חָכַם
KJV Translations of H2449
[idiom] exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser.
Word Origin & Derivation
a primitive root,
H2449 in the King James Bible
26 versesO that they were wise, that they understood this, that they would consider their latter end!
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, that this also is vanity.
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 have shewed myself wise under the sun. This is also vanity.
Be not righteous over much; neither make thyself over wise: why shouldest thou destroy thyself?
All this have I proved by wisdom: I said, I will be wise; but it was far from me.
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 our enemies, and fight against us, and so get them up out of the land.
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 nations round about.
Great men are not always wise: neither do the aged understand judgment.
Who teacheth us more than the beasts of the earth, and maketh us wiser than the fowls of heaven?
Go to the ant, thou sluggard; consider her ways, and be wise: