H7919 · שָׂכַל
sâkal · saw-kal' · understand, wise, prosper
H7919 (sâkal, pronounced saw-kal') is the Hebrew word שָׂכַל in Strong’s dictionary: to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent. It appears 62 times in 62 verses of the BSB (Yahweh).
Strong’s entry
- Original word
- שָׂכַל (Hebrew)
- Transliteration
- sâkal
- Pronunciation
- saw-kal'
- Derivation
- a primitive root;
- Definition
- to be (causatively, make or act) circumspect and hence, intelligent
- Rendered in the KJV
- 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.
In the Berean Standard Bible (Yahweh)
62 occurrences in 62 verses (61 with English words of their own, 1 in the original with no English word of their own).
How the BSB renders it
- “you may prosper” ×3
- “and understanding” ×2
- “understand” ×2
- “A wise” ×1
- “I have more insight” ×1
- “I will instruct you” ×1
- “I will ponder” ×1
- “Then the wise” ×1
By book
Genesis 2 · Deuteronomy 2 · Joshua 2 · 1 Samuel 4 · 1 Kings 1 · 2 Kings 1 · 1 Chronicles 1 · 2 Chronicles 1 · Nehemiah 2 · Job 3 · Psalms 11 · Proverbs 13 · Isaiah 3 · Jeremiah 6 · Daniel 9 · Amos 1
First 30 of 62 verses
- Genesis 3:6
- Genesis 48:14
- Deuteronomy 29:9
- Deuteronomy 32:29
- Joshua 1:7
- Joshua 1:8
- 1 Samuel 18:5
- 1 Samuel 18:14
- 1 Samuel 18:15
- 1 Samuel 18:30
- 1 Kings 2:3
- 2 Kings 18:7
- 1 Chronicles 28:19
- 2 Chronicles 30:22
- Nehemiah 8:13
- Nehemiah 9:20
- Job 22:2
- Job 34:27
- Job 34:35
- Psalms 2:10
- Psalms 14:2
- Psalms 32:8
- Psalms 36:3
- Psalms 41:1
- Psalms 53:2
- Psalms 64:9
- Psalms 94:8
- Psalms 101:2
- Psalms 106:7
- Psalms 119:99
Related words
Numbers that share a root with H7919.