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H2451חׇכְמָהchokh.mah

wisdomPart of speech: Hebrew Noun (Feminine)

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Occurrences by book

  1. Genesis: 0
  2. 8
  3. Leviticus: 0
  4. Numbers: 0
  5. 2
  6. Joshua: 0
  7. Judges: 0
  8. Ruth: 0
  9. 1 Samuel: 0
  10. 2
  11. 17
  12. 2 Kings: 0
  13. 1
  14. 9
  15. Ezra: 0
  16. Nehemiah: 0
  17. Esther: 0
  18. 18
  19. 7
  20. 42
  21. 28
  22. Song of Songs: 0
  23. 5
  24. 6
  25. Lamentations: 0
  26. 5
  27. 3
  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. Zechariah: 0
  39. Malachi: 0

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153 occurrences in 145 verses

With their references and text in World English Bible.

  1. Proverbs 30:3

    I have not learned wisdom, Neither do I have the knowledge of the Holy One.

    חָכְמָ֑ה chokh.mah “wisdom”

  2. Proverbs 31:26

    She opens her mouth with wisdom. Faithful instruction is on her tongue.

    בְחָכְמָ֑ה (חָכְמָ֑ה) cha.khe.Mah “wisdom”

  3. Ecclesiastes 1:13

    I applied my heart to seek and to search out by wisdom concerning all that is done under the sky. It is a heavy burden that God has given to the sons of men to be afflicted with.

    בַּֽחָכְמָ֔ה (חָכְמָ֔ה) cha.khe.Mah “wisdom”

  4. Ecclesiastes 1:16

    I said to myself, "Behold, I have obtained for myself great wisdom above all who were before me in Jerusalem. Yes, my heart has had great experience of wisdom and knowledge."

    חָכְמָ֔ה chokh.mah “wisdom”חָכְמָ֥ה chokh.mah “wisdom”

  5. Ecclesiastes 1:17

    I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to know madness and folly. I perceived that this also was a chasing after wind.

    חָכְמָ֔ה chokh.mah “wisdom”

  6. Ecclesiastes 1:18

    For in much wisdom is much grief; and he who increases knowledge increases sorrow.

    חָכְמָ֖ה chokh.mah “wisdom”

  7. Ecclesiastes 2:3

    I searched in my heart how to cheer my flesh with wine, my heart yet guiding me with wisdom, and how to lay hold of folly, until I might see what it was good for the sons of men that they should do under heaven all the days of their lives.

    בַּֽחָכְמָה֙ (חָכְמָה֙) cha.khe.Mah “wisdom”

  8. Ecclesiastes 2:9

    So I was great, and increased more than all who were before me in Jerusalem. My wisdom also remained with me.

    חָכְמָתִ֖י (חָכְמָתִ֖) cha.khe.ma.T “wisdom”

  9. Ecclesiastes 2:12

    I turned myself to consider wisdom, madness, and folly: for what can the king's successor do? Just that which has been done long ago.

    חָכְמָ֔ה chokh.mah “wisdom”

  10. Ecclesiastes 2:13

    Then I saw that wisdom excels folly, as far as light excels darkness.

    לַֽחָכְמָ֖ה (חָכְמָ֖ה) cha.khe.Mah “wisdom”

  11. Ecclesiastes 2:21

    For there is a man whose labor is with wisdom, with knowledge, and with skillfulness; yet he shall leave it for his portion to a man who has not labored for it. This also is vanity and a great evil.

    בְּחָכְמָ֥ה (חָכְמָ֥ה) cha.khe.Mah “wisdom”

  12. Ecclesiastes 2:26

    For to the man who pleases him, God gives wisdom, knowledge, and joy; but to the sinner he gives travail, to gather and to heap up, that he may give to him who pleases God. This also is vanity and a chasing after wind.

    חָכְמָ֥ה chokh.mah “wisdom”

  13. Ecclesiastes 7:10

    Don't say, "Why were the former days better than these?" For you do not ask wisely about this.

    מֵחָכְמָ֖ה (חָכְמָ֖ה) cha.khe.Mah “wisdom”

  14. Ecclesiastes 7:11

    Wisdom is as good as an inheritance. Yes, it is more excellent for those who see the sun.

    חָכְמָ֖ה chokh.mah “wisdom”

  15. Ecclesiastes 7:12

    For wisdom is a defense, even as money is a defense; but the excellency of knowledge is that wisdom preserves the life of him who has it.

    הַֽחָכְמָ֖ה (חָכְמָ֖ה) cha.khe.Mah “wisdom”הַֽחָכְמָ֖ה (חָכְמָ֖ה) cha.khe.Mah “wisdom”

  16. Ecclesiastes 7:19

    Wisdom is a strength to the wise man more than ten rulers who are in a city.

    הַֽחָכְמָ֖ה (חָכְמָ֖ה) cha.khe.Mah “wisdom”

  17. Ecclesiastes 7:23

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

    בַֽחָכְמָ֑ה (חָכְמָ֑ה) cha.khe.Mah “wisdom”

  18. Ecclesiastes 7:25

    I turned around, and my heart sought to know and to search out, and to seek wisdom and the scheme of things, and to know that wickedness is stupidity, and that foolishness is madness.

    חָכְמָ֖ה chokh.mah “wisdom”

  19. Ecclesiastes 8:1

    Who is like the wise man? And who knows the interpretation of a thing? A man's wisdom makes his face shine, and the hardness of his face is changed.

    חָכְמַ֤ת cha.khe.Mat “[the] wisdom of”

  20. Ecclesiastes 8:16

    When I applied my heart to know wisdom, and to see the business that is done on the earth (for also there is that neither day nor night sees sleep with his eyes),

    חָכְמָ֔ה chokh.mah “wisdom”

  21. Ecclesiastes 9:10

    Whatever your hand finds to do, do it with your might; for there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in Sheol, where you are going.

    וְחָכְמָ֔ה (חָכְמָ֔ה) cha.khe.Mah “wisdom”

  22. Ecclesiastes 9:13

    I have also seen wisdom under the sun in this way, and it seemed great to me.

    חָכְמָ֖ה chokh.mah “wisdom”

  23. Ecclesiastes 9:15

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

    בְּחָכְמָת֑וֹ (חָכְמָת֑) cha.khe.ma.T “wisdom”

  24. Ecclesiastes 9:16

    Then said I, Wisdom is better than strength. Nevertheless the poor man's wisdom is despised, and his words are not heard.

    חָכְמָ֖ה chokh.mah “wisdom”וְחָכְמַ֤ת (חָכְמַ֤ת) cha.khe.Mat “[the] wisdom of”

  25. Ecclesiastes 9:18

    Wisdom is better than weapons of war; but one sinner destroys much good.

    חָכְמָ֖ה chokh.mah “wisdom”