1) wise, wise (man) 1a) skilful (in technical work) 1b) wise (in administration) 1c) shrewd, crafty, cunning, wily, subtle 1d) learned, shrewd (class of men) 1e) prudent 1f) wise (ethically and religiously)
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H2450 — חָכָם
cha.kham · wise · Hebrew/Aramaic
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Genesis 41:8 · חֲכָמֶ֑יהָIt happened in the morning that his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt’s magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told them his dreams, but there was no one who could interpret them to Pharaoh.Genesis 41:33 · וְחָכָ֑ם“Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.Genesis 41:39 · וְחָכָ֖םPharaoh said to Joseph, “Because God has shown you all of this, there is none so discreet and wise as you.Exodus 7:11 · לַֽחֲכָמִ֖יםThen Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same thing with their enchantments.Exodus 28:3 · חַכְמֵי־You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron’s garments to sanctify him, that he may minister to me in the priest’s office.Exodus 31:6 · חֲכַם־I, behold, I have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all who are wise-hearted I have put wisdom, that they may make all that I have commanded you:Exodus 35:10 · חֲכַם־“‘Let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that Yahweh has commanded:Exodus 35:25 · חַכְמַת־All the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun, the blue, the purple, the scarlet, and the fine linen.Exodus 36:1 · חֲכַם־“Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every wise-hearted man, in whom Yahweh has put wisdom and understanding to know how to work all the work for the service of the sanctuary, according to all that Yahweh has commanded.”Exodus 36:2 · חֲכַם־Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart Yahweh had put wisdom, even everyone whose heart stirred him up to come to the work to do it:Exodus 36:4 · הַ֣חֲכָמִ֔יםAll the wise men, who performed all the work of the sanctuary, each came from his work which they did.Exodus 36:8 · חֲכַם־All the wise-hearted men among those who did the work made the tabernacle with ten curtains; of fine twined linen, blue, purple, and scarlet, with cherubim, the work of the skillful workman, they made them.Deuteronomy 1:13 · חֲכָמִ֧יםTake wise men of understanding and well known according to your tribes, and I will make them heads over you.”Deuteronomy 1:15 · חֲכָמִים֙So I took the heads of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains of thousands, and captains of hundreds, and captains of fifties, and captains of tens, and officers, according to your tribes.Deuteronomy 4:6 · חָכָ֣םKeep therefore and do them; for this is your wisdom and your understanding in the sight of the peoples, who shall hear all these statutes, and say, “Surely this great nation is a wise and understanding people.”Deuteronomy 16:19 · חֲכָמִ֔יםYou shall not wrest justice: you shall not respect persons; neither shall you take a bribe; for a bribe does blind the eyes of the wise, and pervert the words of the righteous.Deuteronomy 32:6 · חָכָ֑םDo you thus requite Yahweh, foolish people and unwise? Isn’t he your father who has bought you? He has made you, and established you.Judges 5:29 · חַכְמ֥וֹתHer wise ladies answered her, Yes, she returned answer to herself,2 Samuel 13:3 · חָכָ֖םBut Amnon had a friend, whose name was Jonadab, the son of Shimeah, David’s brother; and Jonadab was a very subtle man.2 Samuel 14:2 · חֲכָמָ֑הJoab sent to Tekoa, and fetched there a wise woman, and said to her, “Please act like a mourner, and put on mourning clothing, please, and don’t anoint yourself with oil, but be as a woman who has mourned a long time for the dead.2 Samuel 14:20 · חָכָ֗םto change the face of the matter has your servant Joab done this thing. My lord is wise, according to the wisdom of an