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 · חֲכָמֶ֑יהָAnd it cometh to pass in the morning, that his spirit is moved, and he sendeth and calleth all the scribes of Egypt, and all its wise men, and Pharaoh recounteth to them his dream, and there is no interpreter of them to Pharaoh.Genesis 41:33 · וְחָכָ֑ם‘And now, let Pharaoh provide a man, intelligent and wise, and set him over the land of Egypt;Genesis 41:39 · וְחָכָ֖םand Pharaoh saith unto Joseph, ‘After God’s causing thee to know all this, there is none intelligent and wise as thou;Exodus 7:11 · לַֽחֲכָמִ֖יםAnd Pharaoh also calleth for wise men, and for sorcerers; and the scribes of Egypt, they also, with their flashings, do so,Exodus 28:3 · חַכְמֵי־and thou—thou dost speak unto all the wise of heart, whom I have filled with a spirit of wisdom, and they have made the garments of Aaron to sanctify him for his being priest to Me.Exodus 31:6 · חֲכַם־‘And I, lo, I have given with him Aholiab, son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan, and in the heart of every wise-hearted one I have given wisdom, and they have made all that which I have commanded thee.Exodus 35:10 · חֲכַם־‘And all the wise-hearted among you come in, and make all that Jehovah hath commanded:Exodus 35:25 · חַכְמַת־And every wise-hearted woman hath spun with her hands, and they bring in yarn, the blue, and the purple, the scarlet, and the linen;Exodus 36:1 · חֲכַם־And Bezaleel, and Aholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whom Jehovah hath given wisdom and understanding to know to do every work of the service of the sanctuary, have done according to all that Jehovah commanded.Exodus 36:2 · חֲכַם־And Moses calleth unto Bezaleel, and unto Aholiab, and unto every wise-hearted man in whose heart Jehovah hath given wisdom, every one whom his heart lifted up, to come near unto the work to do it.Exodus 36:4 · הַ֣חֲכָמִ֔יםAnd all the wise men, who are doing all the work of the sanctuary, come each from his work which they are doing,Exodus 36:8 · חֲכַם־And all the wise-hearted ones among the doers of the work make the tabernacle; ten curtains of twined linen, and blue, and purple, and scarlet, with cherubs, work of a designer, he hath made them.Deuteronomy 1:13 · חֲכָמִ֧יםGive for yourselves men, wise and intelligent, and known to your tribes, and I set them for your heads;Deuteronomy 1:15 · חֲכָמִים֙‘And I take the heads of your tribes, men, wise and known, and I appoint them heads over you, princes of thousands, and princes of hundreds, and princes of fifties, and princes of tens, and authorities, for your tribes.Deuteronomy 4:6 · חָכָ֣םand ye have kept and done them (for it is your wisdom and your understanding) before the eyes of the peoples who hear all these statutes, and they have said, Only, a people wise and understanding is this great nation.Deuteronomy 16:19 · חֲכָמִ֔יםThou dost not turn aside judgment; thou dost not discern faces, nor take a bribe, for the bribe blindeth the eyes of the wise, and perverteth the words of the righteous.Deuteronomy 32:6 · חָכָ֑םTo Jehovah do ye act thus, O people foolish and not wise? Is not He thy father—thy possessor? He made thee, and doth establish thee.Judges 5:29 · חַכְמ֥וֹתThe wise ones, her princesses, answer her, Yea, she returneth her sayings to herself:2 Samuel 13:3 · חָכָ֖םAnd Amnon hath a friend, and his name is Jonadab, son of Shimeah, David’s brother, and Jonadab is a very wise man,2 Samuel 14:2 · חֲכָמָ֑הand Joab sendeth to Tekoah, and taketh thence a wise woman, and saith unto her, ‘Feign thyself a mourner, I pray thee, and put on, I pray thee, garments of mourning, and anoint not thyself with oil, and thou hast been as a woman these many days mourning for the dead,2 Samuel 14:20 · חָכָ֗םin order to bring round the appearance of the thing hath thy servant Joab done this thing, and my lord is wise, according to the wisdom