H2449 חָכַם
Strong's Hebrew Concordance · 27 KJV occurrences
חָכַם
châkam · khaw-kam'
Definition
to be wise (in mind, word or act)
KJV Renderings
[idiom] exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.
Derivation / Etymology
a primitive root,
Sample KJV Verses (8 of 27)
- Exodus 1:10Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
- Job 32:9Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
- Psalms 58:5Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely.
- Proverbs 8:33Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not.
- Proverbs 9:12If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it.
- Proverbs 20:1Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise.
- Proverbs 27:11My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me.
- Ecclesiastes 2:19And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.