חָכַם

cha.kham
be wise
Strong’s H2449Verb27 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

you are wise2
it is wise2
be wise2
let us deal wisely1
they were wise1
he was wise1
they are wise1
he makes wise1

In the text

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חָכַם vb. be wise
Qal be or become wise, act wisely
Pi. make wise, teach wisdom
Pu. made wise, intensive, as it were the embodiment of wisdom
Hiph. making wise the simple
Hithp. let us deal wisely (shrewdly) toward it (the people); make or shew thyself wise

Sources: Brown-Driver-Briggs (1906, public domain) from the Open Scriptures Hebrew Lexicon (CC BY 4.0), glosses from STEPBible TBESH (CC BY 4.0); STEPBible TAHOT (Hebrew Bible, Leningrad Codex, CC BY 4.0); the Berean Standard Bible (public domain). Reformatted by Word Study, wording unchanged. All sources and licenses.