{
  "type": "word",
  "id": "H2449",
  "lemma": "חָכַם",
  "transliteration": "châkam",
  "definition": "to be wise (in mind, word or act)",
  "kjv": "[idiom] exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so)…",
  "occurrences": 27,
  "language": "Hebrew",
  "brownDriverBriggs": [
    "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"
  ],
  "whereItOccurs": [
    {
      "reference": "Exodus 1:10",
      "text": "Come, let’s deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/1?v=10"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Deuteronomy 32:29",
      "text": "Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/32?v=29"
    },
    {
      "reference": "1 Kings 5:11",
      "text": "For he was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame…",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/5?v=11"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Zechariah 9:2",
      "text": "and Hamath, also, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zechariah/9?v=2"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 19:8",
      "text": "The LORD’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. The LORD’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/19?v=8"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 58:6",
      "text": "which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/58?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 105:22",
      "text": "to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/105?v=22"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Psalms 119:98",
      "text": "Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/119?v=98"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 6:6",
      "text": "Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/6?v=6"
    },
    {
      "reference": "Proverbs 8:33",
      "text": "Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it.",
      "url": "https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/8?v=33"
    }
  ],
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