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Brown-Driver-Briggs /Thayer Dictionary - חָכַם

חָכַם

H2449

Transliteration: châkam

Pronunciation: khaw-kam'

Definition: [idiom] exceeding


Original: חכם

Transliteration: châkam

Phonetic: khaw-kam'

BDB Definition:

  1. to be wise
    1. (Qal) to be or become wise, act wisely
    2. (Piel) to make wise, teach wisdom, instruct
    3. (Pual) to be made wise
    4. (Hiphil) to make wise
    5. (Hithpael) to show oneself wise, deceive, show one's wisdom

Origin: a primitive root

TWOT entry: 647

Part(s) of speech: Verb


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