חׇכְמָה

chokmâh · Hebrew · Strong's H2451 · 149 occurrences

The KJV renders 12 different Hebrew and Greek words as “wisdom”

What it means

wisdom (in a good sense)

from H2449 (חָכַם);

How the KJV renders it

skilful, wisdom, wisely, wit

Where that flattens a distinction

The same English word is also used for these other originals, so the distinction between them disappears in translation.

“wisdom”

also renders sophía (G4678), phrónēsis (G5428), bîynâh (H998), chokmâh (H2452), chokmôwth (H2454), ṭᵉʻêm (H2942), lêb (H3820), ʻormâh (H6195), sâkal (H7919), sekel (H7922), tâbûwn (H8394)

“skilful”

also renders chârâsh (H2796), yâdaʻ (H3045), lâmad (H3925)

“wisely”

also renders phronímōs (G5430), bîyn (H995)

“wit”

also renders yâdaʻ (H3045)

Where it appears

149 occurrences in the Hebrew text, first 60 verses shown.

1 Chronicles 28:21 HRd/Ncfsa1 Kings 2:6 HR/Ncfsc/Sp2ms1 Kings 3:28 HNcfsc1 Kings 4:29 HNcfsa1 Kings 4:30 HNcfsc1 Kings 4:34 HNcfsc1 Kings 5:12 HNcfsa1 Kings 7:14 HTd/Ncfsa1 Kings 10:4 HNcfsc1 Kings 10:6 HNcfsc/Sp2ms1 Kings 10:7 HNcfsa1 Kings 10:8 HNcfsc/Sp2ms1 Kings 10:23 HC/R/Ncfsa1 Kings 10:24 HNcfsc/Sp3ms1 Kings 11:41 HC/Ncfsc/Sp3ms2 Chronicles 1:10 HNcfsa2 Chronicles 1:11 HNcfsa2 Chronicles 1:12 HTd/Ncfsa2 Chronicles 9:3 HNcfsc2 Chronicles 9:5 HNcfsc/Sp2ms2 Chronicles 9:6 HNcfsc/Sp2ms2 Chronicles 9:7 HNcfsc/Sp2ms2 Chronicles 9:22 HC/Ncfsa2 Chronicles 9:23 HNcfsc/Sp3ms2 Samuel 14:20 HR/Ncfsc2 Samuel 20:22 HR/Ncfsc/Sp3fsDaniel 1:4 HNcfsaDaniel 1:17 HC/NcfsaDaniel 1:20 HNcfscDeuteronomy 4:6 HNcfsc/Sp2mpDeuteronomy 34:9 HNcfsaEcclesiastes 1:13 HRd/NcfsaEcclesiastes 1:16 HNcfsaEcclesiastes 1:17 HNcfsaEcclesiastes 1:18 HNcfsaEcclesiastes 2:3 HRd/NcfsaEcclesiastes 2:9 HNcfsc/Sp1csEcclesiastes 2:12 HNcfsaEcclesiastes 2:13 HRd/NcfsaEcclesiastes 2:21 HR/NcfsaEcclesiastes 2:26 HNcfsaEcclesiastes 7:10 HR/NcfsaEcclesiastes 7:11 HNcfsaEcclesiastes 7:12 HTd/NcfsaEcclesiastes 7:19 HTd/NcfsaEcclesiastes 7:23 HRd/NcfsaEcclesiastes 7:25 HNcfsaEcclesiastes 8:1 HNcfscEcclesiastes 8:16 HNcfsaEcclesiastes 9:10 HC/NcfsaEcclesiastes 9:13 HNcfsaEcclesiastes 9:15 HR/Ncfsc/Sp3msEcclesiastes 9:16 HC/NcfscEcclesiastes 9:18 HNcfsaEcclesiastes 10:1 HR/NcfsaEcclesiastes 10:10 HNcfsaExodus 28:3 HNcfsaExodus 31:3 HR/NcfsaExodus 31:6 HNcfsaExodus 35:26 HR/Ncfsa

Occurrences and morphology are taken from the primary Hebrew text, never from an English translation. Strong's Hebrew lexicon and Westminster Leningrad Codex morphology used under CC BY-SA 4.0 / CC BY 4.0 (OpenScriptures). Strong's Greek lexicon is public domain.