חָכַם châkam

Meaning

to be wise (in mind, word or act)

In the King James Version: [idiom] exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.

Derivation: a primitive root,

Where it is used

• Exodus 1:10 Come, let us deal shrewdly with them, or they will increase even more; and if a war breaks out, they may join our enemies, fight against us, and leave the country.”
• Deuteronomy 32:29 If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.
• 1 Kings 4:31 He was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, and wiser than Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol. And his fame spread throughout the surrounding nations.
• Job 32:9 It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.
• Job 35:11 who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’
• Psalms 19:7 The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.
• Psalms 58:5 refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.
• Psalms 105:22 to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.
• Psalms 119:98 Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.
• Proverbs 6:6 Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.
• Proverbs 8:33 Listen to instruction and be wise; do not ignore it.
• Proverbs 9:9 Instruct a wise man, and he will be wiser still; teach a righteous man, and he will increase his learning.
• Proverbs 9:12 If you are wise, you are wise to your own advantage; but if you scoff, you alone will bear the consequences.
• Proverbs 13:20 He who walks with the wise will become wise, but the companion of fools will be destroyed.
• Proverbs 19:20 Listen to counsel and accept discipline, that you may be wise the rest of your days.
• Proverbs 20:1 Wine is a mocker, strong drink is a brawler, and whoever is led astray by them is not wise.
• Proverbs 21:11 When a mocker is punished, the simple gain wisdom; and when a wise man is instructed, he acquires knowledge.
• Proverbs 23:15 My son, if your heart is wise, my own heart will indeed rejoice.
• Proverbs 23:19 Listen, my son, and be wise, and guide your heart on the right course.
• Proverbs 27:11 Be wise, my son, and bring joy to my heart, so that I can answer him who taunts me.
• Proverbs 30:24 Four things on earth are small, yet they are exceedingly wise:
• Ecclesiastes 2:15 So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.
• Ecclesiastes 2:19 And who knows whether that man will be wise or foolish? Yet he will take over all the labor at which I have worked skillfully under the sun. This too is futile.
• Ecclesiastes 7:16 Do not be overly righteous, and do not make yourself too wise. Why should you destroy yourself?
• Ecclesiastes 7:23 All this I tested by wisdom, saying, “I resolve to be wise.” But it was beyond me.
• Zechariah 9:2 and also against Hamath, which borders it, as well as Tyre and Sidon, though they are very shrewd.