# H2449 חָכַם

חָכַם (châkam), Strong’s H2449: to be wise (in mind, word or act) KJV: [idiom] exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so)…. Occurs 27 times.

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*châkam* — to be wise (in mind, word or act)

KJV: [idiom] exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so)…

Occurs 27 times.

## 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

## Where it occurs
- [Exodus 1:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/1?v=10) — Come, let’s deal wisely with them, lest they multiply, and it happen that when any war breaks out, they also join…
- [Deuteronomy 32:29](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/deuteronomy/32?v=29) — Oh that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
- [1 Kings 5:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/1-kings/5?v=11) — For he was wiser than all men—wiser than Ethan the Ezrahite, Heman, Calcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol; and his fame…
- [Zechariah 9:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/zechariah/9?v=2) — and Hamath, also, which borders on it, Tyre and Sidon, because they are very wise.
- [Psalms 19:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/19?v=8) — The LORD’s law is perfect, restoring the soul. The LORD’s covenant is sure, making wise the simple.
- [Psalms 58:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/58?v=6) — which doesn’t listen to the voice of charmers, no matter how skillful the charmer may be.
- [Psalms 105:22](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/105?v=22) — to discipline his princes at his pleasure, and to teach his elders wisdom.
- [Psalms 119:98](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/psalms/119?v=98) — Your commandments make me wiser than my enemies, for your commandments are always with me.
- [Proverbs 6:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/6?v=6) — Go to the ant, you sluggard. Consider her ways, and be wise;
- [Proverbs 8:33](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/proverbs/8?v=33) — Hear instruction, and be wise. Don’t refuse it.