ad doctrinam meam

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 23:24 - exultat gaudio pater iusti qui sapientem genuit laetabitur in eo

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:5 - vir sapiens et fortis est et vir doctus robustus et validus

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:23

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 24:23 - haec quoque sapientibus cognoscere personam in iudicio non est bonum

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 25:12 - inauris aurea et margaritum fulgens qui arguit sapientem et aurem oboedientem

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:5

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:5 - responde stulto iuxta stultitiam suam ne sibi sapiens esse videatur

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:12

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:12 - vidisti hominem sapientem sibi videri magis illo spem habebit stultus

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:16

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 26:16 - sapientior sibi piger videtur septem viris loquentibus sententias

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 28:11 - sapiens sibi videtur vir dives pauper autem prudens scrutabitur eum

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:8

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:8 - homines pestilentes dissipant civitatem sapientes avertunt furorem

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:9

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:9 - vir sapiens si cum stulto contenderit sive irascatur sive rideat non inveniet requiem

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:11

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 29:11 - totum spiritum suum profert stultus sapiens differt et reservat in posterum

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Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:24

Unchecked Copy BoxPro 30:24 - quattuor sunt minima terrae et ipsa sunt sapientiora sapientibus
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