of a messenger of God, to know all that is in the land.’2 Samuel 20:16 · חֲכָמָ֖הAnd a wise woman calleth out of the city, ‘Hear, hear; say, I pray you, unto Joab, Come near hither, and I speak unto thee.’1 Kings 2:9 · חָכָ֖םand now, acquit him not, for a wise man thou art, and thou hast known that which thou dost to him, and hast brought down his old age with blood to Sheol.’1 Kings 3:12 · חָכָ֣םlo, I have done according to thy words; lo, I have given to thee a heart, wise and understanding, that like thee there hath not been before thee, and after thee there doth not arise like thee;1 Kings 5:7 · חָכָ֔םAnd it cometh to pass at Hiram’s hearing the words of Solomon, that he rejoiceth exceedingly, and saith, ‘Blessed is Jehovah to-day, who hath given to David a wise son over this numerous people.’1 Chronicles 22:15 · חָכָ֖םAnd with thee in abundance are workmen, hewers and artificers of stone and of wood, and every skilful man for every work.2 Chronicles 2:7 · חָכָ֡ם · הַֽחֲכָמִ֗יםAnd now, send to me a wise man to work in gold, and in silver, and in brass, and in iron, and in purple, and crimson, and blue, and knowing to grave gravings with the wise men who are with me in Judah and in Jerusalem, whom David my father prepared;2 Chronicles 2:12 · חָכָ֗םAnd Huram saith, ‘Blessed is Jehovah, God of Israel, who made the heavens and the earth, who hath given to David the king a wise son, knowing wisdom and understanding, who doth build a house for Jehovah, and a house for his kingdom.2 Chronicles 2:13 · חָכָ֛ם‘And now, I have sent a wise man having understanding, of Huram my father,2 Chronicles 2:14 · חֲכָמֶ֔יךָ · וְֽחַכְמֵ֔י(son of a woman of the daughters of Dan, and his father a man of Tyre), knowing to work in gold, and in silver, in brass, in iron, in stones, and in wood, in purple, in blue, and in fine linen, and in crimson, and to grave any graving, and to devise any device that is given to him, with thy wise men, and the wise men of my lord David thy father.Esther 1:13 · לַחֲכָמִ֖יםAnd the king saith to wise men, knowing the times—for so is the word of the king before all knowing law and judgment,Esther 6:13 · חֲכָמָ֜יוand Haman recounteth to Zeresh his wife, and to all his friends, all that hath met him, and his wise men say to him, and Zeresh his wife, ‘If Mordecai is of the seed of the Jews, before whom thou hast begun to fall, thou art not able for him, but dost certainly fall before him.’Job 5:13 · חֲכָמִ֣יםCapturing the wise in their subtilty, And the counsel of wrestling ones was hastened,Job 9:4 · חֲכַ֣םWise in heart and strong in power—Who hath hardened toward Him and is at peace?Job 15:2 · הֶֽחָכָ֗םDoth a wise man answer with vain knowledge? And fill with an east wind his belly?Job 15:18 · חֲכָמִ֥יםWhich the wise declare—And have not hid—from their fathers.Job 17:10 · חָכָֽם׃Return, and come in, I pray you, And I find not among you a wise man.Job 34:2 · חֲכָמִ֣יםHear, O wise men, my words, And, O knowing ones, give ear to me.Job 34:34 · חָ֝כָ֗םLet men of heart say to me, And a wise man is hearkening to me.Job 37:24 · חַכְמֵי־Therefore do men fear Him, He seeth not any of the wise of heart.Psalm 49:10 · חֲכָ֘מִ֤יםFor he seeth wise men die, Together the foolish and brutish perish, And have left to others their wealth.Psalm 107:43 · חָכָ֥םWho is wise, and observeth these? They understand the kind acts of Jehovah!Proverbs 1:5 · חָ֭כָם(The wise doth hear and increaseth learning, And the intelligent doth obtain counsels.)Proverbs 1:6 · חֲ֝כָמִ֗יםFor understanding a proverb and its sweetness, Words of the wise and their acute sayings.Proverbs 3:7 · חָכָ֣םBe not wise in thine own eyes, Fear Jehovah, and turn aside from evil.Proverbs 3:35 · חֲכָמִ֣יםHonour do the wise inherit, And fools are bearing away shame!Proverbs 9:8 · לְ֝חָכָ֗םReprove not a scorner, lest he hate thee, Give reproof to the wise, and he loveth thee.Proverbs 