# H2450 חָכָם

חָכָם (châkâm), Strong’s H2450: wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful) KJV: cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).. Occurs 137 times.

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*châkâm* — wise, (i.e. intelligent, skilful or artful)

KJV: cunning (man), subtil, (un-), wise((hearted), man).

Derived from [חָכַם châkam](https://besorah.bible/word/H2449) (to be wise)

Occurs 137 times.

## 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

## Where it occurs
- [Genesis 41:8](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/41?v=8) — In the morning, his spirit was troubled, and he sent and called for all of Egypt’s magicians and wise men. Pharaoh told…
- [Genesis 41:33](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/41?v=33) — “Now therefore let Pharaoh look for a discreet and wise man, and set him over the land of Egypt.
- [Genesis 41:39](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/genesis/41?v=39) — Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Because God has shown you all of this, there is no one so discreet and wise as you.
- [Exodus 7:11](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/7?v=11) — Then Pharaoh also called for the wise men and the sorcerers. They also, the magicians of Egypt, did the same thing with…
- [Exodus 28:3](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/28?v=3) — You shall speak to all who are wise-hearted, whom I have filled with the spirit of wisdom, that they make Aaron’s…
- [Exodus 31:6](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/31?v=6) — Behold, I myself have appointed with him Oholiab, the son of Ahisamach, of the tribe of Dan; and in the heart of all…
- [Exodus 35:10](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/35?v=10) — “‘Let every wise-hearted man among you come, and make all that the LORD has commanded:
- [Exodus 35:25](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/35?v=25) — All the women who were wise-hearted spun with their hands, and brought that which they had spun: the blue, the purple…
- [Exodus 36:1](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/36?v=1) — “Bezalel and Oholiab shall work with every wise-hearted man, in whom the LORD has put wisdom and understanding to know…
- [Exodus 36:2](https://besorah.bible/tanakh/exodus/36?v=2) — Moses called Bezalel and Oholiab, and every wise-hearted man, in whose heart the LORD had put wisdom, even everyone…