# חַכִּים (chakim)

Israeli respelling: cha-kim. Hear on Google uses modern Hebrew.

Strong’s H2445. 13 Old Testament occurrences.

wise, i.e. a Magian

King James renderings: wise.

Lexicon: Strong’s Hebrew, public domain. The derived file is shared under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Canonical: https://apologetics.wiki/bible/hebrew/chakim-h2445

## Occurrences

- [Daniel 2:12](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/2/12) — For this cause the king was angry and very furious, and commanded to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
- [Daniel 2:13](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/2/13) — And the decree went forth that the wise men should be slain; and they sought Daniel and his fellows to be slain.
- [Daniel 2:14](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/2/14) — Then Daniel answered with counsel and wisdom to Arioch the captain of the king’s guard, which was gone forth to slay the wise men of Babylo…
- [Daniel 2:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/2/18) — That they would desire mercies of the God of heaven concerning this secret; that Daniel and his fellows should not perish with the rest of…
- [Daniel 2:21](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/2/21) — And he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them t…
- [Daniel 2:24](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/2/24) — Therefore Daniel went in unto Arioch, whom the king had ordained to destroy the wise men of Babylon: he went and said thus unto him; Destro…
- [Daniel 2:27](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/2/27) — Daniel answered in the presence of the king, and said, The secret which the king hath demanded cannot the wise men, the astrologers, the ma…
- [Daniel 2:48](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/2/48) — Then the king made Daniel a great man, and gave him many great gifts, and made him ruler over the whole province of Babylon, and chief of t…
- [Daniel 4:6](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/4/6) — Therefore made I a decree to bring in all the wise men of Babylon before me, that they might make known unto me the interpretation of the d…
- [Daniel 4:18](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/4/18) — This dream I king Nebuchadnezzar have seen. Now thou, O Belteshazzar, declare the interpretation thereof, forasmuch as all the wise men of…
- [Daniel 5:7](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/5/7) — The king cried aloud to bring in the astrologers, the Chaldeans, and the soothsayers. And the king spake, and said to the wise men of Babyl…
- [Daniel 5:8](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/5/8) — Then came in all the king’s wise men: but they could not read the writing, nor make known to the king the interpretation thereof.
- [Daniel 5:15](https://apologetics.wiki/bible/daniel/5/15) — And now the wise men, the astrologers, have been brought in before me, that they should read this writing, and make known unto me the inter…