Strong's Definition
a primitive root, to be wise (in mind, word or act)
KJV Usage: X exceeding, teach wisdom, be (make self, shew self) wise, deal (never so) wisely, make wiser
STEPBible — Tyndale Abridged Hebrew Lexicon
חָכַם (cha.kham) — be wise. 1) to be wise 1a) (Qal) to be or become wise, act wisely 1b) (Piel) to make wise, teach wisdom, instruct 1c) (Pual) to be made wise 1d) (Hiphil) to make wise 1e) (Hithpael) to show oneself wise, deceive, show one's wisdom
UBS Dictionary of Biblical Hebrew
verb · חָכָם · חָכְמָה · חַכִּים · חַכְמֹונִי · תַּחְכְּמֹנִי
Wise | verb qal, verb pu'al | ≈ בין מִשְׁפָט · יסף לֶקַח · לקח דַּעַת · שׂכל | ≠ המה · ליץ
to be able, to be skillful, to be wise, to be intelligent = state or process by which humans, deities, and animals possess or gain a certain level of wisdom, intelligence, or proficiency
DEU 32:29 · 1KI 5:11 · JOB 32:9 · PSA 58:6 · PRO 6:6 · PRO 8:33 · PRO 9:9 · PRO 9:12 · PRO 9:12 · PRO 13:20 · PRO 19:20 · PRO 20:1 · PRO 21:11 · PRO 23:15 · PRO 23:19 · PRO 27:11 · PRO 30:24 · ECC 2:15 · ECC 2:19 · ECC 7:23 · ZEC 9:2
Wise | verb hit | ≈ היה צַדִּיק
to act wisely = action by which humans act in accordance to a certain level of wisdom, intelligence, or proficiency
Wise | verb pi, verb hif | ≈ אלף · אסר
to teach, to instruct, to make wise = causative action by which humans or deities cause (other) humans to possess or gain a certain level of wisdom, intelligence, or proficiency
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Brown-Driver-Briggs Hebrew Lexicon
חָכַם vb. be wise Qal be or become wise, act wisely
Pi. make wise, teach wisdom
Pu. made wise, intensive, as it were the embodiment of wisdom
Hiph. making wise the simple
Hithp. let us deal wisely (shrewdly) toward it (the people); make or shew thyself wise
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