Strong's Hebrew · H2449
חָכַם
châkam · khaw-kam'
[idiom] exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.
Definition
to be wise (in mind, word or act)
Derivation
a primitive root,
Appears 27 times in Scripture
“who teaches us more than the beasts of the earth and makes us wiser than the birds of the air?’”
“The Law of the LORD is perfect, reviving the soul; the testimony of the LORD is trustworthy, making wise the simple.”
“Walk in the manner of the ant, O slacker; observe its ways and become wise.”
“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.””
“Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for they are always with me.”
“It is not only the old who are wise, or the elderly who understand justice.”
“to instruct his princes as he pleased and teach his elders wisdom.”
“If only they were wise, they would understand it; they would comprehend their fate.”
“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.”
“refusing to hear the tune of the charmer who skillfully weaves his spell.”
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Lexicon: Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (James Strong, 1890, public domain), digital edition by Open Scriptures (CC BY-SA). Verse mappings: Berean Standard Bible interlinear tables (public domain).