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Lexicon :: Strong's H7919 - śāḵal

Aa
שָׂכַל
Transliteration
śāḵal
Pronunciation
saw-kal'
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Part of Speech
verb
Root Word (Etymology)
A primitive root
Dictionary Aids

TWOT Reference: 2263,2264

Strong’s Definitions

שָׂכַל sâkal, saw-kal'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent:—consider, expert, instruct, prosper, (deal) prudent(-ly), (give) skill(-ful), have good success, teach, (have, make to) understand(-ing), wisdom, (be, behave self, consider, make) wise(-ly), guide wittingly.


KJV Translation Count — Total: 63x

The KJV translates Strong's H7919 in the following manner: understand (12x), wise (12x), prosper (8x), wisely (6x), understanding (5x), consider (4x), instruct (3x), prudent (2x), skill (2x), teach (2x), miscellaneous (7x).

KJV Translation Count — Total: 63x
The KJV translates Strong's H7919 in the following manner: understand (12x), wise (12x), prosper (8x), wisely (6x), understanding (5x), consider (4x), instruct (3x), prudent (2x), skill (2x), teach (2x), miscellaneous (7x).
  1. to be prudent, be circumspect, wisely understand, prosper

    1. (Qal) to be prudent, be circumspect

    2. (Hiphil)

      1. to look at or upon, have insight

      2. to give attention to, consider, ponder, be prudent

      3. to have insight, have comprehension

        1. insight, comprehension (subst)

      4. to cause to consider, give insight, teach

        1. the teachers, the wise

      5. to act circumspectly, act prudently, act wisely

      6. to prosper, have success

      7. to cause to prosper

  2. (Piel) to lay crosswise, cross (hands)

Strong’s Definitions [?](Strong’s Definitions Legend)
שָׂכַל sâkal, saw-kal'; a primitive root; to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent:—consider, expert, instruct, prosper, (deal) prudent(-ly), (give) skill(-ful), have good success, teach, (have, make to) understand(-ing), wisdom, (be, behave self, consider, make) wise(-ly), guide wittingly.
STRONGS H7919: Abbreviations
† I. שָׂכַל verb be prudent (Gerber47 denominative from שֶׂכֶל, but verb early; Late Hebrew סָכַל, Hithp. shew oneself attentive (to), look; Aramaic סְכַל (rare) understand, Ithpa. look (at), consider, Aph. instruct; שְׂכַל only Aph. (for Hebrew הִשְׂכִּיל), understand, make wise; Lfks Pa. teach, Ethpa. understand, etc.; Samaritan LKO Ithpa. look (for Hebrew הִבִּיט); Assyrian šiklu, clever, šklûtu, cleverness, MeissnSuppl.93); —
Qal Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שׂ׳ 1 Samuel 18:30 be prudent, circumspect (SS HPS); Kit Buhl Gerber and others prosper.
Hiph. Perfect 3rd person masculine singular הִשְׂכִּיל Jeremiah 23:5; 1 Chronicles 28:19; 1st person singular הִשְׂכַּלְתִּי Psalm 119:99; 3rd person masculine plural הִשְׂכִּילוּ Job 34:27 +; Imperfect יַשְׂכִּיל 1 Samuel 18:5 +; 2rd person masculine singular jussive תַּשְׂכַּל Daniel 9:25, etc.; Imperative masculine plural הַשְׂכִּילוּ Psalm 2:10; Infinitive absolute הַשְׂכֵּל Jeremiah 9:23 +; הַשְׂכֵּיל (Ges § 53 k) Jeremiah 3:15; Job 34:35; construct הַשְׂכִּיל Genesis 3:6 +, etc.; Participle מַשְׂכִּיל 1 Samuel 18:14 +, feminine מַשְׂכָּ֑לֶת Proverbs 19:14; plural מַשְׂכִּילִים Daniel 11:35 +, etc.; meanings hard to classify: scholars differ greatly; —
1. look at: נְחְמָד הָעֵץ לְהַשְׂכִּיל Genesis 3:6 (J) was desirable to look upon (so Greek Version of the LXX Ges De; AV, RV to make one wise; Ew Di Buhl SS Dr and others below 3).
2. give attention to, consider, ponder: Isaiah 41:20; Isaiah 44:18; Deuteronomy 32:29; Psalm 64:10; Psalm 106:7; Job 34:27; with לְ Proverbs 21:12; with אֶל Psalm 41:2; Nehemiah 8:13; with עַל Proverbs 16:20; with ב Psalm 101:2; Daniel 9:13.
3. have insight, comprehension: Jeremiah 9:23 (|| יָדַע י׳), Psalm 94:8 (|| בִּין), Psalm 119:99, Daniel 1:4; Daniel 9:25 (|| יָדַע); הַשְׂכֵּ(י)ל assubstantive = insight, understanding: as י׳'s gift to ruler and teacher, || דֵּעָה Jeremiah 3:15; || דַּ֫עַת Job 34:35; || מַדָּע Daniel 1:17; מוּסַר הַשׂ׳ Proverbs 1:3; דֶּרֶךְ הַשׂ׳ Proverbs 21:16.
4. cause to consider, give insight, teach: י׳ subject, accusative of thing, 1 Chronicles 28:19, accusative of person Psalm 32:8; Nehemiah 9:20; Gabriel subject, 2accusative Daniel 9:22; לֵב חָכָם subject, accusative of thing Proverbs 16:23; with לְ, Proverbs 21:11; הַמַּשְׂכִּילִים שֵׂכֶל טוֺב לי׳ 2 Chronicles 30:22 (but Be Ke Benz etc. who shewed good skill, that is, in music, 2 Chronicles 30:21b); (הַ)מַוְכִּילִים Daniel 11:33, 35; Daniel 12:3, 10 the teachers (so Ew Hi Bev; Thes Ke Behrm and others the wise).
5. act circumspectly, prudently: absolute Amos 5:13; Psalm 2:10; Psalm 36:4; מַשְׂכִּיל as substantive Psalm 14:2 = Psalm 53:3, Proverbs 10:5, 19; Proverbs 14:35; Proverbs 15:24; Proverbs 17:2; Job 22:2; אִשָּׁה מַשְׂכָּ֑לֶת Proverbs 19:14. — Jeremiah 50:9 has גִּבּוֺר מַשְׁכִּיל according to Masora (van d. H. Baer Gi), compare Vulgate, i.e. a child-slaying warrior; but שׁ׳. Hiph. elsewhere only Hosea 9:14, of miscarriage; Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Ew and most modern (Gf Gie Rothst) read מַשְׂכִּיל, either skilful or fortunate.
6. prosper, have success (compare Dr 1 Samuel 18:5): absolute 1 Samuel 18:15; Isaiah 52:13; Jeremiah 10:21; Jeremiah 20:11; Jeremiah 23:5; Joshua 1:8 (D); with ב, Joshua 1:7 (D) 1 Samuel 18:5, 14 (read בְּכָלֿ for לְכָלֿ Vrss Th HPS and others), compare 2 Kings 18:7; with אֶל, Proverbs 17:8.
7. cause to prosper: Deuteronomy 29:8; 1 Kings 2:3(D).

See related Aramaic BDB entry H7920.

† II. [שָׂכַל] verb
Pi. lay crosswise (so, and not √ I. שׂ׳, Greek Version of the LXX Syriac Version Vulgate TargumJon and modern, compare Arabic bdb096808 bind legs of beast, plait locks of hair); — Perfect 3rd person masculine singular שִׂכֵּל אֶתיָֿדָיו Genesis 48:14 (J); Thes Dr, however, prudentes fecit, from √ I. שׂ׳.
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BLB Scripture Index of Brown-Driver-Briggs

Genesis

3:6; 3:6; 48:14

Deuteronomy

29:8; 32:29

Joshua

1:7; 1:8

1 Samuel

18:5; 18:5; 18:5; 18:14; 18:14; 18:15; 18:30

1 Kings

2:3

2 Kings

18:7

1 Chronicles

28:19; 28:19

2 Chronicles

30:21; 30:22

Nehemiah

8:13; 9:20

Job

22:2; 34:27; 34:27; 34:35; 34:35

Psalms

2:10; 2:10; 14:2; 32:8; 36:4; 41:2; 53:3; 64:10; 94:8; 101:2; 106:7; 119:99; 119:99

