Hebrew noun (Aramaic, masculine) · H2445
חַכִּים
chakkimkhak-keem'
wise
14 uses in the Hebrew text, one for each word STEP Bible has tagged with this key
Concordance spelling: chakkîym
Word page · Part of the concordance, one page for every word of the Hebrew and Greek text. Strong's H2445is this word's number in James Strong's 1890 index of the King James Bible.
- 1 of 39Old Testament books
- 9spellings
The definition in full
Strong's key (1890) · H2445
wise, i.e. a Magian
The King James renders it: wise.
James Strong, The Exhaustive Concordance of the Bible (1890), public domain. Strong indexed the King James text, and this site quotes his entry as that index.
Summary
chakkim is rendered "wise". It stands 14 times in the Hebrew text, across one book.
- Fourteen of the uses stand in Daniel, more than in any other book.
- Its first use in canonical order opens the ledger below.Daniel 2:12This response made the king so furious with anger that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
- The Greek text spells it nine different ways.
The first use
This response made the king so furious with anger that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
Daniel 2:12חַכִּימֵ֥י
The first use, in the order of the Old Testament's books.
Where the word stands
Fourteen of the word's fourteen uses are in Daniel.
What the word means
Each meaning, and the words it is translated by
How the Greek text is glossed, word by word
- wise men of6
- obj. wise men of3
- and wise men the1
- to wise men1
- to wise men of1
- wise men1
- wise men the1
The words built on the same word-part
Each word below begins with the same letters this one begins with. A shared word-part shows a family. It does not settle what any one of them means, so each word carries its own uses on its own page. Scholars call that shared part the stem.
All 14, in canonical order
Every use, in order
Every use, grouped by book, with its verse.
9 spellings and their grammar
STEP Bible tags every word of the Hebrew and Greek text with its spelling and its grammar. Both lists below count the rows printed underneath, written out in English, with the code beside each one as it was tagged.
How it is spelled
- חַכִּימֵ֥י3
- חַכִּימֵ֣י3
- לְחַכִּימֵ֣י2
- וְחַכִּֽימַיָּ֖א1
- חַכִּֽימַיָּא֙1
- חַכִּימִ֣ין1
- לְחַכִּימֵ֖י1
- לְחַכִּימֵ֤י1
- לְחַכִּימִ֔ין1
The grammar of each form
- adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)6AAampc
- preposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)4AR/Aampc
- adjective · masculine plural1AAampa
- adjective · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)1AAampd/Ta
- conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)1AC/Aampd/Ta
- preposition + adjective · masculine plural1AR/Aampa
Daniel
fourteen uses
This response made the king so furious with anger that he gave orders to destroy all the wise men of Babylon.
- חַכִּימֵ֥יchakimeiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wise men of
So the decree went out that the wise men were to be executed, and men went to look for Daniel and his friends to execute them.
- וְחַכִּֽימַיָּ֖אvechakimaiya'conjunction (“and”) + adjective · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: and wise men the
When Arioch, the commander of the king’s guard, had gone out to execute the wise men of Babylon, Daniel replied with discretion and tact.
- לְחַכִּימֵ֖יlechakimeipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: obj. wise men of
urging them to plead for mercy from the God of heaven concerning this mystery, so that Daniel and his friends would not be killed with the rest of the wise men of Babylon.
- חַכִּימֵ֥יchakimeiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wise men of
He changes the times and seasons; He removes kings and establishes them. He gives wisdom to the wise and knowledge to the discerning.
- לְחַכִּימִ֔יןlechakiminpreposition + adjective · masculine pluraltagged: to wise men
Therefore Daniel went to Arioch, whom the king had appointed to destroy the wise men of Babylon, and said to him, “Do not execute the wise men of Babylon! Bring me before the king, and I will give him the interpretation.”
- לְחַכִּימֵ֣יlechakimeipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: obj. wise men of
- לְחַכִּימֵ֤יlechakimeipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: obj. wise men of
Daniel answered the king, “No wise man, enchanter, medium, or magician can explain to the king the mystery of which he inquires.
- חַכִּימִ֣יןchakiminadjective · masculine pluraltagged: wise men
Then the king promoted Daniel and gave him many generous gifts. He made him ruler over the entire province of Babylon and chief administrator over all the wise men of Babylon.
- חַכִּימֵ֥יchakimeiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wise men of
So I issued a decree that all the wise men of Babylon be brought before me to interpret the dream for me.
- חַכִּימֵ֣יchakimeiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wise men of
This is the dream that I, King Nebuchadnezzar, saw. Now, Belteshazzar, tell me the interpretation, because none of the wise men of my kingdom can interpret it for me. But you are able, because the spirit of the holy gods is in you.”
- חַכִּימֵ֣יchakimeiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wise men of
The king called out for the enchanters, astrologers, and diviners to be brought in, and he said to these wise men of Babylon, “Whoever reads this inscription and tells me its interpretation will be clothed in purple and have a gold chain placed around his neck, and he will be made the third highest ruler in the kingdom.”
- לְחַכִּימֵ֣יlechakimeipreposition + adjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: to wise men of
So all the king’s wise men came in, but they could not read the inscription or interpret it for him.
- חַכִּימֵ֣יchakimeiadjective · masculine plural · in construct (“…of”)tagged: wise men of
Now the wise men and enchanters were brought before me to read this inscription and interpret it for me, but they could not give its interpretation.
- חַכִּֽימַיָּא֙chakimaiya'adjective · masculine plural · with the article + particle of affirmation (“surely”)tagged: wise men the
The letters
Gematria 78· 638 mispar gadol
Where it leads
How the numbers are counted
Every count on this page comes from STEP Bible's tagged Hebrew and Greek text, the same text the ledger prints. A use is counted once each time the tagging marks a word with this key.
Spellings are counted as the Greek text spells them, with the sentence's own punctuation taken off the word first, so a form that ends a clause is not counted as a second spelling.
The words it stands beside are the nouns, verbs and adjectives immediately before or after it, counted in every verse where the word stands. The article, the conjunctions and the prepositions are left out, because they stand beside every word.