חָכָם
châkâm · khaw-kawm'
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
Lexicon
Derivation: from H2449 (חָכַם);
wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)
Definition from Strong's Exhaustive Concordance (1890). Wording is Strong's own, including his etymological notes, which are not separate meanings.
KJV renderings: cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).
Letters
- חHet8
Picture: courtyard wall or enclosure
- Concrete
- wall · fence · tent wall
- Extended
- to separate · protection · the inside vs. the outside · private
- כKaf20
Picture: open palm
- Concrete
- palm · open hand · sole of the foot
- Extended
- to open · to allow · to cover · to tame · like / as
- מMem40
Picture: waves of water
- Concrete
- water · sea · blood · liquid
- Extended
- chaos · mighty and uncontrollable · the masses · from / out of
Possible cultural reading (auto-composed)
to separate and protect › the open hand that covers › water, chaos, the mighty deep
To separate and protect of the open hand that covers of water, chaos, the mighty deep.
Interpretive, not lexical. The dictionary sense of חָכָם above is the attested meaning; this pictographic reading is a tradition about how the sign-shapes may have been heard. Both can be held at once, they are answering different questions.
Usage
138 occurrences · 138 OT · 0 NT · 67 distinct forms
KJV renderings of this word, by how often each one is used.
- of the wise18 · 23%
- a wise12 · 15%
- the wise9 · 12%
- wise7 · 9%
- and every wise4 · 5%
- is wise4 · 5%
- but a wise2 · 3%
- and all the wise men2 · 3%
- to the wise2 · 3%
- and wise2 · 3%
- and the wise2 · 3%
- of all that are wise1 · 1%
- cunning1 · 1%
- that were wise1 · 1%
- and all manner of cunning men1 · 1%
- unto all that are wise1 · 1%
- for thou art a wise1 · 1%
- thence a wise1 · 1%
- subtil1 · 1%
- her wise1 · 1%
- and unwise1 · 1%
- thee a wise1 · 1%
- is a wise1 · 1%
- you wise1 · 1%
- the wise men1 · 1%
Where it is used, by book.
Inflected forms found in the text.
Counts are computed from the tagged Hebrew and Greek text aligned to the King James Version, not from an estimate.