angel of God, to know all things that are in the earth.”2 Samuel 20:16 · חֲכָמָ֖הThen a wise woman cried out of the city, “Hear, hear! Please say to Joab, ‘Come near here, that I may speak with you.’”1 Kings 2:9 · חָכָ֖םNow therefore don’t hold him guiltless, for you are a wise man; and you will know what you ought to do to him, and you shall bring his gray head down to Sheol with blood.”1 Kings 3:12 · חָכָ֣םbehold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there has been none like you before you, neither after you shall any arise like you.1 Kings 5:7 · חָכָ֔םIt happened, when Hiram heard the words of Solomon, that he rejoiced greatly, and said, “Blessed is Yahweh this day, who has given to David a wise son over this great people.”1 Chronicles 22:15 · חָכָ֖םThere are also workmen with you in abundance, cutters and workers of stone and timber, and all kinds of men who are skillful in every kind of work:2 Chronicles 2:7 · חָכָ֡ם · הַֽחֲכָמִ֗ים“Now therefore send me a man skillful to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and who knows how to engrave engravings, to be with the skillful men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father provided.2 Chronicles 2:12 · חָכָ֗םHuram continued, “Blessed be Yahweh, the God of Israel, that made heaven and earth, who has given to David the king a wise son, endowed with discretion and understanding, that should build a house for Yahweh, and a house for his kingdom.2 Chronicles 2:13 · חָכָ֛םNow I have sent a skillful man, endowed with understanding, of Huram my father’s,2 Chronicles 2:14 · חֲכָמֶ֔יךָ · וְֽחַכְמֵ֔יthe son of a woman of the daughters of Dan; and his father was a man of Tyre, skillful to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stone, and in timber, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, also to engrave any kind of engraving, and to devise any device; that there may be a place appointed to him with your skillful men, and with the skillful men of my lord David your father.Esther 1:13 · לַחֲכָמִ֖יםThen the king said to the wise men, who knew the times, (for it was the king’s custom to consult those who knew law and judgment;Esther 6:13 · חֲכָמָ֜יוHaman recounted to Zeresh his wife and all his friends everything that had happened to him. Then his wise men and Zeresh his wife said to him, “If Mordecai, before whom you have begun to fall, is of Jewish descent, you will not prevail against him, but you will surely fall before him.”Job 5:13 · חֲכָמִ֣יםHe takes the wise in their own craftiness; the counsel of the cunning is carried headlong.Job 9:4 · חֲכַ֣םGod who is wise in heart, and mighty in strength: who has hardened himself against him, and prospered?Job 15:2 · הֶֽחָכָ֗ם“Should a wise man answer with vain knowledge, and fill himself with the east wind?Job 15:18 · חֲכָמִ֥ים(Which wise men have told by their fathers, and have not hidden it;Job 17:10 · חָכָֽם׃But as for you all, come on now again; I shall not find a wise man among you.Job 34:2 · חֲכָמִ֣ים“Hear my words, you wise men. Give ear to me, you who have knowledge.Job 34:34 · חָ֝כָ֗םMen of understanding will tell me, yes, every wise man who hears me:Job 37:24 · חַכְמֵי־Therefore men revere him. He doesn’t regard any who are wise of heart.”Psalm 49:10 · חֲכָ֘מִ֤יםFor he sees that wise men die; likewise the fool and the senseless perish, and leave their wealth to others.Psalm 107:43 · חָכָ֥םWhoever is wise will pay attention to these things. They will consider the loving kindnesses of Yahweh.Proverbs 1:5 · חָ֭כָםthat the wise man may hear, and increase in learning; that the man of understanding may attain to sound counsel:Proverbs 1:6 · חֲ֝כָמִ֗יםto understand a proverb, and parables, the words and riddles of the wise.Proverbs 3:7 · חָכָ֣םDon’t be wise in your own eyes. Fear Yahweh, and depart from evil.Proverbs 3:35 · חֲכָמִ֣יםThe wise will inherit glory, but shame will be