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H2449חָכַםcha.kham

be wisePart of speech: Hebrew Verb

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. 1
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 1
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2 Samuel: 0
  11. 1
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1 Chronicles: 0
  14. 2 Chronicles: 0
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 2
  19. 4
  20. 13
  21. 4
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. Isaiah: 0
  24. Jeremiah: 0
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. Ezekiel: 0
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. Hosea: 0
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. Obadiah: 0
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. 1
  39. Malachi: 0

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27 occurrences in 26 verses

With their references and text in World English Bible.

  1. Exodus 1:10

    Come, let us deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join themselves to our enemies, and fight against us, and escape out of the land."

    נִֽתְחַכְּמָ֖ה nit.cha.ke.Mah “let us deal wisely”

  2. Deuteronomy 32:29

    Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, That they would consider their latter end!

    חָכְמ֖וּ cha.khe.Mu “they were wise”

  3. 1 Kings 4:31

    For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all the nations round about.

    וַיֶּחְכַּם֮ (יֶּחְכַּם֮) i.yech.Kam “he was wise”

  4. Job 32:9

    It is not the great who are wise, Nor the aged who understand justice.

    יֶחְכָּ֑מוּ yech.Ka.mu “they are wise”

  5. Job 35:11

    Who teaches us more than the animals of the earth, And makes us wiser than the birds of the sky?'

    יְחַכְּמֵֽנוּ׃ (יְחַכְּמֵֽ) ye.cha.ke.Me. “he makes wise”

  6. Psalms 19:7

    Yahweh's law is perfect, restoring the soul. Yahweh's testimony is sure, making wise the simple.

    מַחְכִּ֥ימַת mach.Ki.mat “making wise”

  7. Psalms 58:5

    Which doesn't listen to the voice of charmers, No matter how skillful the charmer may be.

    מְחֻכָּֽם׃ me.chu.Kam “skillful”

  8. Psalms 105:22

    To discipline his princes at his pleasure, And to teach his elders wisdom.

    יְחַכֵּֽם׃ ye.cha.Kem “he taught wisdom”

  9. Psalms 119:98

    Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, For your commandments are always with me.

    תְּחַכְּמֵ֣נִי (תְּחַכְּמֵ֣) te.cha.ke.Me. “it makes wise”

  10. Proverbs 6:6

    Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;

    וַחֲכָֽם׃ (חֲכָֽם) cha.Kham “become wise”

  11. Proverbs 8:33

    Hear instruction, and be wise. Don't refuse it.

    וַחֲכָ֗מוּ (חֲכָ֗מוּ) cha.Kha.mu “act wisely”

  12. Proverbs 9:9

    Instruct a wise man, and he will be still wiser. Teach a righteous man, and he will increase in learning.

    וְיֶחְכַּם־ (יֶחְכַּם) yech.kam- “he may be wise”

  13. Proverbs 9:12

    If you are wise, you are wise for yourself. If you mock, you alone will bear it.

    חָ֭כַמְתָּ Cha.kham.ta “you are wise”חָכַ֣מְתָּ cha.Kham.ta “you are wise”

  14. Proverbs 13:20

    One who walks with wise men grows wise, But a companion of fools suffers harm.

    יֶחְכָּ֑ם va.cha.kham “he will become wise”

  15. Proverbs 19:20

    Listen to counsel and receive instruction, That you may be wise in your latter end.

    תֶּחְכַּ֥ם tech.Kam “you may become wise”

  16. Proverbs 20:1

    Wine is a mocker, and beer is a brawler; Whoever is led astray by them is not wise.

    יֶחְכָּֽם׃ yech.Kam “he is wise”

  17. Proverbs 21:11

    When the mocker is punished, the simple gains wisdom; When the wise is instructed, he receives knowledge.

    יֶחְכַּם־ yech.kam- “he becomes wise”

  18. Proverbs 23:15

    My son, if your heart is wise, Then my heart will be glad, even mine:

    חָכַ֣ם cha.Kham “it is wise”

  19. Proverbs 23:19

    Listen, my son, and be wise, And keep your heart on the right path!

    וַחֲכָ֑ם (חֲכָ֑ם) cha.Kham “be wise”

  20. Proverbs 27:11

    Be wise, my son, And bring joy to my heart, Then I can answer my tormentor.

    חֲכַ֣ם cha.Kham “be wise”

  21. Proverbs 30:24

    "There are four things which are little on the earth, But they are exceedingly wise:

    מְחֻכָּמִֽים׃ me.chu.ka.Mim “made wise”

  22. Ecclesiastes 2:15

    Then said I in my heart, "As it happens to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise?" Then said I in my heart that this also is vanity.

    חָכַ֛מְתִּי cha.Kham.ti “have I become wise”

  23. Ecclesiastes 2:19

    Who 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.

    וְשֶׁחָכַ֖מְתִּי (חָכַ֖מְתִּי) cha.Kham.ti “I worked skillfully”

  24. Ecclesiastes 7:16

    Don't be overly righteous, neither make yourself overly wise. Why should you destroy yourself?

    תִּתְחַכַּ֖ם tit.cha.Kam “you make yourself wise”

  25. Ecclesiastes 7:23

    All this have I proved in wisdom. I said, "I will be wise;" but it was far from me.

    אֶחְכָּ֔מָה 'ech.Ka.mah “let me be wise”