9:9 · לְ֭חָכָםGive to the wise, and he is wiser still, Make known to the righteous, And he increaseth learning.Proverbs 10:1 · חָ֭כָםProverbs of Solomon. A wise son causeth a father to rejoice, And a foolish son is an affliction to his mother.Proverbs 10:8 · חֲכַם־The wise in heart accepteth commands, And a talkative fool kicketh.Proverbs 10:14 · חֲכָמִ֥יםThe wise lay up knowledge, and the mouth of a fool is near ruin.Proverbs 11:29 · לַחֲכַם־Whoso is troubling his own house inheriteth wind, And a servant is the fool to the wise of heart.Proverbs 11:30 · חָכָֽם׃The fruit of the righteous is a tree of life, And whoso is taking souls is wise.Proverbs 12:15 · חָכָֽם׃The way of a fool is right in his own eyes, And whoso is hearkening to counsel is wise.Proverbs 12:18 · חֲכָמִ֣יםA rash speaker is like piercings of a sword, And the tongue of the wise is healing.Proverbs 13:1 · חָ֭כָםA wise son—the instruction of a father, And a scorner—he hath not heard rebuke.Proverbs 13:14 · חָ֭כָםThe law of the wise is a fountain of life, To turn aside from snares of death.Proverbs 13:20 · חֲכָמִ֣יםWhoso is walking with wise men is wise, And a companion of fools suffereth evil.Proverbs 14:1 · חַכְמ֣וֹתEvery wise woman hath builded her house, And the foolish with her hands breaketh it down.Proverbs 14:3 · חֲ֝כָמִ֗יםIn the mouth of a fool is a rod of pride, And the lips of the wise preserve them.Proverbs 14:16 · חָכָ֣םThe wise is fearing and turning from evil, And a fool is transgressing and is confident.Proverbs 14:24 · חֲכָמִ֣יםThe crown of the wise is their wealth, The folly of fools is folly.Proverbs 15:2 · חֲ֭כָמִיםThe tongue of the wise maketh knowledge good, And the mouth of fools uttereth folly.Proverbs 15:7 · חֲ֭כָמִיםThe lips of the wise scatter knowledge, And the heart of fools is not right.Proverbs 15:12 · חֲ֝כָמִ֗יםA scorner loveth not his reprover, Unto the wise he goeth not.Proverbs 15:20 · חָ֭כָםA wise son rejoiceth a father. And a foolish man is despising his mother.Proverbs 15:31 · חֲכָמִ֣יםAn ear that is hearing the reproof of life Doth lodge among the wise.Proverbs 16:14 · חָכָ֣םThe fury of a king is messengers of death, And a wise man pacifieth it.Proverbs 16:21 · לַחֲכַם־To the wise in heart is called, ‘Intelligent,’ And sweetness of lips increaseth learning.Proverbs 16:23 · חָ֭כָםThe heart of the wise causeth his mouth to act wisely, And by his lips he increaseth learning,Proverbs 17:28 · חָכָ֣םEven a fool keeping silence is reckoned wise, He who is shutting his lips intelligent!Proverbs 18:15 · חֲ֝כָמִ֗יםThe heart of the intelligent getteth knowledge, And the ear of the wise seeketh knowledge.Proverbs 20:26 · חָכָ֑םA wise king is scattering the wicked, And turneth back on them the wheel.Proverbs 21:11 · לְ֝חָכָ֗םWhen the scorner is punished, the simple becometh wise, And in giving understanding to the wise He receiveth knowledge.Proverbs 21:20 · חָכָ֑םA treasure to be desired, and oil, Is in the habitation of the wise, And a foolish man swalloweth it up.Proverbs 21:22 · חָכָ֑םA city of the mighty hath the wise gone up, And bringeth down the strength of its confidence.Proverbs 22:17 · חֲכָמִ֑יםIncline thine ear, and hear words of the wise, And thy heart set to my knowledge,Proverbs 23:24 · חָ֝כָ֗םThe father of the righteous rejoiceth greatly, The begetter of the wise rejoiceth in him.Proverbs 24:5 · חָכָ֥םMighty is the wise in strength, And a man of knowledge is strengthening power,Proverbs 24:23 · לַֽחֲכָמִ֑יםThese also are for the wise:—To discern faces in judgment is not good.Proverbs 25:12 · חָ֝כָ֗םA ring of gold, and an ornament of pure gold, Is the wise reprover to an attentive ear.Proverbs 26:5 · חָכָ֣םAnswer a fool according to his folly, Lest he be wise in his own eyes.Proverbs 26:12 · חָכָ֣םThou hast seen a man wise in his own eyes, More hope of a fool than of him!Proverbs 26:16 · חָכָ֣םWiser is the slothful in