Proverbs

1:3; 10:5; 10:19; 14:35; 15:24; 16:20; 16:23; 17:2; 17:8; 19:14; 19:14; 21:11; 21:12; 21:16

Isaiah

41:20; 44:18; 52:13

Jeremiah

3:15; 3:15; 9:23; 9:23; 10:21; 20:11; 23:5; 23:5; 50:9

Daniel

1:4; 1:17; 9:13; 9:22; 9:25; 9:25; 11:33; 11:35; 11:35; 12:3; 12:10

Hosea

9:14

Amos

5:13

Word / Phrase / Strong's Search

Strong's Number H7919 matches the Hebrew שָׂכַל (śāḵal),
which occurs 63 times in 63 verses in the WLC Hebrew.

Page 1 / 2 (Gen 3:6–Jer 10:21)

Unchecked Copy BoxGen 3:6 - When the woman H802 saw H7200 that the tree H6086 was good H2896 for food, H3978 and that it was a delight H8378 to the eyes, H5869 and that the tree H6086 was desirable H2530 to make one wise, H7919 she took H3947 from its fruit H6529 and ate; H398 and she gave H5414 also H1571 to her husband H376 with her, and he ate. H398
Unchecked Copy BoxGen 48:14 - But Israel H3478 stretched H7971 out his right H3225 hand H3225 and laid H7896 it on the head H7218 of Ephraim, H669 who H1931 was the younger, H6810 and his left H8040 hand H8040 on Manasseh’s H4519 head, H7218 [fn]crossing H7919 his hands, H3027 [fn]although H3588 Manasseh H4519 was the firstborn. H1060
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 29:9 - “So keep H8104 the words H1697 of this H2088 covenant H1285 to do H6213 them, that you may prosper H7919 in all H3605 that you do. H6213
Unchecked Copy BoxDeu 32:29 - “Would H3863 that they were wise, H2449 that they understood H7919 this, H2088
That they would discern H995 their [fn]future! H319
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:7 - “Only H7534 be strong H2388 and very H3966 courageous; H553 [fn]be careful H8104 to do H6213 according to all H3605 the law H8451 which H834 Moses H4872 My servant H5650 commanded H6680 you; do not turn H5493 from it to the right H3225 or to the left, H8040 so H4616 that you may [fn]have H7919 success H7919 wherever H3605 H834 you go. H1980
Unchecked Copy BoxJos 1:8 - “This H2088 book H5612 of the law H8451 shall not depart H4185 from your mouth, H6310 but you shall meditate H1897 on it day H3119 and night, H3915 so H4616 that you may [fn]be careful H8104 to do H6213 according to all H3605 that is written H3789 in it; for then H227 you will make H6743 your way H1870 prosperous, H6743 and then H227 you will [fn]have H7919 success. H7919
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:5 - So David H1732 went H3318 out wherever H3605 H834 Saul H7586 sent H7971 him, and [fn]prospered; H7919 and Saul H7586 set H7760 him over H5921 the men H376 of war. H4421 And it was pleasing H3190 in the sight H5869 of all H3605 the people H5971 and also H1571 in the sight H5869 of Saul’s H7586 servants. H5650
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:14 - David H1732 was [fn]prospering H7919 in all H3605 his ways H1870 for the LORD H3068 was with him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:15 - When Saul H7586 saw H7200 that he was [fn]prospering H7919 greatly, H3966 he dreaded H1481 him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Sa 18:30 - Then the commanders H8269 of the Philistines H6430 went H3318 out to battle, and it happened H1961 as often H1767 as they went H3318 out, that David H1732 behaved H7919 himself more H4480 wisely H7919 than H4480 all H3605 the servants H5650 of Saul. H7586 So his name H8034 was highly H3966 esteemed. H3365
Unchecked Copy Box1Ki 2:3 - “Keep H8104 the charge H4931 of the LORD H3068 your God, H430 to walk H1980 in His ways, H1870 to keep H8104 His statutes, H2708 His commandments, H4687 His ordinances, H4941 and His testimonies, H5715 according to what is written H3789 in the Law H8451 of Moses, H4872 that you may succeed H7919 in all H3605 that you do H6213 and wherever H3605 H834 H8033 you turn, H6437
Unchecked Copy Box2Ki 18:7 - And the LORD H3068 was with him; wherever H3605 H834 he went H3318 he prospered. H7919 And he rebelled H4775 against the king H4428 of Assyria H804 and did not serve H5647 him.
Unchecked Copy Box1Ch 28:19 - “All H3605 this,said David, “the LORD H3068 made me understand H7919 in writing H3791 by His hand H3027 upon me, all H3605 the [fn]details H4399 of this pattern.” H8403
