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H2450חָכָםcha.kham

wisePart of speech: Hebrew Adjective

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Occurrences by book

  1. 3
  2. 9
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 5
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. 1
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 4
  11. 3
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1
  14. 6
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. 2
  18. 8
  19. 2
  20. 47
  21. 21
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 9
  24. 11
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 3
  27. Daniel: 0
  28. 2
  29. Joel: 0
  30. Amos: 0
  31. 1
  32. Jonah: 0
  33. Micah: 0
  34. Nahum: 0
  35. Habakkuk: 0
  36. Zephaniah: 0
  37. Haggai: 0
  38. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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138 occurrences in 134 verses

With their references and text in JPS Tanakh 1917.

  1. Ecclesiastes 8:17

    then I beheld all the work of God, that man cannot find out the work that is done under the sun; because though a man labour to seek it out, yet he shall not find it; yea further, though a wise man think to know it, yet shall he not be able to find it.

    הֶֽחָכָם֙ (חָכָם֙) cha.Kham “wise [person]”

  2. Ecclesiastes 9:1

    For all this I laid to my heart, even to make clear all this: that the righteous, and the wise, and their works, are in the hand of God; whether it be love or hatred, man knoweth it not; all is before them.

    וְהַחֲכָמִ֛ים (חֲכָמִ֛ים) cha.kha.Mim “wise”

  3. Ecclesiastes 9:11

    I 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 favour to men of skill; but time and chance happeneth to them all.

    לַחֲכָמִ֥ים (חֲכָמִ֥ים) cha.kha.Mim “wise [people]”

  4. Ecclesiastes 9:15

    now there was found in it a man poor and wise, and he by his wisdom delivered the city; yet no man remembered that same poor man.

    חָכָ֔ם cha.Kham “wise”

  5. Ecclesiastes 9:17

    The words of the wise spoken in quiet are more acceptable than the cry of a ruler among fools.

    חֲכָמִ֔ים cha.kha.Mim “wise [people]”

  6. Ecclesiastes 10:2

    A wise man's understanding is at his right hand; but a fool's understanding at his left.

    חָכָם֙ cha.Kham “a wise [person]”

  7. Ecclesiastes 10:12

    The words of a wise man's mouth are gracious; but the lips of a fool will swallow up himself.

    חָכָ֖ם cha.Kham “a wise [person]”

  8. Ecclesiastes 12:9

    And besides that Koheleth was wise, he also taught the people knowledge; yea, he pondered, and sought out, and set in order many proverbs.

    חָכָ֑ם cha.Kham “wise”

  9. Ecclesiastes 12:11

    The words of the wise are as goads, and as nails well fastened are those that are composed in collections; they are given from one shepherd.

    חֲכָמִים֙ cha.kha.Mim “wise [people]”

  10. Isaiah 3:3

    The captain of fifty, and the man of rank, and the counsellor, and the cunning charmer, and the skilful enchanter.

    וַחֲכַ֥ם (חֲכַ֥ם) cha.Kham “skillful [one] of”

  11. Isaiah 5:21

    Woe unto them that are wise in their own eyes, and prudent in their own sight!

    חֲכָמִ֣ים cha.kha.Mim “[people] wise”

  12. Isaiah 19:11

    The princes of Zoan are utter fools; the wisest counsellors of Pharaoh are a senseless counsel; how can ye say unto Pharaoh: 'I am the son of the wise, the son of ancient kings'?

    חַכְמֵי֙ chakh.Mei “[the] wise [people] of”חֲכָמִ֥ים cha.kha.Mim “wise [people]”

  13. Isaiah 19:12

    Where are they, then, thy wise men? And let them tell thee now; and let them know what the LORD of hosts hath purposed concerning Egypt.

    חֲכָמֶ֔יךָ (חֲכָמֶ֔י) cha.kha.Mei. “wise [people]”

  14. Isaiah 29:14

    Therefore, behold, I will again do a marvellous work among this people, even a marvellous work and a wonder; and the wisdom of their wise men shall perish, and the prudence of their prudent men shall be hid.

    חֲכָמָ֔יו (חֲכָמָ֔י) cha.kha.Ma “wise [people]”

  15. Isaiah 31:2

    Yet He also is wise, and bringeth evil, and doth not call back His words; but will arise against the house of the evil-doers, and against the help of them that work iniquity.

    חָכָם֙ cha.Kham “[is] wise”

  16. Isaiah 40:20

    A holm-oak is set apart, he chooseth a tree that will not rot; he seeketh unto him a cunning craftsman to set up an image, that shall not be moved.

    חָכָם֙ cha.Kham “skillful”

  17. Isaiah 44:25

    That frustrateth the tokens of the imposters, and maketh diviners mad; that turneth wise men backward, and maketh their knowledge foolish;

    חֲכָמִ֛ים cha.kha.Mim “wise [people]”

  18. Jeremiah 4:22

    For My people is foolish, they know Me not; they are sottish children, and they have no understanding; they are wise to do evil, but to do good they have no knowledge.

    חֲכָמִ֥ים cha.kha.Mim “[are] skillful”

  19. Jeremiah 8:8

    How do ye say: 'We are wise, and the Law of the LORD is with us'? Lo, certainly in vain hath wrought the vain pen of the scribes.

    חֲכָמִ֣ים cha.kha.Mim “[are] wise”

  20. Jeremiah 8:9

    The wise men are ashamed, they are dismayed and taken; lo, they have rejected the word of the LORD; and what wisdom is in them?

    חֲכָמִ֔ים cha.kha.Mim “wise [people]”

  21. Jeremiah 9:11

    Who is the wise man, that he may understand this? And who is he to whom the mouth of the LORD hath spoken, that he may declare it? Wherefore is the land perished and laid waste like a wilderness, so that none passeth through?

    הֶֽחָכָם֙ (חָכָם֙) cha.Kham “wise”

  22. Jeremiah 9:16

    Thus saith the LORD of hosts: Consider ye, and call for the mourning women, that they may come; and send for the wise women, that they may come;

    הַחֲכָמ֥וֹת (חֲכָמ֥וֹת) cha.kha.Mot “skillful [women]”

  23. Jeremiah 9:22

    Thus saith the LORD: Let not the wise man glory in his wisdom, neither let the mighty man glory in his might, let not the rich man glory in his riches;

    חָכָם֙ cha.Kham “a wise [person]”

  24. Jeremiah 10:7

    Who would not fear Thee, O king of the nations? For it befitteth Thee; forasmuch as among all the wise men of the nations, and in all their royalty, there is none like unto Thee.

    חַכְמֵ֧י chakh.Mei “[the] wise [people] of”

  25. Jeremiah 10:9

    Silver beaten into plates which is brought from Tarshish, and gold from Uphaz, the work of the craftsman and of the hands of the goldsmith; blue and purple is their clothing; they are all the work of skilful men.

    חֲכָמִ֖ים cha.kha.Mim “skillful [people]”