# chokmah (חָכְמָה)

pronounced: khokh-MAH


**Wisdom — skill in living, not just knowing**

## In Scripture

> and I have filled him with the Spirit of God, in wisdom, and in understanding, and in knowledge, and in all kinds of workmanship,
> — Exodus 31:3 (Chokmah as craft — the first man filled with the Spirit is filled to build)

> behold, I have done according to your word. Behold, I have given you a wise and an understanding heart; so that there has been no one like you before you, neither after you shall any arise like you.
> — 1 Kings 3:12 (Solomon's wisdom given as a listening heart, not a store of facts)


## How to read this entry

The definition comes from the IsraelForYou lexicon. Scripture quotations and their translation are named below; later tradition or modern usage is identified when it appears.


https://israelforyou.com/hebrew/chokmah/