חָכָם

cha.kham
wise
Strong’s H2450Adjective138 times in the Hebrew Bible

Where it occurs

Translated as

wise32
wise people31
a wise person18
is wise8
wise person6
wise men4
skillful people4
person skillful of3

In the text

Brown-Driver-Briggs

חָכָם adj. wise
1. skilful in technical work
2. wise in the administration of affairs
3. shrewd, crafty, cunning
4. pl. class of learned and shrewd men, incl. astrologers, magicians and the like
5. prudent
6. wise, ethically and religiously

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.