Unchecked Copy Box2Ch 30:22 - Then Hezekiah H2396 spoke H1696 [fn]encouragingly H5921 H3820 to all H3605 the Levites H3881 who showed H7919 good H2896 insight H7922 in the things of the LORD. H3068 So they ate H398 for the appointed H4150 seven H7651 days, H3117 sacrificing H2076 peace H8002 offerings H8002 and giving H3034 thanks H3034 to the LORD H3068 God H430 of their fathers. H1
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 8:13 - Then on the second H8145 day H3117 the heads H7218 of fathers’ H1 households of all H3605 the people, H5971 the priests H3548 and the Levites H3881 were gathered H622 to Ezra H5830 the scribe H5608 that they might gain H7919 insight H7919 into the words H1697 of the law. H8451
Unchecked Copy BoxNeh 9:20 - “You gave H5414 Your good H2896 Spirit H7307 to instruct H7919 them,
Your manna H4478 You did not withhold H4513 from their mouth, H6310
And You gave H5414 them water H4325 for their thirst. H6772
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 22:2 - “Can a vigorous man H1397 be of use H5532 to God, H410
Or H3588 a wise H7919 man be useful H5532 to himself?
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:27 - Because H834 H5921 H3651 they turned H5493 aside H5493 from following H310 Him,
And had H7919 no H3808 regard H7919 for any H3605 of His ways; H1870
Unchecked Copy BoxJob 34:35 - ‘Job H347 speaks H1696 without H3808 knowledge, H1847
And his words H1697 are without H3808 wisdom. H7919
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 2:10 - Now H6258 therefore, O kings, H4428 show H7919 discernment; H7919
Take H3256 warning, H3256 O [fn]judges H8199 of the earth. H776
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 14:2 - The LORD H3068 has looked H8259 down H8259 from heaven H8064 upon the sons H1121 of men H120
To see H7200 if there H3426 are any H3426 who [fn]understand, H7919
Who seek H1875 after God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 32:8 - I will instruct H7919 you and teach H3384 you in the way H1870 which H2098 you should go; H1980
I will counsel H3289 you with My eye H5869 upon you.
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 36:3 - The words H1697 of his mouth H6310 are wickedness H205 and deceit; H4820
He has ceased H2308 to [fn]be wise H7919 and to do H3190 good. H3190
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 41:1 - For the choir director. A Psalm of David.
How blessed H835 is he who considers H7919 the [fn]helpless; H1800
The LORD H3068 will deliver H4422 him in a day H3117 of [fn]trouble. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 47:7 - For God H430 is the King H4428 of all H3605 the earth; H776
Sing H2167 praises H2167 with a [fn]skillful H4905 psalm. H4905
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 53:2 - God H430 has looked H8259 down H8259 from heaven H8064 upon the sons H1121 of men H120
To see H7200 if there H3426 is anyone who [fn]understands, H7919
Who seeks H1875 after God. H430
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 64:9 - Then all H3605 men H120 [fn]will fear, H3372
And they [fn]will declare H5046 the work H6467 of God, H430
And [fn]will consider H7919 [fn]what H4639 He has done. H4639
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 94:8 - Pay H995 heed, H995 you senseless H1197 among the people; H5971
And when H4970 will you understand, H7919 stupid H3684 ones? H3684
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 101:2 - I will [fn]give H7919 heed H7919 to the [fn]blameless H8549 way. H1870
When H4970 will You come H935 to me?
I will walk H1980 within H7130 my house H1004 in the [fn]integrity H8537 of my heart. H3824
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 106:7 - Our fathers H1 in Egypt H4714 did not understand H7919 Your [fn]wonders; H6381
They did not remember H2142 [fn]Your abundant H7230 kindnesses, H2617
But rebelled H4784 by the sea, H3220 at the [fn]Red H5488 H3220 Sea. H3220
Unchecked Copy BoxPsa 119:99 - I have more H4480 insight H7919 than H4480 all H3605 my teachers, H3925
For Your testimonies H5715 are my meditation. H7881
