Wisdom
חׇכְמָהStrong’s H2452chokhmah (chokh-mah)
Appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament
In short
Chokhmah is the Aramaic word usually translated “wisdom”, “according to wisdom of” and “like wisdom of”. It appears in 7 verses of the Old Testament.
“Daniel answered and said, Blessed be the name of God for ever and ever: for wisdom and might are his:”
Meaning
- Wisdom
How it's translated
- wisdom 3
- and wisdom 2
- according to wisdom of 1
- by wisdom 1
- like wisdom of 1
Word-by-word English from the STEPBible tagged text.
Where it's used most
- Daniel 6
- Ezra 1
2 books in all.
Explore in Scripture
- Daniel 2:21In contextAnd he changeth the times and the seasons: he removeth kings, and setteth up kings: he giveth wisdom unto the wise, and knowledge to them that know understanding:
- Daniel 2:23In contextI thank thee, and praise thee, O thou God of my fathers, who hast given me wisdom and might, and hast made known unto me now what we desired of thee: for thou hast now made known unto us the king’s matter.
- Daniel 2:30In contextBut as for me, this secret is not revealed to me for any wisdom that I have more than any living, but for their sakes that shall make known the interpretation to the king, and that thou mightest know the thoughts of thy heart.
- Daniel 5:11In contextThere is a man in thy kingdom, in whom is the spirit of the holy gods; and in the days of thy father light and understanding and wisdom, like the wisdom of the gods, was found in him; whom the king Nebuchadnezzar thy father, the king, I say, thy father, made master of the magicians, astrologers, Chaldeans, and soothsayers;
- Daniel 5:14In contextI have even heard of thee, that the spirit of the gods is in thee, and that light and understanding and excellent wisdom is found in thee.
- Ezra 7:25And thou, Ezra, after the wisdom of thy God, that is in thine hand, set magistrates and judges, which may judge all the people that are beyond the river, all such as know the laws of thy God; and teach ye them that know them not.
Aramaic dictionary
חׇכְמָה chokhmah · wisdom
wisdom Aramaic of chokh.mah (חׇכְמָה "wisdom" H2451)
From STEPBible’s Hebrew lexicon (based on Brown-Driver-Briggs).
Webster's 1828 Dictionary
How the English word “wisdom” was understood when the King James Version was still the common Bible of English readers.
WISDOM, noun
s as z. [G. See Wise.]
- The right use or exercise of knowledge; the choice of laudable ends, and of the best means to accomplish them.
- In Scripture, human learning; erudition; knowledge of arts and sciences.“Moses was learned in all the wisdom of the Egyptians” Acts 7:22
- Quickness of intellect; readiness of apprehension; dexterity in execution; as the wisdom of Bezaleel and Aholiab. Exodus 31:3
- Natural instinct and sagacity. Job 39:17
All definitions
- In Scripture theology, wisdom is true religion; godliness; piety; the knowledge and fear of God, and sincere and uniform obedience to his commands. Psalms 90:12Job 28:12
- Profitable words or doctrine. Psalms 37:30
Noah Webster, An American Dictionary of the English Language (1828). Verse references are checked against the KJV. Read the full entry.
Verses are from the King James Version. Word meanings come from the original Aramaic, not from any one translation.