his own eyes, Than seven men returning a reason.Proverbs 28:11 · חָכָ֣םA rich man is wise in his own eyes, And the intelligent poor searcheth him.Proverbs 29:8 · וַ֝חֲכָמִ֗יםMen of scorning ensnare a city, And the wise turn back anger.Proverbs 29:9 · חָכָ֗םA wise man is judged by the foolish man, And he hath been angry, And he hath laughed, and there is no rest.Proverbs 29:11 · וְ֝חָכָ֗םA fool bringeth out all his mind, And the wise till afterwards restraineth it.Proverbs 30:24 · חֲכָמִ֥יםFour are little ones of earth, And they are made wiser than the wise:Ecclesiastes 2:14 · הֶֽחָכָם֙The wise!—his eyes are in his head, and the fool in darkness is walking, and I also knew that one event happeneth with them all;Ecclesiastes 2:16 · לֶחָכָ֛ם · הֶחָכָ֖םThat there is no remembrance to the wise—with the fool—to the age, for that which is already, in the days that are coming is all forgotten, and how dieth the wise? with the fool!Ecclesiastes 2:19 · הֶֽחָכָ֤םAnd who knoweth whether he is wise or foolish? yet he doth rule over all my labour that I have laboured at, and that I have done wisely under the sun! this also is vanity.Ecclesiastes 4:13 · וְחָכָ֑םBetter is a poor and wise youth than an old and foolish king, who hath not known to be warned any more.Ecclesiastes 6:8 · לֶחָכָ֖םFor what advantage is to the wise above the fool? What to the poor who knoweth to walk before the living?Ecclesiastes 7:4 · חֲכָמִים֙The heart of the wise is in a house of mourning, And the heart of fools in a house of mirth.Ecclesiastes 7:5 · חָכָ֑םBetter to hear a rebuke of a wise man, Than for a man to hear a song of fools,Ecclesiastes 7:7 · חָכָ֑םSurely oppression maketh the wise mad, And a gift destroyeth the heart.Ecclesiastes 7:19 · לֶחָכָ֑םThe wisdom giveth strength to a wise man, more than wealth the rulers who have been in a city.Ecclesiastes 8:1 · כְּהֶ֣חָכָ֔םWho is as the wise? and who knoweth the interpretation of a thing? The wisdom of man causeth his face to shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.Ecclesiastes 8:5 · חָכָֽם׃Whoso is keeping a command knoweth no evil thing, and time and judgment the heart of the wise knoweth.Ecclesiastes 8:17 · הֶֽחָכָם֙then I considered all the work of God, that man is not able to find out the work that hath been done under the sun, because though man labour to seek, yet he doth not find; and even though the wise man speak of knowing he is not able to find.Ecclesiastes 9:1 · וְהַחֲכָמִ֛יםBut all this I have laid unto my heart, so as to clear up the whole of this, that the righteous and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God, neither love nor hatred doth man know, the whole is before them.Ecclesiastes 9:11 · לַחֲכָמִ֥יםI have turned so as to see under the sun, that not to the swift is the race, nor to the mighty the battle, nor even to the wise bread, nor even to the intelligent wealth, nor even to the skilful grace, for time and chance happen with them all.Ecclesiastes 9:15 · חָכָ֔םand there hath been found in it a poor wise man, and he hath delivered the city by his wisdom, and men have not remembered that poor man!Ecclesiastes 9:17 · חֲכָמִ֔יםThe words of the wise in quiet are heard, More than the cry of a ruler over fools.Ecclesiastes 10:2 · חָכָם֙The heart of the wise is at his right hand, And the heart of a fool at his left.Ecclesiastes 10:12 · חָכָ֖םWords of the mouth of the wise are gracious, And the lips of a fool swallow him up.Ecclesiastes 12:9 · חָכָ֑םAnd further, because the preacher was wise, he still taught the people knowledge, and gave ear, and sought out—he made right many similes.Ecclesiastes 12:11 · חֲכָמִים֙Words of the wise are as goads, and as fences planted by the masters of collections, they have been given by one shepherd.Isaiah 3:3 · וַחֲכַ֥םHead of fifty, and accepted of faces, And counsellor, and the wise of artificers, And the intelligent of charmers.Isaiah 