the promotion of fools.Proverbs 9:8 · לְ֝חָכָ֗םDon’t reprove a scoffer, lest he hate you. Reprove a wise man, and he will love you.Proverbs 9:9 · לְ֭חָכָםInstruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.Proverbs 10:1 · חָ֭כָםThe proverbs of Solomon. A wise son makes a glad father; but a foolish son brings grief to his mother.Proverbs 10:8 · חֲכַם־The wise in heart accept commandments, but a chattering fool will fall.Proverbs 10:14 · חֲכָמִ֥יםWise men lay up knowledge, but the mouth of the foolish is near ruin.Proverbs 11:29 · לַחֲכַם־He who troubles his own house shall inherit the wind. The foolish shall be servant to the wise of heart.Proverbs 11:30 · חָכָֽם׃The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life. He who is wise wins souls.Proverbs 12:15 · חָכָֽם׃The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, but he who is wise listens to counsel.Proverbs 12:18 · חֲכָמִ֣יםThere is one who speaks rashly like the piercing of a sword, but the tongue of the wise heals.Proverbs 13:1 · חָ֭כָםA wise son listens to his father’s instruction, but a scoffer doesn’t listen to rebuke.Proverbs 13:14 · חָ֭כָםThe teaching of the wise is a spring of life, to turn from the snares of death.Proverbs 13:20 · חֲכָמִ֣יםOne who walks with wise men grows wise, but a companion of fools suffers harm.Proverbs 14:1 · חַכְמ֣וֹתEvery wise woman builds her house, but the foolish one tears it down with her own hands.Proverbs 14:3 · חֲ֝כָמִ֗יםThe fool’s talk brings a rod to his back, but the lips of the wise protect them.Proverbs 14:16 · חָכָ֣םA wise man fears, and shuns evil, but the fool is hotheaded and reckless.Proverbs 14:24 · חֲכָמִ֣יםThe crown of the wise is their riches, but the folly of fools crowns them with folly.Proverbs 15:2 · חֲ֭כָמִיםThe tongue of the wise commends knowledge, but the mouth of fools gush out folly.Proverbs 15:7 · חֲ֭כָמִיםThe lips of the wise spread knowledge; not so with the heart of fools.Proverbs 15:12 · חֲ֝כָמִ֗יםA scoffer doesn’t love to be reproved; he will not go to the wise.Proverbs 15:20 · חָ֭כָםA wise son makes a father glad, but a foolish man despises his mother.Proverbs 15:31 · חֲכָמִ֣יםThe ear that listens to reproof lives, and will be at home among the wise.Proverbs 16:14 · חָכָ֣םThe king’s wrath is a messenger of death, but a wise man will pacify it.Proverbs 16:21 · לַחֲכַם־The wise in heart shall be called prudent. Pleasantness of the lips promotes instruction.Proverbs 16:23 · חָ֭כָםThe heart of the wise instructs his mouth, and adds learning to his lips.Proverbs 17:28 · חָכָ֣םEven a fool, when he keeps silent, is counted wise. When he shuts his lips, he is thought to be discerning.Proverbs 18:15 · חֲ֝כָמִ֗יםThe heart of the discerning gets knowledge. The ear of the wise seeks knowledge.Proverbs 20:26 · חָכָ֑םA wise king winnows out the wicked, and drives the threshing wheel over them.Proverbs 21:11 · לְ֝חָכָ֗םWhen the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom. When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.Proverbs 21:20 · חָכָ֑םThere is precious treasure and oil in the dwelling of the wise; but a foolish man swallows it up.Proverbs 21:22 · חָכָ֑םA wise man scales the city of the mighty, and brings down the strength of its confidence.Proverbs 22:17 · חֲכָמִ֑יםTurn your ear, and listen to the words of the wise. Apply your heart to my teaching.Proverbs 23:24 · חָ֝כָ֗םThe father of the righteous has great joy. Whoever fathers a wise child delights in him.Proverbs 24:5 · חָכָ֥םA wise man has great power; and a knowledgeable man increases strength;Proverbs 24:23 · לַֽחֲכָמִ֑יםThese also are sayings of the wise. To show partiality in judgment is not good.Proverbs 25:12 · חָ֝כָ֗םAs an earring of gold, and an ornament of fine gold, so is a wise reprover to an obedient ear.Proverbs 26:5 · חָכָ֣םAnswer a fool according to his folly, lest he be wise in his own eyes.Proverbs 26:12 · חָכָ֣םDo you see a man wise in his own eyes? There is more hope for a fool than for him.Proverbs 26:16 · חָכָ֣םThe sluggard is wiser in his own eyes than seven men who answer with discretion.Proverbs 28:11 · חָכָ֣םThe rich man is wise in his own eyes; but the poor who has understanding sees through him.Proverbs 29:8 · וַ֝חֲכָמִ֗יםMockers stir up a city, but wise men turn away anger.Proverbs 29:9 · חָכָ֗םIf a wise man goes to court with a foolish man, the fool rages or scoffs, and there is no peace.Proverbs 29:11 · וְ֝חָכָ֗םA fool vents all of his anger, but a wise man brings himself under control.Proverbs 30:24 · חֲכָמִ֥ים“There are four things which are little on the earth, but they are exceedingly wise:Ecclesiastes 2:14 · הֶֽחָכָם֙The wise man’s eyes are in his head, and the fool walks in darkness—and yet I perceived that one event happens to them all.Ecclesiastes 2:16 · לֶחָכָ֛ם · הֶחָכָ֖םFor of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no memory for ever, since in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. Indeed, the wise man must die just like the fool!Ecclesiastes 2:19 · הֶֽחָכָ֤םWho knows whether he will be a wise man or a fool? Yet he will have rule over all of my labor in which I have labored, and in which I have shown myself wise under the sun. This also is vanity.Ecclesiastes 4:13 · וְחָכָ֑םBetter is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king who doesn’t know how to receive admonition any more.Ecclesiastes 6:8 · לֶחָכָ֖םFor what advantage has the wise more than the fool? What has the poor man, that knows how to walk before the living?Ecclesiastes 7:4 · חֲכָמִים֙The heart of the wise is in the house of mourning; but the heart of fools is in the house of mirth.Ecclesiastes 7:5 · חָכָ֑םIt is better to hear the rebuke of the wise, than for a man to hear the song of fools.Ecclesiastes 7:7 · חָכָ֑םSurely extortion makes the wise man foolish; and a bribe destroys the understanding.Ecclesiastes 7:19 · לֶחָכָ֑םWisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.Ecclesiastes 8:1 · כְּהֶ֣חָכָ֔םWho is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man’s wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.Ecclesiastes 8:5 · חָכָֽם׃Whoever keeps the commandment shall not come to harm, and his wise heart will know the time and procedure.Ecclesiastes 8:17 · הֶֽחָכָם֙then I saw all the work of God, that man can’t find out the work that is done under the sun, because however much a man labors to seek it out, yet he won’t find it. Yes even though a wise man thinks he can comprehend it, he won’t be able to find it.Ecclesiastes 9:1 · וְהַחֲכָמִ֛יםFor all this I laid to my heart, even to explore all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it is love or hatred, man doesn’t know it; all is before them.Ecclesiastes 9:11 · לַחֲכָמִ֥יםI returned, and saw under the sun, that the race is not to the swift, nor the battle to the strong, neither yet bread to the wise, nor yet riches to men of understanding, nor yet favor to men of skill; but time and chance happen to them all.Ecclesiastes 9:15 · חָכָ֔םNow a poor wise man was found in it, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.Ecclesiastes 9:17 · חֲכָמִ֔יםThe words of the wise heard in quiet are better than the cry of him who rules among fools.Ecclesiastes 10:2 · חָכָם֙A wise man’s heart is at his right hand, but a fool’s heart at his left.Ecclesiastes 10:12 · חָכָ֖םThe words of a wise man’s mouth are gracious; but a fool is swallowed by his own lips.Ecclesiastes 12:9 · חָכָ֑םFurther, because the Preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge. Yes, he pondered, sought out, and set in order many proverbs.Ecclesiastes 12:11 · חֲכָמִים֙The words of the wise are like goads; and like nails well fastened are words from the masters of assemblies, which are given from one shepherd.Isaiah 3:3 · וַחֲכַ֥םthe captain of fifty, the