# חָכַם (chakham) Israeli respelling: cha-kham. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew. Strong’s H2449. 26 Old Testament occurrences. to be wise (in mind, word or act) King James renderings: [idiom] exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser. Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chakham-h2449 ## Occurrences - [Exodus 1:10](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/exodus/1/10) — Come on, let us deal wisely with them; lest they multiply, and it come to pass, that, when there falleth out any war, they join also unto o… - [Deuteronomy 32:29](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/deuteronomy/32/29) — O that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end! - [1 Kings 4:31](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/1-kings/4/31) — For he was wiser than all men; than Ethan the Ezrahite, and Heman, and Chalcol, and Darda, the sons of Mahol: and his fame was in all natio… - [Job 32:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/32/9) — Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment. - [Job 35:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/job/35/11) — Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven? - [Psalms 19:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/19/7) — The law of the LORD is perfect, converting the soul: the testimony of the LORD is sure, making wise the simple. - [Psalms 58:5](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/58/5) — Which will not hearken to the voice of charmers, charming never so wisely. - [Psalms 105:22](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/105/22) — To bind his princes at his pleasure; and teach his senators wisdom. - [Psalms 119:98](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/psalms/119/98) — Thou through thy commandments hast made me wiser than mine enemies: for they are ever with me. - [Proverbs 6:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/6/6) — Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: - [Proverbs 8:33](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/8/33) — Hear instruction, and be wise, and refuse it not. - [Proverbs 9:9](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/9/9) — Give instruction to a wise man, and he will be yet wiser: teach a just man, and he will increase in learning. - [Proverbs 9:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/9/12) — If thou be wise, thou shalt be wise for thyself: but if thou scornest, thou alone shalt bear it. - [Proverbs 13:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/13/20) — He that walketh with wise men shall be wise: but a companion of fools shall be destroyed. - [Proverbs 19:20](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/19/20) — Hear counsel, and receive instruction, that thou mayest be wise in thy latter end. - [Proverbs 20:1](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/20/1) — Wine is a mocker, strong drink is raging: and whosoever is deceived thereby is not wise. - [Proverbs 21:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/21/11) — When the scorner is punished, the simple is made wise: and when the wise is instructed, he receiveth knowledge. - [Proverbs 23:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/23/15) — My son, if thine heart be wise, my heart shall rejoice, even mine. - [Proverbs 23:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/23/19) — Hear thou, my son, and be wise, and guide thine heart in the way. - [Proverbs 27:11](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/27/11) — My son, be wise, and make my heart glad, that I may answer him that reproacheth me. - [Proverbs 30:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/proverbs/30/24) — There be four things which are little upon the earth, but they are exceeding wise: - [Ecclesiastes 2:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/2/15) — Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, th… - [Ecclesiastes 2:19](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/2/19) — And who knoweth whether he shall be a wise man or a fool? yet shall he have rule over all my labour wherein I have laboured, and wherein I… - [Ecclesiastes 7:16](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/7/16) — Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself ? - [Ecclesiastes 7:23](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/ecclesiastes/7/23) — All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me. - [Zechariah 9:2](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/zechariah/9/2) — And Hamath also shall border thereby; Tyrus, and Zidon, though it be very wise.