5:21 · חֲכָמִ֣יםWoe to the wise in their own eyes, And—before their own faces—intelligent!Isaiah 19:11 · חַכְמֵי֙ · חֲכָמִ֥יםOnly, fools are the princes of Zoan, The counsel of the wise ones of the counsellors of Pharaoh hath become brutish. How say ye unto Pharaoh, ‘A son of the wise am I, a son of kings of antiquity?’Isaiah 19:12 · חֲכָמֶ֔יךָWhere are they now, thy wise ones? Yea, let them tell to thee, I pray thee, And they know what Jehovah of Hosts hath counselled against Egypt!Isaiah 29:14 · חֲכָמָ֔יוTherefore, lo, I am adding to do wonderfully with this people, A wonder, and a marvel, And perished hath the wisdom of its wise ones, And the understanding of its intelligent ones hideth itself.’Isaiah 31:2 · חָכָם֙And He also is wise, and bringeth in evil, And His words He hath not turned aside, And He hath risen against a house of evil doers, And against the help of workers of iniquity.Isaiah 40:20 · חָכָם֙He who is poor by heave-offerings, A tree not rotten doth choose, A skilful artisan he seeketh for it, To establish a graven image—not moved.Isaiah 44:25 · חֲכָמִ֛יםMaking void the tokens of devisers, And diviners it maketh mad, Turning the wise backward, And their knowledge it maketh foolish.Jeremiah 4:22 · חֲכָמִ֥יםFor my people are foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons are they, yea, they are not intelligent, Wise are they to do evil, And to do good they have not known.Jeremiah 8:8 · חֲכָמִ֣יםHow do ye say, We are wise, And the law of Jehovah is with us? Surely, lo, falsely it hath wrought, The false pen of scribes.Jeremiah 8:9 · חֲכָמִ֔יםAshamed have been the wise, They have been affrighted, and are captured, Lo, against a word of Jehovah they kicked, And the wisdom of what—have they?Jeremiah 9:12 · הֶֽחָכָם֙Who is the wise man? and he understandeth this, And he to whom the mouth of Jehovah spake? And he doth declare it, For what hath the land perished? It hath been burnt up as a wilderness, Without any passing through.Jeremiah 9:17 · הַחֲכָמ֥וֹתThus said Jehovah of Hosts: Consider ye, and call for mourning women, And they come, And to the wise women send, and they come,Jeremiah 9:23 · חָכָם֙Thus said Jehovah: Let not the wise boast himself in his wisdom, Nor let the mighty boast himself in his might, Let not the rich boast himself in his riches,Jeremiah 10:7 · חַכְמֵ֧יWho doth not fear Thee, king of the nations? For to Thee it is becoming, For among all the wise of the nations, And in all their kingdom there is none like Thee.Jeremiah 10:9 · חֲכָמִ֖יםSpread-out silver from Tarshish is brought, And gold from Uphaz, Work of an artisan, and of the hands of a refiner, Blue and purple is their clothing, Work of the skilful—all of them.Jeremiah 18:18 · מֵֽחָכָ֔םAnd they say, Come, And we devise against Jeremiah devices, For law doth not perish from the priest, Nor counsel from the wise, Nor the word from the prophet, Come, and we smite him with the tongue, And we do not attend to any of his words.Jeremiah 50:35 · חֲכָמֶֽיהָ׃A sword is for the Chaldeans, An affirmation of Jehovah, And it is on the inhabitants of Babylon, And on her heads, and on her wise men;Jeremiah 51:57 · וַחֲכָמֶ֜יהָAnd I have caused its princes to drink, And its wise men, its governors, And its prefects, and its mighty ones, And they have slept a sleep age-during, And they awake not—an affirmation of the king, Jehovah of Hosts is His name.Hosea 13:13 · חָכָ֔םPangs of a travailing woman come to him, He is a son not wise, For he remaineth not the time for the breaking forth of sons.Hosea 14:9 · חָכָם֙Who is wise, and doth understand these? Prudent, and knoweth them? For upright are the ways of Jehovah, And the righteous go on in them, And the transgressors stumble therein!Obadiah 1:8 · חֲכָמִים֙Is it not in that day—an affirmation of Jehovah, That I have destroyed the wise out of Edom, And understanding out of the mount of Esau?