honorable man, the counselor, the skilled craftsman, and the clever enchanter.Isaiah 5:21 · חֲכָמִ֣יםWoe to those who are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!Isaiah 19:11 · חַכְמֵי֙ · חֲכָמִ֥יםThe princes of Zoan are utterly foolish. The counsel of the wisest counselors of Pharaoh has become stupid. How do you say to Pharaoh, “I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings?”Isaiah 19:12 · חֲכָמֶ֔יךָWhere then are your wise men? Let them tell you now; and let them know what Yahweh of Armies has purposed concerning Egypt.Isaiah 29:14 · חֲכָמָ֔יוtherefore, behold, I will proceed to do a marvelous work among this people, even a marvelous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men will perish, and the understanding of their prudent men will be hidden.”Isaiah 31:2 · חָכָם֙Yet he also is wise, and will bring disaster, and will not call back his words, but will arise against the house of the evildoers, and against the help of those who work iniquity.Isaiah 40:20 · חָכָם֙He who is too impoverished for such an offering chooses a tree that will not rot. He seeks a skillful workman to set up an engraved image for him that will not be moved.Isaiah 44:25 · חֲכָמִ֛יםwho frustrates the signs of the liars, and makes diviners mad; who turns wise men backward, and makes their knowledge foolish;Jeremiah 4:22 · חֲכָמִ֥ים“For my people are foolish, they don’t know me. They are foolish children, and they have no understanding. They are skillful in doing evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.”Jeremiah 8:8 · חֲכָמִ֣יםHow do you say, We are wise, and the law of Yahweh is with us? But, behold, the false pen of the scribes has worked falsely.Jeremiah 8:9 · חֲכָמִ֔יםThe wise men are disappointed, they are dismayed and taken: behold, they have rejected the word of Yahweh; and what kind of wisdom is in them?Jeremiah 9:12 · הֶֽחָכָם֙Who is the wise man, that may understand this? Who is he to whom the mouth of Yahweh has spoken, that he may declare it? Why is the land perished and burned up like a wilderness, so that none passes through?Jeremiah 9:17 · הַחֲכָמ֥וֹתThus says Yahweh of Armies, Consider, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the skillful women, that they may come:Jeremiah 9:23 · חָכָם֙Thus says Yahweh, Don’t let the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, don’t let the rich man glory in his riches;Jeremiah 10:7 · חַכְמֵ֧יWho should not fear you, King of the nations? For it appertains to you; because among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royal estate, there is none like you.Jeremiah 10:9 · חֲכָמִ֖יםThere is silver beaten into plates, which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the artificer and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple for their clothing; they are all the work of skillful men.Jeremiah 18:18 · מֵֽחָכָ֔םThen they said, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us strike him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.Jeremiah 50:35 · חֲכָמֶֽיהָ׃A sword is on the Chaldeans, says Yahweh, and on the inhabitants of Babylon, and on her princes, and on her wise men.Jeremiah 51:57 · וַחֲכָמֶ֜יהָI will make drunk her princes and her wise men, her governors and her deputies, and her mighty men; and they shall sleep a perpetual sleep, and not wake up, says the King, whose name is Yahweh of Armies.Hosea 13:13 · חָכָ֔םThe sorrows of a travailing woman will come on him. He is an unwise son; for when it is time, he doesn’t come to the opening of the womb.Hosea 14:9 · חָכָם֙Who is wise, that he may understand these things? Who is prudent, that he may know them? For the ways of Yahweh are right, and the righteous walk in them; But the rebellious stumble in them.Obadiah 1:8 · חֲכָמִים֙“Won’t I in that day,” says Yahweh, “destroy the wise men out of Edom, and understanding out of the mountain of Esau?