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ḥākām
wise
Strong's H2450 Adjective Hebrew TWOT 647b
חָכָם (ḥākām ) is
a Hebrew adjective
meaning wise . It appears
137 times
in 18 books of the Hebrew Bible
(Strong's H2450).
Same Hebrew root (TWOT 647b) Range of meaning (TWOT 647b) wise; skilful; wise in the administration of affairs; shrewd, crafty, cunning; learned; prudent; subtil
Full entry: Brown-Driver-Briggs and Strong's חָכָם adjective : wise
1. skilful in technical work2. wise in the administration of affairs3. shrewd, crafty, cunning4. plural class of learned and shrewd men, including astrologers, magicians and the like5. prudent6. wise, ethically and religiouslyStrong's H2450 חָכָם : wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)KJV: cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).
Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Root family 647: חָכַם ḥākam — be wise; be, become wise, act wisely; make wise, teach wisdom; made wise; making wise the simple; shrewdly, toward it, make or shew thyself wise; deal wisely, make wiser
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Meanings: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906) and Strong's Hebrew Dictionary (1890), public domain, via the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible Project (CC BY 4.0). TWOT numbers for reference only.
Lemma data from STEPBible , Tyndale House Cambridge (CC BY 4.0).
Occurrence data from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible tagging.
Scripture links use the KJ3 Literal Translation.