Strong’s H2451 · Hebrew
חׇכְמָה
chokmâh
khok-maw'
Definition
wisdom (in a good sense)
Etymology
from H2449 (חָכַם);
Where the KJV renders it
- skilful
- wisdom
- wisely
- wit
Every distinct English word the King James Version uses to translate this Hebrew term. The variety shows what readers in English receive across many different surface words — the same underlying word, scattered across the English Bible under different names.
What the first audience heard
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