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 1:3 - To receive H3947 instruction H4148 in wise H7919 behavior, H7919
Righteousness, H6664 justice H4941 and equity; H4339
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:5 - He who gathers H103 in summer H7019 is a son H1121 who acts H7919 wisely, H7919
But he who sleeps H7290 in harvest H7105 is a son H1121 who acts H954 shamefully. H954
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 10:19 - When there are many H7230 words, H1697 transgression H6588 is unavoidable, H2308 H3808
But he who restrains H2820 his lips H8193 is wise. H7919
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 14:35 - The king’s H4428 favor H7522 is toward a servant H5650 who acts H7919 wisely, H7919
But his anger H5678 is toward him who acts H954 shamefully. H954
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 15:24 - The path H734 of life H2416 leads upward H4605 for the wise H7919
That he may keep H5493 away H5493 from [fn]Sheol H7585 below. H4295
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:20 - He who gives H7919 attention H7919 to the word H1697 will find H4672 good, H2896
And blessed H835 is he who trusts H982 in the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 16:23 - The heart H3820 of the wise H2450 instructs H7919 his mouth H6310
And adds H3254 [fn]persuasiveness H3948 to his lips. H8193
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:2 - A servant H5650 who acts H7919 wisely H7919 will rule H4910 over a son H1121 who acts H954 shamefully, H954
And will share H2505 in the inheritance H5159 among H8432 brothers. H251
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 17:8 - A bribe H7810 is a [fn]charm H68 H2580 in the sight H5869 of its owner; H1167
Wherever H413 H3605 H834 he turns, H6437 he prospers. H7919
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 19:14 - House H1004 and wealth H1952 are an inheritance H5159 from fathers, H1
But a prudent H7919 wife H802 is from the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:11 - When the scoffer H3887 is punished, H6064 the [fn]naive H6612 becomes H2449 wise; H7919
But when the wise H2449 is instructed, H7919 he receives H3947 knowledge. H1847
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:12 - The righteous H6662 one H6662 considers H7919 the house H1004 of the wicked, H7563
Turning H5557 the wicked H7563 to ruin. H7451
Unchecked Copy BoxPro 21:16 - A man H120 who wanders H8582 from the way H1870 of understanding H7919
Will rest H5117 in the assembly H6951 of the [fn]dead. H7496
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 41:20 - That they may see H7200 and recognize, H3045
And consider H7760 and gain H7919 insight H7919 as well, H3162
That the hand H3027 of the LORD H3068 has done H6213 this, H2088
And the Holy H6918 One H6918 of Israel H3478 has created H1254 it.
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 44:18 - They do not know, H3045 nor H3808 do they understand, H995 for He has smeared H2902 over H2902 their eyes H5869 so H4480 that they cannot H4480 see H7200 and their hearts H3820 so H4480 that they cannot H4480 comprehend. H7919
Unchecked Copy BoxIsa 52:13 - Behold, H2009 My servant H5650 will prosper, H7919
He will be high H7311 and lifted H5375 up and [fn]greatly H3966 exalted. H1361
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 3:15 - “Then I will give H5414 you shepherds H7462 after My own heart, H3820 who will feed H7462 you on knowledge H1844 and understanding. H7919
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 9:24 - but let him who boasts H1984 boast H1984 of this, H2088 that he understands H7919 and knows H3045 Me, that I am the LORD H3068 who exercises H6213 lovingkindness, H2617 justice H4941 and righteousness H6666 on earth; H776 for I delight H2654 in these H428 things,” H428 declares H5002 the LORD. H3068
Unchecked Copy BoxJer 10:21 - For the shepherds H7462 have become H1197 stupid H1197
And have not sought H1875 the LORD; H3068
Therefore H5921 H3651 they have not prospered, H7919
And all H3605 their flock H4830 is scattered. H6327

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